Interview with Avon Gale:
Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Avon Gale, author of Power Play.
1) Is there a certain type of scene that’s harder for you to write than any others? Love? Action? Romance? Tragedy?
- Action scenes are easier for me when it comes to hockey since I watch it so much, but things like capers or mysteries that don’t have obvious solutions I have to work on a lot. I’m trying to work on a novel with a mystery element and it’s so hard to give subtle clues that aren’t TOO subtle. Ahh! I like it, but definitely am better at hockey!
2) What do you think makes a good story?
- I’m a people person, so I get very invested in characters and that’s really all I need. I don’t even need to always like them, either – I can be invested in characters that I hate, haha! But characters always make a story for me.
3) Do you hear from readers much? What do they say?
- I do, and it is my favorite thing ever! Especially when they tell me I’ve made them interested in hockey and that they’re checking it out for the first time. Even though sports will only break your heart in the end, so maybe I shouldn’t be so excited to encourage people to be invested in it! But I love hearing from readers, and when they say they enjoy my books or my characters it is literally the best feeling ever.
4) How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?
- I have five in publication, one finished that is a hot mess and needs an absurd amount of edits, two short stories and a novella. I’ll always have a soft spot for Let the Wrong Light In since it was my first book, that’s for sure. But I really love the fourth Scoring Chances book, Empty Net, because I sort of fell in love with Isaac Drake while writing Power Play.
5) What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
- Watch hockey and yell about it on social media (especially during the playoffs), take road trips for no reason, go to concerts and I’ve recently tried to get into running. I like it more than I did at first, but I’d still rather curl up with a good book!
Thanks again & Congrats on your new release!
Author Name: Avon Gale
Book Name: Power Play
Series: Scoring Chances
Book: Three
This book can be read as a standalone
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Blurb:
A freak accident during the Stanley Cup Playoffs put an end to Max Ashford’s hockey career. Despite everything, Max gets back into the game he loves—only this time, behind the bench as an assistant coach of the Spartanburg Spitfires, the worst team in the entire league. But nothing prepares him for the shock when he learns the new head coach is Misha Samarin, the man who caused Max’s accident.
After spending guilt-ridden years for his part in Max’s accident, Russian native Misha Samarin has no idea what to do when he’s confronted with Max’s presence. Max’s optimism plays havoc with Misha’s equilibrium—as does the fierce attraction that springs up between them.
Not only must they navigate Misha’s remorse and a past he’s spent a lifetime to forget, but also a sleazy GM determined to use their history as a marketing hook. But when an unwelcome visitor targets the team, Misha revisits his darkest days, which might cost him and Max the beginning they’ve worked so hard to build.
Pages or Words: 240 pages
Categories: Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction
Excerpt:
“I’d never watched this, you know.”
“The YouTube video?” Misha had seen that too. It was filed with angry commenters yelling that he should be deported back to Russia.
“The hit.”
Misha blinked. “You’ve seen the commercial, though. Yes?”
“Yeah, I wish I could say I haven’t seen that. But I meant, I didn’t watch this until a few months ago. They played that game on the NHL channel, so I watched it.”
It never occurred to Misha that Max wouldn’t have seen it, but then he remembered that Max was the hero, not the villain of the story. Misha watched the hit play out on the screen. What must that feel like, to watch the moment it all ended? When Max hit the ice, did he know that game was his last? Did Misha know it was his? How had he felt? He couldn’t remember.
The scene switched to the replay. Misha watched dispassionately, retreated into the blinding pain of his migraine, and told himself that it was all right to suffer, that he should, that he deserved it.
Max paused the video. “Look. See what I have there?”
Misha blinked. He had not expected questions. “I—what?”
“The puck, Misha. The puck. Your hit wasn’t late.”
Oh. “Yes. I know.”
Max stared at him. On the television screen, their younger selves were suspended at the moment everything changed.
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Meet the author:
Avon Gale was once the mayor on Foursquare of Jazzercise and Lollicup, which should tell you all you need to know about her as a person. She likes road trips, rock concerts, drinking Kentucky bourbon and yelling at hockey. She’s a displaced southerner living in a liberal midwestern college town, and when she’s not writing you can find her at the salon, making her clients look and feel fabulous. She never gets tired of people and their stories — either real or the ones she makes up in her head.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avongalewrites
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Twitter: @avongalewrites
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Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29361143
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson
Tour Dates & Stops:
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16-May: Havan Fellows, Divine Magazine, Outrageous Heroes, Prism Book Alliance, Boys on the Brink Reviews
17-May: 3 Chicks After Dark, Full Moon Dreaming, Butterfly-O-Meter
18-May: Foxylutely Book Reviews, Three Books Over The Rainbow, V’s Reads
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Giveaway Link: Books one and two of the ‘Scoring Chances’ series by Avon Gale
