Interview With Author Jennn Fusion
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is the second book I’ve written, but the first book I’ve published!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
This book’s called, “GALVANIZE: How Humanized Copy Motivates a Brand and its Audience.” As a Senior Copywriter, I spend a tremendous amount of time studying great writing and analyzing the common threads. I figured, “Why not share some of these insights with the larger community of people who work tirelessly to deliver excellent brand messages to the masses?”
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do my best writing while showering, making sandwiches, and taking long car drives.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
From George Orwell, I learned to write simply. From Chuck Palahniuk, I learned to be unconventional. From Hunter S Thompson, I learned to seek the right word. From Ralph Waldo Emerson, I learned to be philosophical. From Steven Pinker, I learned to do my homework.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on another book with my colleagues about the content production pains organizations have and how to solve them! I’m also writing for a dozen or so organizations, helping them tell their brand stories!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Once I found a promotional bookmark on my subway seat. I forget what book it was for, but I did look it up later on — and the idea of a guerilla street promotion like that never left me. Ah, nothing beats word-of-mouth marketing, but I’m excited to see where the internet takes me.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get yourself a couple of good editors who believe in you. Otherwise, you could end up editing your book forever and ever and ever — and never getting it published.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A psychic once told me, “You have many, many books within you. But first, you must publish the book you’ve already written. Then all your spiritual energy will become unblocked and the books can flow.”
What are you reading now?
I’m reading “The Long Ships” – a viking saga by Frans G. Bengtsson. And, if I’m being honest, I’m also reading “Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior” (a terrible Minecraft spinoff) with my daughter and “The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena” (an RL Stine classic) with my son.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully getting around to publishing that first book I wrote that got jammed up in the editing queue forever and ever and ever!
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?
1984. Guns, Germs & Steel. Walden.
… And, you know, The Bible would probably keep me busy for a while!
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