Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised deep in the concrete garden of Jacksonville, Florida where I learned to embrace the magic in the most unlikely of places. For having grown up in a city where the nearest tree was down the street, my stories center in forests more often than I care to admit. I love nature, exploring it, writing about it, creating worlds brimming with it.
I’ve written nine books, though one is a collection of three novellas.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Day of Wishes and Wonder (Starlight Fae #1), and it is a YA faery adventure that dives through multiple realms. I’ve had this story in my heart ever since I took up the name “Anne Stryker”. It has gone through countless rewrites since then; however, and the exact point and reason it came to be has fallen away. I would probably say my love of faeries, stars, and mysterious male leads with tragic backstories are the likely culprits.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not sure it’s very unusual, but I seem to plot or ‘pants’ all my stories in different ways from outlines, to sticky notes, to a brief “start, middle, end”, to nothing more than a feeling or character I want to know more about.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a big fan of Laini Taylor, A.G. Howard, and Julie Kagawa’s work. Their stories contain the magic and adventures that I hope to attain in my own work.
What are you working on now?
Right now? Oh boy… What aren’t I working on? I’ve got a hand in a massive Kingdom of Fairytales project that is releasing a book every Wednesday for all of 2020. I’m working on the third book in my Beyond the Veil series, Hiding in the Mountains. I’m planning out the second book in my Starlight Fae series, Night of Shadows and Ember. And I’m collaborating with a couple coauthors to bring life to the worlds we share.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m most active on Instagram, though in the past weeks leading up to this release I’ve gone silent as I rush to meet deadlines and manage my day job. I’ve found a lot of success in promoting my work through C.L. Cannon Builders and the folks at Enchanted Quill Press. They have been essential in getting my career off the ground, and I am now heading to a place where I will hopefully no longer need to juggle the day job.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t make excuses. If you see a problem, handle it. There is always a way around every roadblock. As long as you don’t make excuses, you will find a way to succeed even if it may not be as quickly or in the way you planned.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be brave. Even if you’re scared to death of putting yourself out there, as long as you love your work, you will find others who love it too. That doesn’t mean to throw it out there, of course. But work hard, polish your story, and then be brave enough to free it.
What are you reading now?
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. It’s been awhile, so I’m diving back into an old love.
What’s next for you as a writer?
USA Today Bestseller with a side order of New York Times. I’m planning big, and I’m going to fight my way to making it happen.
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?
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Splintered by A.G. Howard
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
My kindle, so I can have the entire series for all of these.
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