Books In Sync Author Spotlight Interview With Lila. L. Pinord Books In Sync Fiction Author Lila L. PinordIs Author Of ‘Evil Lives In Blue Rock’, ‘In Time’, ‘Min’s Monster’, and ‘Skye Dancer’. Much Of Lila L. Pinord’s Stories Are Based On Her Upbringing On The Quinault Indian Reservation. She Creatively Pulls On All The Legends,Superstitions, And Mysticism That Abounded On The Reservation Making Stories A Work Of Fiction With A Bit Of The Truth Tossed In.

Lila L. Pinord

was born and raised on the Quinault Indian Reservationin a small fishing village called Queets, Washington. She was so small atbirth that her father held her in the palm of one hand. She finished gradeschool at Queets-Clearwater, then it was on to Lake Quinault HighSchool where she earned a scholarship to Grays Harbor College, beingSalutitorian of her class. She married at the age of 21 and had onedaughter Kimberley. Divorced, she later married her lifelong friend andloving husband James Pinord. He passed away in November of 2003from the dreaded killer, cancer.

Accomplishments:

At Peninsula College in Port Angeles - her home now- Lila made thePresident's List by attaining straight A's during one quarter. She majoredin secretarial and office machines with bookkeeping secondary.Deciding she wouldn't earn much as a secretary, she went on to Western Washington University andgraduated with a BA in Accounting. Even then, she knew that writing would play a big part in her life.Lila is now a contributing author to three publications out on the market: ‘Authors Guide to Promotion’,‘200 Authors and How They Were Published’, and ‘Shameless Shorts’, an anthology written by a groupof writers who met on an Amazon forum. Royalties are donated to a worthwhile cause.

Additional Information:

Lila worked at various jobs which she enjoyed very much including; The Clallam County PUD for fouryears, an attorney's office for two years, and Tower Service for two more years.Lila and her husband became vagabonds for awhile and traveled the country looking for work during theReagan Years. They ended up in Houston, Texas, working for awhile before returning to Port Angeles.After retirement, Lila went into writing full time and it certainly paid off when she published her firstbook ‘Skye Dancer’ in 2003. Her second book ‘Evil Lives In Blue Rock’ was published on April 30,2005. Much of her stories are based on her upbringing on the Reservation with all the legends,superstitions and mysticism that abound there. ‘Min’s Monster’ was published in 2007 and is set in thevillage where she grew up, though it is fiction with a bit of the truth tossed in- as are the other books aswell.

***************************Q: What makes you proud to be a writer from Washington, USA?A:

I have always wanted to see my writings in print with my name on a book cover - to me, there’s nogreater thrill.

Q: What or who inspired you to become a writer?

When very young, getting my hands on every book in sight! No ONE author inspired me; they alldid.

Q: When did you begin writing with the intention of becoming published?A:

I wrote my firs stories when I was 25, but didn’t seriously pursue writing until much later in life afterretirement.

Q: Did your environment or upbringing play a major role in your writing and why?A

Definitely. Growing up on a Native American reservation, I listened to dark tales told far into thenight and I stored them away for future use. It seems I somehow knew that they would become the basisfor future stories. Some of the stories were myths, others were legends, and many were true tales.

Q: Do you come up with your title (s) before or after you write the manuscript (s)?A:

The title Skye Dancer came first, then I wrote the book. Evil Lives in Blue Rock came to me halfwaythrough the writing process. I named Min’s Monster after the book was complete.

Q: Tell us why you write the genre (s) that you write?A:

Thriller/suspense tales are what I enjoy reading first and foremost, so I naturally leaned in thatdirection. Also many of the tales I heard growing up were in that category.

Q: Tell us your most rewarding experience while in the writing process?A:

Feeling lost in the tale and the excitement I feel as the story progresses. After a while, the charactersseem to have a life of their own and the story writes itself.

Q: Tell us your most negative experience while in the writing process?A:

Trying to ease gently from one scene to the next can be daunting sometimes.

Q: Tell us your most rewarding experience in your publishing journey?

When I held my first published book in hand, the thrill was unimaginable. I couldn’t put it down; Isimply stared at it for the rest of the evening!

Q: Tell us your most negative experience in your publishing journey?A:

The waiting. It truly is a waiting game in this industry. First, trying to find the right publisher, thenwaiting for the finished product, and of course, all the rewriting that needs to be done.

Q: What one positive piece of advice would you give to other authors?A:

Don’t give up. It may take what seems like forever, but it WILL happen; persistence is your bestweapon.

Q: Who is your favorite author?A:

Dean Koontz. After that - Stephen King.