PE KAVANAGH (Cont.)
INTERVIEW
MFRW: Why did you decide to write romance novels?
PEK: I‘m completely obsessed with the human mind and
spirit, which I‘ve been studying for at least twenty
years. I also think that the greatest incubator for
human development is the intimate relationship, so
all my stories (so far) include that element. They
sometimes veer quite a bit toward psychological
fiction, but I love the central theme of a love story.
I understand the desire to escape to these worlds as
well as the desire to see ourselves in the flawed and
lovable heroes and heroines. Romance tells me,
over and over, that so many more things are possi-
ble than what I might find in my ordinary life. It is
exciting, inspiring, and emotionally satisfying.
Unlike many authors I talk to, I‘m rarely happier
than when I get to write about some sexy time.
Writing a fight scene or a chase scene would have
me hitting my head against a wall. But a sex scene
puts a big, fat smile across my face.
MFRW: Tell us about your latest book. What motivated the
story? Where did the idea come from? Where do
your story ideas usually come from?
PEK: My newest series, called Friends & Lovers, has
been a wonderful experience to write. The first two
books are recently published, and the third will be
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available this summer. Like
all my stories, the ones from
Friends & Lovers came to
me in a series of dreams and
daydreams. I‘ve always had
an extremely overactive
imagination (which I appre-
ciate!) and snippets of sto-
ries are always weaving in
and out of my mind.
When I began fleshing out these tales, I didn‘t
know they were connected. It was only much far-
ther into the process that I realized the cast from
one story had a variety of connections—from fam-
ily, history, work, and social—to the others. What
I‘m left with is a world with three strong, primary
families, and the stories they tell.
My readers are always asking if side characters will
get their own stories too, which I‘m open to. As of
now, I don‘t know how many books will comprise
this series, but I‘m guessing it will be at least five.
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