Far and away, my favorite New Adult book(s) on addiction so far have been the ADDICTED series by Krista and Becca Ritchie. Last month during their blog tour you may have witnessed me fangirling out over ADDICTED FOR NOW (which, if you like NA, sexy books, or books dealing with addiction should absolutely be on your TBR list!). Today I am totally thrilled to pick their brains a little more as I prepare to devour the next novella in this series. Here's a little bit about these incredible women and their book babies!
About the Authors
Becca’s Links:
Krista’s Links:
Krista & Becca Ritchie write New Adult books that make you cringe, gasp, and go ooh-la-la. (If you do that sort of thing.) They are currently working on the spin-offs and final books in the Addicted series. Connect with them on twitter @Becca_Ritchie / @Nawanda_Files and their website: kbritchie.com
Tell us a little
about your writer's journey so far:
Becca:
I’ve been writing for about ten years. The first couple of years I started
writing my stories on legal pads, so I’d say it wasn’t very productive and
there’s no way it was very good. But I never stopped writing, and once I
entered college, I teamed up with my sister to work on a couple novels.
Addicted to You was the one we thought was ready to be shared, and here we are
now! The response has been crazy, and we’re just so grateful for all the
support and readers.
Krista:
I haven’t been writing as long as Becca, but I wrote throughout college and
some of high school. I really loved it, and I was so excited when Becca told me
she wanted to work with me. We didn’t know what to expect when we published
Addicted to You, but I agree with Becca, the response and support has been so
amazing.
Okay, let's hear
your Twitter Pitch! (140 characters or less.)
Becca:
I’ll tackle this one ;) – A female sex addict and her alcoholic best friend
pretend to be in a relationship to hide their addictions from their families.
#craziness
Krista:
Couldn’t have said it any better ;)
What inspired
you to write this book? How is it a book only you could write?
Becca:
We really wanted to write a story about female sex addiction, and we felt the
only way for people to understand the reality behind that addiction would be to
juxtapose it with a known addiction—one that’s not as taboo. Like alcohol
addiction.
Krista:
Answering the second question…Becca and I are twenty-two. We were in our senior
year at college when we wrote Addicted to You. Our characters are around our
age and they face some of the same insecurities and challenges about becoming
adults that we face. We put—however corny this may seem—our souls into this
book. It has our humor, our love for dark, emotional dramas, and our beliefs
about being twenty-something in our generation.
What's your
favorite thing about writing?
Becca:
I love creating new people, as weird as that may seem. They become so real to
us over the course of writing, and what’s fun is being able to just think about
simple things like: how would Rose handle a gym class? Or what would Lily do
while shopping for groceries? And being able to construct a scene based on that
everyday scenario is actually more fun than it seems.
Krista:
Same! I love creating our characters. And being able to talk about them with
Becca is an added bonus.
What's your
least favorite thing?
Becca:
Knowing something is really wrong with the book and not being able to figure
out what it is. We’ve had those moments with Addicted for Now and Kiss the Sky
where we’re about halfway through and we step back and go, “Dammit, something’s
wrong.” And we have absolutely no clue what it is. It’s just this weird insane
feeling. We always figure it out, but it eats up our time.
Krista:
Agreed. When something is off with plot, pacing, or characters and you just
can’t figure out which, it’s a mood killer and a time suck.
Now it's time to
brag a little--What do you love most about your book?
Becca:
Oh, I love our characters, without a doubt. They’re all so different and
unique. They’re constructed based on every little thing. Like environment,
psychology, who raised them, their wealth, everything. I love our characters so
deeply. They’re flawed, most are assholes, but they’re so lovable in the end…to
us anyway.
Krista:
Our characters are complete assholes. But I agree, I love them all! They all
bring something new and fresh to our books since they’re all incredibly
different.
Okay, now a
little about you. (And yes, I stole these questions from In the Actor's Studio
with James Lipton.)
What is your
favorite word?
Becca:
Captivate (I rarely use it though)
Krista:
Ethereal
What is your
least favorite word?
Becca:
Moist!
Krista:
Masticate
What turns you
on?
Becca:
Good sense of humor
Krista:
Intelligence
What turns you
off?
Becca:
Misogyny
Krista:
Incompetence
What sound or
noise do you love?
Becca:
Wind chimes
Krista:
Typing
What sound or
noise do you hate?
Becca:
Crying baby
Krista:
Fuzzy television
What profession,
other than your own, would you most like to attempt?
Becca:
Firefighter
Krista:
Doctor
If Heaven
exists, what would you like to hear G-d say when you arrive at the pearly
gates?
Becca:
Remember when you fought with your twelfth grade Government teacher, *leans in
to whisper* you were right. (Thanks
God!)
Krista:
Just kidding. Turn around. You’re immortal. J
Finally, what's
the one question you've always wanted to answer in an interview? (And of
course, you have to answer it!)
If you had to
choose to live in the world of one book, what would it be and why?
Krista:
The obvious answer here is Harry Potter. Who doesn’t want to be a wizard? But
we also have to consider the fact that you could be a muggle. And since I’m not
British, I probably wouldn’t be the one wielding the wand. Then again, I think
it would be more fun to be a muggle in Harry Potter than it would be to be human
anywhere else. So I’m sticking with the obvious answer – Harry Potter.
About KISS THE SKY
Virgin. Sex addict. Daredevil. Alcoholic. Smartass … Jackass. Her five friends are about to be filmed. Reality TV, be prepared. Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she’s a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But with a sex addict as a sister and roommate, nothing comes easy.
After accepting help from a producer, Rose agrees to have her life filmed for a reality television show. The Hollywood exec is her last chance to revive her struggling fashion line, and boundaries begin to blur as she’s forced to make nice with a man who always has his way.
Twenty-four-year-old Connor Cobalt is a guy who bulldozes weak men. He’s confident, smart-as-hell and lives with his equally ambitious girlfriend, Rose Calloway. Connor has to find a way to protect Rose without ruining the show. Or else the producer, who’s never been denied a thing, will get what Connor has always wanted—Rose’s virginity.
This New Adult Standalone Romance can be described as Friends meets The Real World. Expect fist fights, drugs, sex of varying degrees, crude humor and competitive alpha males. Definitely for mature
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