Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a small town girl who has always had a big imagination, but was always too shy to express it outside of my own head. Thankfully, one day I figured out I could write.
I currently have 3 published books, and a 4th about a week away from publishing.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Cheers Beers is a cautionary tale. I was tired of seeing so many people I love in abusive situations. They inspired the story, and I hope it is able to help someone going through something similar who might stumble across it to believe she (or he) can get out.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes! I have to write on the couch with the TV on. I live alone, but I grew up in a house full of people, so I can focus better with background noise.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Judy Blume, of course.
Louisa May Alcott – Little Women, and specifically Jo March, inspired me to write women with a backbone and opinion.
Along the same thread…
Lucy Maud Montgomery – I have always considered Anne Shirley my “spirit animal.”
What are you working on now?
I am working on a re-write of my first novel, Wiener Brain, which is a children’s book (more specifically: Middle Grade Fiction), as well as the sequel, which will be called Crumbsnatchers.
After that, I look forward to more literary fiction.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m terrible at marketing, so I’ve only stuck with Facebook and Twitter for promotion up until submitting to Awesomegang.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t worry about what anybody else thinks, just write what speaks to you. If someone has a problem with that, it’s because they’re upset their imaginary friends aren’t speaking to them.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
That once I stop being afraid of people thinking I’m writing about them, I’ll write the best book of my life…I’m still working toward that.
What are you reading now?
“In the Unlikely Event” by Judy Blume
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to establish my own imprint. It’s a few miles down the road, but it’s in my plans.
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?
Summer Sisters (Judy Blume)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Anne of Green Gales (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
And if Chelsea Cain’s entire Gretchen Lowell/Archie Sheridan series were available in one volume prior to me being stranded, I would take that too.
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