About STILL CRAZY…
Can
an obsession continue from beyond the grave?
Clay
Lynch is obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Alyssa Tyler. Convinced they’re
destined for each other, he stalks, pesters and torments her…he creeps up to
her bedroom window, he follows her onto planes, he wrecks her wedding by
abducting her. His arrest and prison sentence assure her he’s finally out of
her life… until his remains are found in the Arizona desert. On the anniversary
of the day they met, she receives a haunting text message. Is he now stalking
her from beyond the grave?
Where
did STILL CRAZY come from?
It
went through many incarnations over the last 26 years! In 1989, I took a detour
from my romance genre and wrote a thriller about a stalking ex. It was set in
the present, then, but I updated and revised it many times. Back then there
were no cell phones, no internet, no GPS’s, and none of those songs or bands
existed!
Is there anything specific that inspired you to
write Still Crazy?
Yes, the media has provided the public with a lot of useful information about stalkers, and we now realize what a serious problem it is. I also added an essential dimension to Alyssa's personality: she can't understand why she's attracted to certain types of men who abuse her in different ways. Then she sees a television show about codependent people, which hits her like a ton of bricks. Knowing what her problem is, she finally gets the help she needs. I'm hoping this will make readers aware that codependency is also a serious issue.
If this book was made into a film, who would you
cast in it?
I visualized Greg Kinnear as Clay, for no particular reason. He just seemed to fit my image of Clay. For Alyssa, I see Dakota Fanning.
An excerpt from STILL
CRAZY:
She brought her
car in for servicing the next morning, parking in his lot next to a red and
white taxi. Her mechanic called her a little after two. “Your car is ready,
Alyssa. Hey, do you know you have a GPS tracking device attached underneath
it?”
“What?” She shook
her head, baffled. “I have a GPS in the dashboard, but not under the car.”
“Oh, yeah, you do.
This is a tracking device. Somebody has a GPS and a dot will flash on the
screen to show your exact location, as long as you’re within range. You want me
to take it out?”
She instantly knew
who this ‘somebody’ was. She felt as if a ton of bricks clobbered her square in
the face.
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About Diana
My
passion for history and travel has taken me to every locale of my books, and
short stories, set in Medieval and Renaissance England, Egypt, the
Mediterranean, colonial Virginia, New England, and New York. My urban fantasy
romance, FAKIN’ IT, won a Top Pick award from Romantic Times. I’m a member of
Romance Writers of America, the Richard III Society and the Aaron Burr
Association. I live on Cape Cod with my husband Chris. In my spare time, I
bicycle, golf, play my piano and devour books of any genre.
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Looks awesome, Penny, thanks for hosting me! Diana
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