Bio:

Sarah Ettritch lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her partner and their four cats. Sarah is the author of the Rymellan series, The Salbine Sisters, and Threaded Through Time. When she’s not writing, she’s usually playing computer games. She belongs to several organizations related to writing and publishing, including EPIC.

How long have you been a member of EPIC?

I’m fairly new. I joined in 2010.

What is your opinion of DRM?

I doubt it does much to stem piracy. All it does is prevent paying customers from reading books on their preferred devices. I always release my eBooks without DRM.

How long does it take you to write a book?

It usually takes me about 6-8 months, from the time I open a new Word file to the time I send it to my editor. Having said that, a story is usually kicking around in my head for at least a year or two before I start it.

Do you write one book/story at a time or multiples?

Because I write an ongoing science fiction series, I always have more than one story on the go, usually the next story in the series and one other project.

What is the most books/stories you've had WIP at the same time? What is the highest number you've actively been writing on at the same time?

Three.

What genres do you write?

I write science fiction, fantasy, and romance.

Are there any genres you'd like to try but haven't?

I’m convinced there’s a thriller inside me, desperate to be written.

What's your writing process? (i.e. pantser/organic writer or plotter or mix? write on the computer? longhand? mix? how many passes? etc.)

I’m an organic writer. I can start a story when I have its first scene, one or two other key scenes, and a vague idea of the end. I always write on the computer. I’m a fast typist, and my handwriting is so terrible that sometimes I can’t even read it.

What would you like to own/have that would make your writing faster or smoother? (Yes, you can name everything from computer programs to a personal maid here.)

A device that can pluck the vivid scenes running through my mind, magically convert those scenes into words, and dump the results into a Word file. Hey, I did say that I write science fiction and fantasy!

Where do you get your character names?

Sometimes they come to me with the characters. Most of the time I pop over to sites like babynames.com and choose names that resonate.

When and where do you do the bulk of your writing?

I prefer to write in the mornings, and I usually write in our “computer room.”

Do you have animal companions while you write? How do they help or hinder the process?

Of our four cats, one likes to hang around the computer. When she’s not asleep, she can be a hindrance. Somewhere along the way, she figured out that marching across the keyboard while staring at me is a good way to get attention.

Do you use any special software to write? Voice to text? Audio edits? etc.

I always do an audio edit pass. Having the story read back to me by the computer in a lifeless, robotic voice helps me to find flat or unnatural dialogue and other clunky areas.

Tell us about your current release.

My latest release is a romantic fantasy called Threaded Through Time.

Blurb:

“For those who were born before or after their time…”

That described Pam. She’d always felt that she’d been born too late—there was no chivalry in the world anymore.

She’d only wanted to commune with the universe while reading a “moon rhyme” in the antique book she’d purchased from the local New Age shop. She had not expected guests—especially not Jasper and Margaret, summoned one hundred years into the future by the rhyme just as Jasper was proposing to Margaret.

Now the displaced visitors insist that they be returned to 1910, and Pam and her roommate Robin agree—an Internet check confirms that Margaret and Jasper were married by year end, 1910. But the rhyme won’t work until the next moon cycle, and in the intervening month, forbidden love blooms between Pam and Jasper, and Robin and Margaret.

They all know they can’t fight the inevitability of history. Margaret and Jasper must return to their proper time, and all must spend the rest of their lives dealing with the heartache of loving someone long since dead, or not yet born. At the appointed hour, Pam re-enacts the recital of the rhyme that brought the time-crossed couples together…but it doesn’t work exactly as planned.

Buy/sample link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005AJ9FJS

Give us your URLs (web site, MySpace, Facebook, blog, etc.)

My website: http://www.sarahettritch.com