It is a real pleasure for me to be interviewing Rhian Cahill for Fallen Angel Reviews today. Rhian, thank you for taking time out of your busy day to chat with me.

Always happy to sit down and chat, thanks for having me.

Rhian, can you tell us how you got started in your writing career?

I’m not sure I’d call it a career even with two books under my belt, it’s more a compulsion, I can’t not write. I’ve always written but after the youngest of my four kids went off to school I finally decided to share my stories with the unsuspecting public. *grin*

What’s a normal day like for you?

6:30 am wake up. Pack The Kid off to school by 7:15. Get the Princess One and Princess & the Pea sorted with their home school work by 9ish, check on Son#1 & Lady in Waiting to see if they need anything for their university work, and then email, write, edit, whatever needs to be done. Oh and the occasional hour of procrastination in there too. Okay hours of procrastinating.

Rhian, you live in Singapore. Do you find a lot of inspiration living in such an exotic place?

Singapore is great for people watching but I find inspiration from everywhere. I’ve been spotted more than once with a note book in hand scribbling down something. Yes, I’ve done that in the queue for the bathroom.

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Why?

That’s a tough one. I think I’d like to live everywhere just once but really, just so long as I’ve got family and friends close by I’m happy.

How long does it take you to write a novel?

Wow. These questions are getting harder. Time can be such a fickle thing, I’ve been known to write at the speed of light but I’ve also had times when the words just won’t come. On average, I could write a novella in two weeks but Mr. Muse is even more fickle than time and he likes to work on more than one story so it usually feels like years before I get something finished but probably isn’t. I’m happy to get 2,000 words a day.

Where do you get your ideas from?

As I said earlier I’m inspired by everything in life and often nothing. I love playing this game where I make up people’s lives. I’ll be in the line at Starbucks or sitting at the airport and I pick a person and decide what their story is. I had a mistress in front of me the other day at the bank teller machine.

Do you use your life experiences in your writing?

I think I do to a certain extent but not necessarily all of what I write comes from my life. I’ve certainly never seen a hunk shift into a coyote. LOL

Where do you like to write? Do you have a special room in your home?

I have an office. Well it’s the corner of my bedroom but the view is spectacular. On a clear day I can see all the way to Indonesia but I can write pretty much anywhere. I’m very good at zoning out the rest of the world.

What would readers be surprised to learn about you?

I’m not sure but everyone is surprised when I tell them I married my husband after knowing him for three months and after four kids and twenty-one years I love him more than ever. I guess that kind of explains why I’m a sucker for the Romance genre.

Who is the person you most admire?

My husband’s grandmother. She married a man with four kids, produced three more and never once let anyone in the family feel left out. The woman was amazing, nothing was ever too much trouble and she always had a cup of tea and biscuits ready for anyone who popped in. She died at the ripe old age of 95 and even four years later I miss her every day.

One Night in Bangkok was your debut novel, can you tell our readers a little about the story?

One Night In Bangkok is the first in the Passport To Passion Collection of short stories. Each feature a woman finding love and lust in a foreign country, all are hot contemporary reads with a splash of the exotic thrown in. One Night In Bangkok came about when I accompanied my husband on a business trip to Thailand. The hotel bar was the perfect place to people watch and from there a story was born. I had fun writing it, and the scene with the mango makes me look twice at fruit salad now. *grin* The second book in the series, Singapore Fling, released on Aug. 31st, which was inspired by the cocktail, Singapore Sling.

What part of your writing process do you enjoy the most?

When the ideas are fresh and yelling to be written. If I’m not feeling the story it’s like pulling teeth but when they flow it’s great. Oh and I have to say seeing that book cover go live on the publishers website has to be THE best part of writing.

What are you working on at the moment?

Coyote shifters. It’s a four book series, books 1 & 2 are done and some of book 3. Book 4 is making some noise but it isn’t quite there yet. Just got to find them a home.

Where can our readers find Rhian Cahill hanging out?

Where don’t I hang out? No, really I’m all over the net, I pop into different chat loops all the time. But you can always find what I’m up to on my website, blog, or the group blog I’m a member of International Heat, is a group of writers, cover artist, reviewer and editor that hang out and get into trouble together.

If you had a genie grant you three wishes, what would they be?

Good health for me and those I love, enough success in my writing to be able to afford all the writing conferences I want to go to each year and maybe a less stressful job for Hubby.

Can you describe for us your perfect man?

I could but you’d come steal him and he’s MINE!

Rhian, it has been a pleasure learning more about you and your writing. Thank you for taking the time to sit and chat. Reader, don’t forget to drop by Rhian’s hangouts and visit her website for updates on her new releases.

It was great chatting with you Sandie. Maybe we could do it again sometime.

Interviewed by: Sandie