What is the best thing you’ve learned about writing and/or the publishing business?
It’s a business like any other business. It pays to keep up with what’s going on in the industry. Don’t just leave it all in the hands of your agent, editor or publicist.
Good advice! How do you balance the demands of your everyday life and your writing life?
I have a full-time job. Always have had. At times it can be quite demanding. There are things I have learned to let go - like house cleaning. Leave it to a pro. Also, it’s important to have a social life. It keeps your writing fresh. Any chores I can hire out, I do.
It’s a business like any other business. It pays to keep up with what’s going on in the industry. Don’t just leave it all in the hands of your agent, editor or publicist.
Good advice! How do you balance the demands of your everyday life and your writing life?
I have a full-time job. Always have had. At times it can be quite demanding. There are things I have learned to let go - like house cleaning. Leave it to a pro. Also, it’s important to have a social life. It keeps your writing fresh. Any chores I can hire out, I do.
I'm not a fan of cleaning house myself either, although I do...occasionally. Give us a brief glimpse at your road to publication.
Years ago, I lived in New Jersey. I attended a cocktail party at a writers’ conference, got to chatting with another attendee, and asked what she did. Her response – “I’m a a reader.” Well, so am I, I thought. She went on to explain she read for the now defunct Silhouette line and gave me the information. I filled out the test they sent and received a call and was told I was hired. I did it for seven years. Then a new line opened and one of the editors invited me to submit. They passed on my first submission but the second received an offer for a 2 book contract.
Years ago, I lived in New Jersey. I attended a cocktail party at a writers’ conference, got to chatting with another attendee, and asked what she did. Her response – “I’m a a reader.” Well, so am I, I thought. She went on to explain she read for the now defunct Silhouette line and gave me the information. I filled out the test they sent and received a call and was told I was hired. I did it for seven years. Then a new line opened and one of the editors invited me to submit. They passed on my first submission but the second received an offer for a 2 book contract.
What a great story! You mentioned having a job outside of writing. What is it and how does it mesh with your writing?
Yes, I do. For the most part, I’ve always been in the travel industry. It meshes well with my writing, as there are few parts of the world I haven’t been to, and the less research I have to do about settings the better. Another plus, all that time in airports, hotel rooms /cruise staterooms, gives me quiet time to write.
Sounds like heaven. Do you have hobbies that you’d like to share?
Travel is a huge hobby of mine. It helps when you don’t have to pay for it, or it comes at minimal expense. I also work out quite a bit. Exercise relaxes me so I take Kickboxing classes, Zumba and Step and Sculpt. Then there’s reading. You can usually find two or three books on my nightstand at any time.
Yes, I do. For the most part, I’ve always been in the travel industry. It meshes well with my writing, as there are few parts of the world I haven’t been to, and the less research I have to do about settings the better. Another plus, all that time in airports, hotel rooms /cruise staterooms, gives me quiet time to write.
Sounds like heaven. Do you have hobbies that you’d like to share?
Travel is a huge hobby of mine. It helps when you don’t have to pay for it, or it comes at minimal expense. I also work out quite a bit. Exercise relaxes me so I take Kickboxing classes, Zumba and Step and Sculpt. Then there’s reading. You can usually find two or three books on my nightstand at any time.
We sound like kindred spirits, although I don't get to read as much as I'd like to. Thank you for visiting with us today! Let's hear more about your upcoming release!
Blurb~
Plus-size model, Eboni is Trouble on Steroids. Not at all what stuffy Dr. Grant St. Jour ordered. But she just might be what the former surgeon recently relocated to Miami, needs.
Excerpt~
“Eboni! Eboni!” the crowd chanted, pulling her out of her head.
Gingerly, holding up the hem of her gown, Eboni mounted the stairs to the stage, joining a beaming Maximilian.
“Our lovely couple is off for a two-night stay at the beautiful Seabreeze Resort in The Keys,” Maximilian said, shaking an envelope at them before throwing his arms around their shoulders. The audience roared their approval.
Two nights? Not a simple lunch or dinner?
A dazed Eboni accepted the envelope, glanced at the contents, and turned it over to Grant who appeared frozen. He stared out into the sea of faces, smiling as if he had lockjaw and barely giving her a look. He held the envelope like something that should be flushed.
Never in her wildest imaginings had Eboni expected this to be an overnight date. Dinner she could handle, but a weekend at a resort with Grant allowed for endless and disturbing possibilities. Though it also might give her time to show the aloof doctor there was more to her than flash and bling.
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