Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi! I’m Anne Eliot, and I’ve written four young adult books. They are all teen romance, set in high school. My first book, Almost was a ‘Cinderella’ book because I indie published it and it did really well. Well enough to land me the agent of my dreams as well as got me on the Amazon Kindle, top 12 of all 2012 in Children’s and Teens, right on the same list as some of my hero authors!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called How I Fall, it’s about a teen who falls down a lot because she has balance issues due to the fact that she has Cerebral Palsy. It was inspired by a real girl who lives in Denver named Allison. She doesn’t have CP, rather, she has similar symptoms to someone who would have left-sided hemiparesis. But of course it’s not about the CP at all, it’s a romance of course. About a girl who has a crush on this football player guy.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure how to answer that. I do spend a lot of time lurking around coffee shops and when I’m on a roll I eat a ton of cheese and crackers…more than I want to admit to. Do these count?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
This list is so long…I have my romance hero authors, and I have my writing inspiration authors, as well as the writing books that have also helped me. How about if anyone ever really reads this and they want to know one of these lists, they email me and I’ll tell them some individually? 🙂 hehe
What are you working on now?
The sequel to How I Fall, and it’s called How I Fly. Much kissing and romance. Much resolving of issues that came out in book one!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Well of course, there is AwesomeGang. I wish I had a best method, and so I don’t I tend to try everything. I’m on Facebook a lot, tumblr I love, but it is not to promote books really, more just to stare at beautiful blogs and think…Twitter is fun but I also fail at promoting there too. So…gah. Does this help at all?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes! Please just write. Get the story down. Write your whole heart and don’t hold back. One page a day is a book in a year. You. Can. Do. It!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard was when someone told me to only care about what I thought, because if you try to worry over what others think…it will crush you.
What are you reading now?
Jo Jo Moyes. The One Left Behind. She rocks.
What’s next for you as a writer?
So many projects are in the works, but all are babies right now! My audio books are coming out, that is really next.
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?
Eeek. No. I can’t imagine this torture. I’d bring my fully loaded Kindle and a solar charger. Is that allowed?
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