Interview with Gale Laure, author of “Evolution of a Sad Woman”

About Gale Laure

International selling author, Gale Laure, is a native Texan.  She was born along the coast of Texas in an area referred to as the “Golden Triangle”.  She spent her young adult years in Tyler in East Texas, and Houston, Texas.   She has resided in a small suburban town in the Houston area for more than 20 years with her husband and family.

As mysterious as her mystery-suspense thriller book and novel, Laure writes under a pseudonym.  She is very adamant about maintaining her privacy and the privacy of her family as a mystery!

With an attitude that “you can do anything you set your mind to”, Laure travels forward in life fulfilling all of her dreams.  She credits her huge imagination and true love for research for taking her to this career decision to be an author.  She also credits some special people in her life which offered encouragement to become a mystery writer.

She has gained her experience for writing from her careers including owner of a business service, marketing and consulting company, owner of her own travel agency, employment in the medical field including office manager, a short stint as a legal assistant, a paralegal, and employment in an insurance office and CPA’s office.

Gale Laure enjoys her career and life as an author.  She finds inspiration from her readers, friends and family.

Laure’s hobbies include genealogical research, movies, creating stories for the children around her, involvement in her church and people watching.  By watching people she obtains ideas for the characters in her books.  So watch out!  You may see some of your own traits in a character in her mystery, romance, and suspense-thriller books.  She loves the “human being” and everything about them, both good and bad.

Gale Laure is known for her informal Southern style of writing.  Books written by Gale Laure include her current debut, mystery-suspense thriller, Evolution of a Sad Woman.  It is selling internationally as an ebook download, Kindle and as a trade softcover paperback.

You can visit Gale on the web at www.galelaure.com or www.evolutionofasadwoman.com.

The Interview

Could you please tell us a little about your book?

Evolution of a Sad Woman is a mystery, suspense, thriller and romance novel.
Five men – strangers – are drawn together by their love for the same beautiful woman, Kizzy. When Kizzy is brutally murdered, they are united by a common goal – to solve her murder. Personalities collide, tensions build and relationships will develop when police detective Evan Picard, attorney William Newton, former male model turned cabdriver Jimmy Smithson, former pro-football player turned used car salesman Tom Hastings and Catholic priest Father C.D. Casmiersky come together. Each man has a romantic history with Kizzy. They are forced to share their histories with Kizzy with each other, which is a very difficult thing for each man to do. In these histories, they will find clues to solve the mystery. They are taken down dark, dangerous roads into a new world of violence, pain and crime. The ending to this mystery will surprisingly change their lives forever.

What is the most important thing in your life right now?

My family is the most important thing in my life. My protection of their lives and privacy is why I write under a pseudonym.
My career as an author is the second most important thing in my life. My writing career makes me happy. Happiness is a goal we all search for our entire lives. In writing, I have found mine.

What are you currently working on?

I am currently editing my second novel, The Bunkhouse, a historical, mystery, suspense, thriller and romance novel with a science-fiction twist. It is due out in 2010.

I am currently writing the first sequel to Evolution of a Sad Woman entitled Alana – Evolution of a Woman, a mystery, suspense, thriller and romance novel.

I am currently researching my fourth novel entitled Time in Vieux Carre, a historical, mystery, suspense, thriller and romance novel.

What are some of your long term goals?

I hope I can write until I am very old. I hope people everywhere enjoy my novels, are challenged by my novels and are inspired by my novels. I hope my name, Gale Laure, is one of integrity, knowledge, success and professionalism in the business.

What do you feel sets this book apart from others in the same genre?

My novel, Evolution of a Sad Woman, is a multiple genre novel. When I visit different bookstores, I find it in a different section in every store. One story may have it under mystery. Others have it under romance, thriller, suspense, action adventure, crime, mystery, literature novels and several others. It is as if each person finds a different message in my novel.

Even male and female readers find a different message. The male readers enjoy the mystery, adventure, crime and action. The female readers love the mystery and the romance.

From the reader who wants just to be entertained to the reader who wants an inspiring message, each finds what they want or need from my novel. And might I add – no one has ever figured out the surprise ending! I am quite proud of that fact.

What is the most important lesson you have learned from life so far?

The most important lesson I have learned is that I can survive anything – and believe me, I have.
My home and almost everything in it was destroyed by hurricane Ike.
My husband has been through cancer twice.
My book was destroyed the first time I wrote it when my husband tried to upgrade my computer for me, and the backup was corrupt.
My second book, The Bunkhouse, was destroyed when my computer was destroyed by the hurricane. However this time, I had a flash drive backup of it.
My sickly elderly parents have required me to put my life on hold at times to care for them.
I was very sick with pneumonia from South America that I caught while traveling on an international flight.
But . . . here I am. I made it. I am an author of an international selling novel. Nothing stopped me. I can survive anything. Perseverance is everything.

About Evolution of a Sad Woman

Her beautiful, mystical, emerald eyes will haunt them forever . . . .

Five very different men – all strangers – are drawn together to solve a murder by an uncommon thread – the love of the same beautiful woman, Kizzy. When she is murdered, they pull their past into their present, their present explodes, and their future is filled with surprise and changed forever!

When police detective Evan Picard, attorney William Newton, cabdriver Jimmy Smithson, former pro-football player turned used car salesman Tom Hastings and Father C.D. Casmiersky are forced together – personalities explode, tensions build and relationships develop. The ending to this chapter of their lives and to Kizzy’s murder will have a surprise none of them will ever expect.

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