Robin Christine’s Bio…
I got a late start in my writing career, but I’ve been a story teller and voracious reader all my life.
After receiving a B.S. in physics and my M.S. in physics education, I embarked on what I thought was going to be a life-long career as a high school physics teacher. For more than 15 years I stuck with this plan, writing nothing more creative than lab reports. In 2007, after much urging from my children (and being snowed in), I decided to try my hand at writing a book, with no intention of doing it full time. During my years in the classroom, I enjoyed the challenge of turning young minds onto science by creating compelling labs and demonstrations. In 2010, my plan was derailed with a medical scare that forced me to re-evaluate what I wanted to do.
Back to full strength, I turned to writing full time to keep my sanity and thing have just continued to progress.
When I’m not writing, I enjoy spending time with my family and my 3 dogs. To keep myself amused, I enjoy flying and building general aviation airplanes along with playing trombone in the local community band.
A quick interview with Robin Christine DeMarco…
You were trained as a science teacher. Why did you become a writer? I started writing to entertain myself. I used make up and tell stories to my girls as they were growing up. As they got older, the stories became more involved. When I had my medical scare in 2010 that took me out of the classroom, I turned to writing to keep my sanity. After the issue was resolved I decided to try to make a new start as novelist. It’s been an interesting road so far and I can’t wait to see what the journey brings.
What inspires you to write? I’ve been a voracious reader since my early days. I’ve always loved mysteries and stories with happy endings. Along the way I got into authors like Nora Roberts (and her pseudonym, J.D. Robb), Iris Johansen and Irene Hannon. One thing I discovered I didn’t like was the use of vulgar language and steamy sex scenes. So I aimed to emulate the parts of my favorite authors that I admired while striving to tell the story in the sweetest way.
What might surprise readers about you? I get a ton of double takes when I tell people that I’m building my own airplane from scratch. I have been an aviation enthusiast since I was a teenager and learned to fly in 2001. It has been a dream of mine to build my own plane since then. I look at it as my form of arts and crafts.
What is your favorite book? This is hard. I’m not sure I have a ‘favorite’, but I tend to reread Naked in Death or Fatal Judgement when I’m bored. Of course those are first books in series, so I tend to read other books of the series as well.
What is your average day like? My days begin with play times with my dogs. Once they’ve been taken care of, I try to get to my office by 8 each morning. Most mornings begin with a quick run through of emails and then I try to write for a three hour stretch. Afternoons are spent on marketing and editing tasks. Evenings when things are quiet and everyone else has gone to bed, I either go out to the shop to work on the plane or back to the office to write more.
What do you hope readers take away from your books? My goal is to entertain readers, providing them with engaging stories, complex plots and old-fashioned values. I hope to show them a contemporary story can be had without the language and sex.
How do you integrate faith into your stories? I try to emulate how I use my faith in my everyday life. I show my characters going through tough patches and turning things over to God, praying for things and how they respond to the answers. My books aren’t preachy and don’t quote scriptures. I let the actions of the characters show the lessons.