Interview with Jill Wallace, Author of Timeless Pirouette (Time Flies Series Book 2)

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Timeless Pirouette (Time Flies Series Book 2)?

I wanted to write a series but didn’t know where to begin. I pondered this conundrum for two years and brainstormed with awesome authors I know. They say ‘write what you know’. I listened. I was born with a caul and had psychic experiences growing up but consciously blocked any gift. I recently read everything by Brian Weiss and was intrigued with his findings about past life regressions. I belong to a wonderful sister circle and I’ve learned to meditate. It’s opened my mind to the unconventional and the idea of having a soulmate over and over again and choosing your life path before you’re born. So, my long-suppressed psychic inclinations were re-awoken. I wondered how to tell a story that was fresh so I leaned into my years as an international air hostess for South African Airways in the 80’s. The group of women in this book are modeled on my first real American friends I’ve loved for 25 years. And I was a ballet student until I was 43, so I am honestly drawing from all my experiences.

If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Timeless Pirouette (Time Flies Series Book 2), what would they be?

Lucky – “Witchy”

Woman Brie – “You Are Beautiful”

Chantelle – “Shine Bright Like a Diamond”

Moxie – “Round and Around She Goes”

BJ – “Tell it Like it is”

What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

I read everything. From Anne Lamott to Ken Follet, to Og Mandino, to Kahil Gibran. I don’t like light books. I crave books that make me think. I love the cadence of ‘All the light I Cannot See’ and ‘The River I Remember’.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

Emily Colin’s ‘The Memory Thief’; The new One by Liane Moriarty; A Jodi Picoult and ‘The Midnight Library’.

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

I was immersed in Polina and Mikhail’s unlikely attraction. Their first look felt like a slap of recognition – I think one of my cheeks turned red! I tried to convey what meeting your soulmate again in this life would feel like. I hope readers will let me know if I succeeded.

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

I am dull. I sit with fingers on keys: music on or off; light on or off; coffee strong or water cold; dogs around (that’s the only essential element) and wait for my protagonist to tell me what to say – what to feel – what to dread – what to want. Writing to me is the ultimate form of escape.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

My nectar is the unexpected. And there can’t be light without the dark. I look for the dark then my characters make me find the light. Or vice versa. It’s kind of an Argentinean tango in a smokey nightclub that leads to a triple pirouette on the stage of the Bolshoi.

If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?

That where there is hope there is love. That we can all become un-broken if we allow it.

Jill Wallace is the author of the new book Timeless Pirouette (Time Flies Series Book 2)

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