K.C. Poitras was born and raised in Virginia. Now she lives in Florida, where she moved seven years ago. She feels at peace by the sea. Before K.C. started writing, she worked for over thirty years in the customer service industry. For many years she suffered from crippling anxiety, and the thought of writing among other things just overwhelmed her. After meeting Erik everything changed and her true-life love story inspired K.C. to share the knowledge that it is never too late to start over. Her debut novel, You Taught Me What it Feels like to Fall in Love is the first book in her Day One series. K.C's stories are wonderful beach read romances with all the feels of Elin Hildebrand, or Kristen Hannah.

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The interview:

1. What inspired you to start writing?

My inspirational support is my fiancé Eric. I’ve had the dream of writing “my story” for years. With Covid, Eric gave me the support needed to go for it and write my story. I started out with that, but it was emotionally too hard. I scratched that for now and wrote Isabelle’s story instead. I will one day soon write my story though.

2. Do you have a favourite and least favourite genre?

No, I like all books and genre’s If I had to pick my least favorite it would be erotica.

3. Can you tell me about your novels? 

I have one novel published. “You Taught Me What It Feels Like To Fall In Love.” I took the self-publishing route. It was published in April of 2021.   The novel follows the story of Isabelle; whose life was seemingly perfect. She couldn’t want or ask for more—until her husband of twenty years is killed in a terrible accident and she loses her job. Isabelle is left unmoored as she uncovers dark secrets, attempts to rekindle her relationship with her daughter, confronts her past, and considers a second chance at love with a man who appears to be her polar opposite. It’s a story of loss, self-discovery, and love. This book was nominated for the Author Elite Award 2021.

4. Do you like using events from your life, or people you know, for your stories?

That’s usually how I come up with an idea, life events of my own as well as others.

5. One of the difficult things is to sync everyday life and writing. How do you like writing? Do you have a schedule, or time, when you can sit down to write?

I’m fortunate to have a very flexible schedule. I like writing in the early mornings, that’s when I’m most productive. Where in the evenings my significant other and I will bounce idea’s on books I’m writing and future books.

6. Do you have any ongoing project? If yes, can you tell me a secret about it?

Yes, I do.. A mirror plays a significant role in the story, It’s genre is more fantasy.

7. If you could meet with a classic author, who would you meet?

Elin Hilderbrand all day long!

8. Coffee, or tea? Why?

Both, coffee gets me going, tea relaxes me.

9. What is the easiest and most difficult part of writing for you? Why those?

Easiest is writing about something I’ve actually experienced. Because, I can describe in greater detail the “mood”.

Hardest is showing not telling, because sometimes it’s difficult to put into words.

10. If you could live anywhere, as anything, where would you live and what would you be? Why?

I’d live on Nantucket, I’d be me but younger and a writer. Because I love the sense of small coastal community with seasons and younger because I wish I had started writing many years ago. One of my biggest fears is dying before my books are discovered, If I help one person from reading my book(s) I’d be happy.

Thank you for your answers! And you, dear Readers, what would you ask from K.C. Poitras? 🙃