Have you always wanted to write? Was it early in life or later that the “bug” bit you?
I’ve actually been writing stories since my early teens, so the bug got me early.
I used to sit in my room with a notebook or typewriter (it was electric, lol) and spent hours in there writing. I started writing romance stories, I used to read a lot of Sweet Valley High and Sweet Dreams books, but as soon as I discovered Clive Barker I started to combine my love for writing and my love for horror movies and started writing scary stuff.
I’ve been writing ever since, and continue to toe the line of darkness. J
Tell us about your latest/upcoming release? Is it a series? If so, please tell us a little about the series itself.
Well, my latest release is called Wither and also happens to be my first Samhain Publishing book. It’s a category length Sci-Fi story featuring a space cowboy and his feisty sheriff. They happen to have some history together, and meet again when Brynn needs his help with a ‘monster’ problem.
It’s actually the first book in a series I have planned called Recast. Wither introduces a galaxy filled with planets, moons, space stations, and spaceships. In the first story, we meet Colt — a wrangler who gets caught up in the web of lies created by a very powerful man who is also tied to Brynn’s past. This is the first step into introducing a galaxy filled with stories that will feature different heroes and heroines, but will all be connected somehow, expanding on the world, by both answering and raising more questions.
I’m very excited about it.
Where can readers find you on the web?
Readers can visit my website: www.yolandasfetsos.com. I try to keep it as up-to-date as I can. From there you can follow the links to my books, blog, newsletter, MySpace page, and Twitter account.
I love to Twitter, so here I am: http://twitter.com/yolandasfetsos
Describe a typical day for you.
Well, I write Monday to Friday, taking advantage of every hour that I have on my own. So I wake up each morning and tackle either a yoga or weights workout, get my daughter off to school, then hubby and I go for a walk. When we get home, we have lunch and then he’s off to work. That’s when I open up my Word doc and get started on either writing a first draft, revision, or editing. I try to shake it up every week and usually plan my month in advance.
Though sometimes projects/ideas pop out of nowhere, or the priority changes. Edits always come first, though. No matter what I’m working on at the time they come in, I put everything aside until they’re done. I actually enjoy the process.
When it’s time to get my daughter from school, we go for a walk, get home and I read a little, help her with homework and/or reading, get dinner ready and try to squeeze in a little more writing after putting her to bed. It’s always a full day and I wind up exhausted at the end of it.
Does your family read your books? Do they like/dislike them?
My husband reads most of my books, although he’s fallen behind a little because of the hours he works nowadays. But he’s enjoyed everything he’s read so far and is very supportive of my writing.
Most authors are readers as well. Is this the case with you and if so, who are some of your favorite authors to enjoy?
Oh, I’m a huge reader. I actually review books as well, and my TBR pile is huge. I’ve got a bit of a problem with book buying — I can’t stop. But it’s not my fault. There are just too many awesome books/series out there.
My most fave authors are Clive Barker and Stephen King, but there are a bunch of urban fantasy authors that are on my auto-buy list.
You won a chance to spend a day with any character/author/celebrity of your choice. What would you do and who would you pick?
Oh, gosh, this is a really hard question. *thinking, thinking* I’m really not sure at the moment…
Anything coming from you in the future we should mark down?
Well, I’ve got the second book in my Damnation Books Alyce Kerr, Faith Healer Trilogy coming out in March. It’s called Careless, and will be followed by the third in June. That one’s called Boundless.
Oh, and the first book in an urban fantasy trilogy I’ve got contracted with ImaJinn Books will also be available shortly.
For Fun: If you were a superheroine, what would your name be and would you wear tights and a cape?
Well, I can definitely say no to tights and a cape. I wouldn’t want to wear those. I’d probably go with dark, tight and stretchy jeans and a tank top. Not much into tights. And my name would be IndyDark. 
Sneak peek into Wither:
The terminal’s flashing message screen was replaced by static. The black and white dots were fuzzy as an image slowly materialized. Even grainy, he recognized her instantly.
He leaned forward, turning the square screen so he could glare at it, ignoring the flashes of Wither still playing on the opposite viewer. “What the hell?” It may have been years since they’d last been together, but he would know her anywhere. Her long blonde hair was tied in two matching braids that hung over her shoulders and disappeared from view where the screen ended. Her face seemed a little more hardened than when they’d been together, but any other details were stilted by the bad reception.
“Clean up the audio,” he called. “It’s not coming through.”
“Colt,” she said in her familiar soft voice. “It’s Brynn. I know it’s been a long time, and you’re probably still pissed, but I need your help.”
His immediate reaction was to switch her off. He didn’t want to hear anything she had to say, and didn’t want to help her after the crap she’d put him through. He’d spent over two goddamn years looking for her, never thinking she’d be stupid enough to return to her birthplace.
“I know you’re probably itching to delete this message but please, hear me out.” She stared into the camera. Was that desperation in her eyes? “I’m sorry, okay? I know that doesn’t make up for what I did, but there was no other way to deal with it. I couldn’t involve you in my problems any more than I already had.” Her eyes were shiny. He looked away, couldn’t bear to see her right now. “I know you won’t turn your back from helping others…especially when they’re willing to pay with as much gold as you can load onto your rust bucket.”
He chuckled. She was in for a big surprise. The rust bucket had been dumped in a junkyard years ago.
“Anyway, I embedded my coordinates within this message. It’s probably not the smartest thing to do, considering.” Brynn paused to sigh. “But I can’t let these people suffer anymore. Please, if you’re willing to put what happened between us aside, come as soon as you can. Help us, Colt, before we all die. You’re the only one who can get us out of this mess.”
The message faded into static.
“Replay it for me,” he called.
“I’m sorry. The transmission destroyed itself after viewing. It is gone now,” the mechanical voice answered.
“What the hell are you up to now, Brynn?”
Whatever it was, Colt had to admit that he was curious enough to head right over there. She was lucky he intended to head that way anyway. Now he could scoop up his target, make a little extra while he was there, and finally get some answers from the woman who’d crushed his heart. And, of course, find out why the hell people dying on her planet had anything to do with him.
And the buy link for Wither is: http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/wither
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