Find out about her book on Amazon.
Questionnaire:
Thanks for letting us
interrogate you! Can you give us a
go-for-the-gut answer as to why you wanted to be an author?
It has been my secret dream since junior high school, when I was in
a creative writing class. A dream that
was buried when life and family took
over.
Tell us (we won’t tell
promise!) is it all it’s cracked up to be?
I mean what are the perks and what are the demands?
It is all too new for me, everything is exciting and fun. The
demands have been adjusting my time,
since I already have a full schedule, to make
writing a priority. That has been the hardest thing to do. Some days it just doesn't happen.
Which route did you take –
traditional or self-published – and can you give us the nitty gritty low down
on what’s that like?
Savvy Authors was having a pitch contest and I pitched my story to
an editor for Wee Creek Press, Melanie
Billings. They are a small traditional publisher.
She asked to read the story and then made the offer.
Woohoo. I was excited to say the least, that was September last
year, and the book is now available
this June, on Amazon and B&N.
Tell us for real what your
family feels about you spending so much time getting your book written,
polished, edited, formatted, published, what have you?
My children are grown with their own families, so I didn't have that
to contend with. I kept my writing a secret from everyone I knew, until
I got the offer from the publisher. So
everyone was surprised about my accomplishment.
This is for plant lovers. Are they actually still alive?
Plants, yes. But I can only keep African Violets alive. Everything
else I've tried doesn't make it.
In writing your book, how did
you deal with the phone ringing, your family needing dinner or your boss
calling you saying you’re late?
What was the craziest or insane
thing that happened to you in the book publishing process?
Keeping the secret, when I wanted to share what I had been up to.
But my fear, and self doubt plagued me
to keep silent.
How about the social
networks? Which ones do you believe help
and which ones do you wish you could avoid?
I'm still learning how to use them. My day job keeps me busy for
nine hours each day, it's hard to devote
the time I would like. Alas, the dream for
full time writing. Twitter is what I am trying to figure out.
Book sales. Don’t you just love them (or lack of?)? How are you making the sales happen for you?
It's newly released. So here's hoping for success.
What is one thing you’d like to
jump on the rooftop and scream about?
I did it!!!!!!! Dreams can come true!!!
Okay, too much sugar for you
today! Here’s a nice cup of Chamomile
tea and come on over and sit under the cabana and watch the waves roll in. Now…can you tell us what you love about being
a published author and how all those things above doesn’t matter because it’s
all part of the whole scheme of things and you wouldn’t have it any other way?
It is such an accomplishment, that's so hard to explain.
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