Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been writing blogs and articles for most of my adult life many of those ghost-written including content (under a male pseudonym) for a men’s lifestyle magazine. I have only had one book published but I have a box somewhere in my basement of over 20 books that I should finish one day.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Trailer Trash: an ’80s Memoir. For many years I hid where I lived during my upbringing even claiming that we only lived in a trailer while having a normal (brick house) built. However, as I got older I realized that my childhood, how I lived, what I experienced became the best parts of myself and I was compelled to share that with others.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really unusual but I entirely absorb myself in the decade that I am writing about. For instance, I had to have Magnum P.I on and my ’80s playlist going while hammering away at my ’80s memoir.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Hands down…anything by David Sedaris. His take and satirical view on his childhood allowed me to step back and view my own through a humorous lens.
What are you working on now?
The sequel to my first book which picks up right where the first one leaves off and takes place in the 1990s.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Twitter has been an invaluable resource for building a writing community but reaching my reading audience. I am dipping my toe in website promotions so I don’t have an answer just yet but will keep you posted.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Repeat these words every day…If you don’t believe in your work, no one else will.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If you suffer from writer’s block pick up someone else’s work and read it until you’ve crawled out of your own head and thoughts.
What are you reading now?
The Patchwork Bride by Sandra Dallas (my book club’s pick for Feb)
What’s next for you as a writer?
To continue to find the balance between continuing to promote my current book while continuing to work on my second one.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
(classics first) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway and When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.
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