Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! I’m Jori. Over the past fifteen years, I’ve lived in five countries. This has expanded my palette and offered me plenty of material to write about. I studied medicine in university, which left me feeling empty-handed, so instead of reading medical books, I began to concentrate on writing. Since then, I’ve written over twenty books but I’m only just now breaking into the industry and giving it my full attention.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I’ve set out to write a new series called Making Waves with the first book Making Waves on the Aegean. This story came about when I told some friends over dinner one night about my adventures living on a sailboat in the Greek Isles. I was supposed to be teaching people how to sail, but instead…I was just making waves!
My friends loved the story and told me I needed to write a book about it.
So I did!
I have other books too, with new releases coming out every few months. In 2021, I released four books and I have another one dropping in a couple of months, so if you love books, come explore my mind!
Create. Inspire. Repeat.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No. But I get easily distracted. So I do my best creating in solitude where I have nothing but time.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I was so inspired by Tolstoy’s War and Peace and what he left behind that I wanted to write a book of my own. I’m also influenced by Dickens and his connection with the working class and what Austen did for women authors.
What are you working on now?
I’ve just finished my next novel called The Poet. It’s literary fiction based on a true story about an immigrant janitor that stalked me and wrote me poetry years ago. Soon I’ll be starting a fantasy trilogy, testing the market.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m just learning the art of advertising and how to swim above water in this industry. It’s a numbers game. Trial and error.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing and finding your voice. Write about what you know.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Keep writing and finding your voice. Write about what you know.
What are you reading now?
I’m not reading anything because I’m writing a book and I don’t want my writing style to be influenced and to change mid-book! I really enjoyed the last book I read, The Thread by Victoria Hislop.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I have plans to make an audiobook for Making Waves on the Aegean while I search for agents for The Poet and begin writing my fantasy novel. After that, I have two more series in the works. Both literary fiction, one historical fiction work, and a sci-fi. Besides writing books, I write songs.
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?
The Bible
The Doorway Papers by Arthur Custance
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
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