Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! My name is Gayle and I’m the author of the Grounded Girl’s Guide book series. So far I have four books in the series and they’re all focused around helping people, just like you and me, deal with difficult people and situations in their everyday lives.
I’ve personally been dealing with difficult people at home and at work my entire life (40+ years). In that time, I’ve learned through trial and error how to maintain my sanity, keep going, and live a great life.
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What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Baby? Maybe?: How You Can Decide Between Motherhood and a Childfree Life. I didn’t get married until later in life, but even then my mother always assumed I would have kids. The problem was I wasn’t sure I wanted them.
Instead of staying stuck, I created a thoughtful decision-making process to help me decide. After conducting an informal survey, I found most of my female friends never decided to have kids. They believed it was just something you do as a woman. With that knowledge, I decided to publish the journey I went through in order to make my decision.
The challenge will be to get people to consider the decision of having kids just as thoughtfully as they consider the decision of which car to buy.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Who Moved My Cheese? is a book that inspired me to change my life for the better. Life is constantly moving and you’ve got to keep up. You can either stay unhappy and let people walk all over you or you can build your self-confidence and self-esteem and keep moving forward.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on additional books in the Grounded Girl’s Guide series, such as how to get over a breakup. Who hasn’t been there, right?
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
To be honest, while I have 40+ years of life experiences to share, I’m new to publishing and being an author. I’m still working on what works best to promote my books. I’m always open to suggestions and always willing to try something new.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t quit your day job. 🙂
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never look back. Keep moving forward!
What are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading Laura Carroll’s The Baby Matrix as well as all the books in the Temperance Brennan series of mystery/thriller books by Kathy Reichs.
What’s next for you as a writer?
All I can tell you right now is that I’m working on my first fiction book and it’s a new twist on the classic zombie apocalypse story.
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?
Hmmm. That’s a tough one. Here are the ones I’d pick in no particular order:
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
The Hobbit + The Lord of the Rings series
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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