¡Hola! Vuelvo con el especial 2018 de Artistas, esta vez de la mano de Julia London. Ella es una escritora de romance histórico y contemporáneo con mensajes muy potentes y romances que exaltan todas tus emociones.
¡Hello! Today i'm so proud of can go on with my section Special Artist of the hand by Julia London. She's a historical and contemporary romance writer with very powerful messages and romances that exalt all your emotions.
INTERVIEW TO JULIA LONDON
I'm Dinah Dinwiddie. I grew up in Texas and attended the University of Texas in Austin. I graduated with a degree in government and went to Washington to work for a while. But events brought me back to Texas, and after working in local government, I decided I didn't want to do that the rest of my life.
So I started writing like Julia London and saw my work published. Twenty years later, I've written over 50 contemporary and historical romances.
So I started writing like Julia London and saw my work published. Twenty years later, I've written over 50 contemporary and historical romances.
Soy Dinah Dinwiddie. Yo crecí en Texas y fui a la universidad de Texas en Austin. Después de conseguir mi licenciatura gubernamental me fui a trabajar a Washington por un tiempo (en la Casa Blanca). Pero ciertos eventos hicieron que volviera a Texas y trabajara como funcionaria en un gobierno local. Así que yo decidí que no quería hacer esto por el resto de mi vida.
Así que comencé a escribir como Julia London y vi mi trabajo publicado. ¡20 años más tarde, yo he escrito 50 novelas de romance contemporáneo e histórico.
Así que comencé a escribir como Julia London y vi mi trabajo publicado. ¡20 años más tarde, yo he escrito 50 novelas de romance contemporáneo e histórico.
My last historical series was The Highland Grooms and my last contemporary series was my Lake Haven series.
Mi última serie histórica publicada es The highland grooms y mi última serie contemporánea publicada es Lake haven.
My upcoming series is called the Princes of Texas and the first book in the series, THE CHARMER IN CHAPS, will be released May 7th of this year.
El 7 de mayo saldrá a la venta mi próxima serie Princes of Texas con el primer libro "The charmer in chaps" de ella.
"Everyone knows how intense a high-school crush can be. When every waking moment is consumed with the awareness of the crush, when a smile, or a brush of the fingers from the crushee could carry the crusher for a day. Maybe even a week if you re-examined it ad nauseum with your best friend and roommate, Stacy, while your foster parents yelled at each other in the living room.
That’s how Ella Kendall had felt about Luca Prince in high school. He’d transferred into Edna Colley High School in the middle of their junior year, coming from wherever insanely rich kids came from. He was tall and muscular, dark hair streaked with gold, and hazel eyes that changed from blue to green to brown. He was so handsome and so exotically perfect that Ella’s hormones had stacked up like discarded tires and had burned for the next eighteen months. It was a fire that could not be doused.
Not that Luca Prince ever noticed.
Everyone in the town of Three Rivers knew about the Prince family and the famed Three Rivers Ranch for which the town was named. They’d filmed Hollywood movies there. They’d hosted a summit between the president of the United States and the president of Mexico about some trade thing. The ranch was massive in size and supposedly, if you wanted to see it all in one day, you needed a plane.
Ella and Stacy had never seen the ranch except in pictures, because they sure didn’t run in the popular kids’ circle. But they’d heard about the fabled fortress. It was tucked away behind a big fancy gate, nestled on the bank of the river at the foot of the hills. Mariah Frame, nee Baker, their only friend in high school, had seen the ranch, and she’d said it was a like a castle. A Spanish castle. “It’s so big,” she’d said. “And it has so many horses.” Apparently it also had a pool, tennis courts, cars, and Ella could no longer remember what all. But she used to imagine that it was just like the castles in all the princess movies she’d watched as a kid.
Ella, Stacy, and Mariah had called him Prince Luca. He was so dreamy, with those mesmerizing eyes and wavy hair that brushed his shoulders. He and his twin sister, Princess Hallie, had ruled Colley High. They were the homecoming queen and king, a stratosphere of popularity so high above Ella that she must have looked like a speck to them.
Once, Luca had asked Ella for her notes from algebra, and Ella had gotten so tongue-tied that she’d just shoved them at him. And of course she’d completely lost her mind on the night of the senior dance when he’d grabbed her hand—without asking, now that she thought about it, but that was a minor detail—and pulled her onto the dance floor. And then, just like in the movies, after a bit of swaying around, he’d kissed her.
Out of the blue, with no warning, Prince Luca had kissed her, right in the middle of the dance floor, beneath the piñatas. Ella had been kissed many times since, but she remembered everything about that one. His hand had cupped her face; his other had rested on the small of her back. His lips had lingered on hers for what seemed like forever, soft and tender, like he’d landed there and liked it. He had not kissed her in the urgent, demanding way that Clint Adams had kissed her their sophomore year. Prince Luca’s kiss was a proper knee-melting, heart-exploding kiss.
And then, just as suddenly, he’d lifted his head, touched her cheek, and walked off."
I'm also currently working on a historical series called A Royal Wedding. The first book in that series, The Princess Plan, will be published later this year.
Ahora mismo estoy trabajando en mi próxima serie histórica "A royal wedding". El primer libro de la serie "The princess plan" será publicado más tarde este año.
ALL THE BOOKS AND TV OF 2018
What was the first book you read this year:
Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart. He's really funny, but this book wasn't that funny.
Lake success de Gary Shteyngart. Él es realmente divertido pero este libro suyo no lo fué.
What is the shortest book you've read this year:
News of the World by Paulette Giles
Movie you loved the most in the last year:
It was based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan.
It follows a Chinese-American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend's family and is surprised to discover they are among the richest in Singapore. It was a lot of fun.
