Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Polarity in Motion is my first book, and I am working on a sequel that takes the same characters into a more complex, risky situation.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The book I’m working on now is Polarity in Love. It was inspired by readers who asked deeper questions about Ethan, one of the main characters in the first book. In fact, a high school English class in Minnesota is currently reading the first draft of my new book. Their questions and feedback are helping me to discover more about Polarity and Ethan–making their relationship and their story go to a new level.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write a quick, sketchy draft of a scene, and then leave it a day or so. The sketch sort of worms its way into my subconscious and fleshes itself out–sometimes even when I’m asleep. Then after a couple of days when I go back to scene, it rewrites itself.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Justina Chen’s book North of Beautiful is one of my fav YA’s. Love the Hunger Games and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series–had to read them without stopping.
What are you working on now?
Polarity in Love
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’ve tried a little of everything. It seems as if the most effective way to move large numbers of books is through ads. I love connecting with readers on Goodreads, but as an author I feel a little shy about it. I don’t want readers to feel pressured or harassed by authors. But I do love getting the readers’ feedback.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
One of the most helpful strategies for me has been to find beta readers. People who are willing to read your works in progress and give you honest, blunt, sometimes brutal feedback.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
There’s no such thing as good writing–only good rewriting.
What are you reading now?
I like to have three books going at all times: audible, paper, and device. This week I’m listening to Pretty Girls by Karen Slaughter. I’m reading the paper version of The Tyrant’s Daughter, and on my phone’s kindle app I’m reading Some Sort of Crazy by Melanie Harlow.
What’s next for you as a writer?
There’s a minor character in Polarity in Motion that a surprisingly large number of people have asked about: Arvey. Their questions have opened a need to tell her story. She’s growing and developing everyday. The next book will be about her.
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?
1. Anything by Eckhart Tolle–he speaks to my soul
2. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese–it’s one of those rare books that I want to read again.
3. something new and long. (love big fat books and on a desert island, you’d want a hefty read.)
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