About Johanna K. Pitcairn
Johanna K. Pitcairn has dreamed
of becoming a writer since childhood--authoring her first novel at the age of
nine, and countless poems, stories, and screenplays by the age of seventeen.
Later, rather than pursuing a career as a director and screenwriter, she
decided to go to law school, driven by her father's opinion that "writing
does not pay the bills."
Ten years later, she moved to New
York City, which inspired her to go back to the excitement, wonder, and
constant change of being a writer. Pitcairn is a huge fan of
psychological-thriller novels and movies, and delves into her hopes, fears,
friends, enemies, and everything in between in her own writing.
Random
Fun Facts:
1)
To trigger my inspiration, I binge on Netflix. I pick shows from any genre, and
study the dialog and the plot. I also watch video game walkthroughs on YouTube.
It's a great help to develop my characters.
2) I
can't remember the last time I've had a bad case of writer's block. Plotting
helps eliminate that issue.
3)
My biggest pet peeves: misspellings, grammatical errors, and inconsistent
formatting.
4)
Julie Jones has named her car "Bubble", and when she swears, she says
things like "shizzle", "shizzle nizzle" or "crapola in
a peanut butter jar".
5)
The original title for the first draft of the story, before it became 32
Seconds, was Death by Chocolate.
6)
Julie Jones loves In&Out burgers, and strawberry milkshakes.
7)
Julie is also a surfer. Her favorite beach is the one in Oceanside, CA.
8) I'm a cat lover. I have four cats, and they all distract me from writing by taking turns and lying on top of my laptop.
8) I'm a cat lover. I have four cats, and they all distract me from writing by taking turns and lying on top of my laptop.
Contact
the Author:
The Independent
Author Network - http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/jk-pitcairn.html
The
Books:
32
SECONDS
To the average onlooker, the city
of Los Angeles represents glitz, glamour, and the celebrity lifestyle. But to
seventeen-year-old Julie Jones, the city is a vast host of problems she’s
longing to get away from. The latest? An unfortunate disagreement with her
ex-boyfriend Mark—one that could land her in some serious hot water.
So rather than face the troubles
that torment her, Julie decides to run away from her old life and start fresh
somewhere new. But her parents aren’t on board with the plan, and she soon
finds her bank accounts frozen and her wallet empty.
With just seventy-five dollars
and a full tank of gas, the troubled teen is far too stubborn to turn around
and head home. So what’s a girl to do?
What Julie doesn’t know is that
her travels are about to take her somewhere unexpected—a place where she’ll be
forced to come face to face with the ghosts of her past in order to secure her
future.
A tale of redemption, hope, and
freedom lost and found, 32 Seconds is a thought-provoking exploration into the
human spirit and the nature of forgiveness.
Available
on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/32-Seconds-Johanna-Pitcairn-ebook/dp/B00PQTU6DG/
STORIES
FROM THE UNDERWORLD
Stories from The Underworld is an
anthology of nine horror short stories featuring zombies, psychopaths,
frustrated New York City commuters in desperate need of an outlet, apocalypse
survivors, brokenhearted teenagers, and thriving tattoo artists.
As dusk falls, the underworld of
horror unravels, giving life to some deranged nightmares. New York City
inspired me to write about human emotions reaching the ultimate threshold of
pain, pleasure, death and after-death. If you like horror, with a hint of
erotica, and don’t mind a bit of foul language, then that anthology is for you!
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