¡Crazy rich asians! La película está basada en la novela del mismo nombre de Kevin Kwan (2013).
La historia habla de una profesora china-estadounidense que viaja para conocer a la familia de su novio, ¡y así descubre que son de las personas mas ricas de Singapur!
Estaba llena de diversión.
What's your favorite T.V. series of the past year:
Don't laugh, but BoJack Horseman on Netflix. It's animated, but BoJack makes me laugh so hard. He is a horrible horse and famous star of a 90's sitcom.
No te rías pero BoJack Horseman en Netflix. Es animada pero me hizo reír tan fuerte. Él es un horrible caballo, y la estrella famosa de una serie de los 90.
What is your favorite book that you've read so far this year and why:
Hmm...I just finished reading Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon. I loved it because it is a feel good book and because it had lots of dogs. :-)
¡Justo terminé de leer Lost dogs and Lonely hearts de Lucy Dillon. Yo lo amé porque tuve ese sentimiento de haber leído un buen libro y encima, ¡estaba lleno de perros!
Favorite cover of a book you've read or seen this year. Why did you like it:
My friend, Karen Hawkins has a book coming out later this year called the Book Charmer. You can see it on Amazon. It has a pretty reading chair and stack of books and just looks so inviting. I love that cover.
Mi amiga Karen Hawkins va a publicar este año The book charmer, ¡puedes verlo en Amazon! La portada tiene una bella silla que te invita a leer y una pila de libros así que es irresistible. Yo amo la portada.
Your favorite actor from a T.V. series in the past year:
I'm partial to Kit Harington who plays Jon Snow on Game of Thrones. I just think he's cute. I want him to survive. I think he's worked hard enough for it.
Elijo a Kit Harington quien interpreta a Jon Snow en Juego de tronos (Games of thrones). Creo que él es muy lindo, ¡y quiero que él sobreviva! Él ha trabajado lo suficientemente duro para ello.
What do you think was the best script made into a movie in the last year (book to film?):
Crazy Rich Asians. I read the book when it first came out and thought they did an amazing job keeping it close to the book.
Crazy rich asians. Yo leí el libro cuando se publicó y pienso que ellos hicieron un maravilloso tr abajo permaneciendo tan fieles al libro.
Favorite cover artist and why:
Hang Le because she creates beautiful designs and is a joy to work with. She also created the gorgeous cover for my last contemporary, Suddenly Single.
Mi ilustradora favorita es Hang Le porque ella crea hermosos diseños de portadas y es una joya trabajar con ella. Ella también creó la maravillosa portada de mi último libro contemporáneo "Suddenly single".
Your favorite book characters in any book so far this year and why:
I loved the chemistry between Joshua Templeton and Lucy Hutton in The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. Great romance!
Amé la química entre Joshua Templeton y Lucy Hutton en The hating game de la escritora Sally Thorne. ¡Fue un gran romance!
Pick four of your favorite characters from either movies or T.V. and tell us why you like them:
Let's see, I like Claire from Homeland because she is nutty and brilliant at the same time.
Vamos a ver, a mi me gustó Claire de Homeland porque ella es dura y brillante al mismo tiempo.
I think the dynamics between Lena and Martin on Splitting Up Together are so well done.
Creo que la dinámica entre Lena y Martin de Splitting up together fué realmente buena.
I loved Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite. I know a little about Queen Anne and I thought she portrayed her so well.
A movie or series you've rewatched in the last year and why:
I don't generally watch things over, although I might have to rewatch the Game of Thrones before the final season to remind myself what is going on.
Generalmente no vuelvo a ver algo que terminé, pero creo que podría volver a ver Game of thrones antes de la temporada final para rememorar que estaba sucediendo.
Is there a book you've waited to read for one reason or another and finally got around to reading it? Did you enjoy it or were you disappointed:
The Witch Elm by Tana French. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I thought I would. I think the hype around the book increased my expectations and the book didn't live up to those expectations.
The witch elm de Tana French. Yo disfruté de él pero no tanto como pensé que lo haría. Pienso que todo el hype creado alrededor del libro incrementó mis expectativas y el libro no le hizo justicia a mis expectativas.
The genre you've read the most in the last year and why do you enjoy it more than the others:
This is a hard question to answer. I tend to listen to thrillers on audio because they keep my attention while I'm driving. But when I read, it is usually Women's Fiction or romance.
Esta es una pregunta muy dura de responder. Yo escucho muchos audio libros del género thriller porque estos atrapan mi atención mientras conduzco. Pero cuando yo leo, usualmente mis libros son de romance o de Women's fiction.
Movie that you have wanted to see for a long time and finally got to watch it
The Favourite. I had a deadline for a book and thought I was going to miss it, but managed to see it a few days before it left theaters.
La favorita. Yo tenía una fecha tope para entregar un libro y pensé que me la iba a perder, pero conseguí verla unos pocos días antes de que la quitaran de los cines.
Best series ending and why:
The Americans. Now that's a series I watched and really liked. It was weird to root for the Russians, but you can't help it. And I really liked the way it ended (no spoilers!)
The americans. Es una serie que vi y que me gustó. Fue raro alentar a los rusos pero yo no pude evitarlo. ¡Y a mi realmente me gustó el final!
What is your favorite book of all time:
It's not even in print: Harry of Monmouth by A.M. Maugham. It was a book my mother had about Henry V, and I thought that book was magical. I still have it, but the pages are falling out.
Mi libro favorito de siempre no sé puede encontrar ya impreso: Harry of Monmouth de A.M. Maugham. Era un libro que mi madre tenía de Henry V, y yo pensaba que ese libro era mágico. Yo todavía tengo la edición de mi mamá pero las páginas están cayéndose.
With love,
Julia London.
Julia London.
