Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Jesus-girl, wife, mom, horse enthusiast, and a word girl! It’s no surprise that words of affirmation are my love language. When I’m not chasing the kids or administering their daily lessons, we can be found riding our horses, Legacy and Sara Jane.
I offer iPads and popcorn to the kids for a couple of hours most days, just so I can squeeze in some time to write. I’ve released two books + a preorder as of March 2021, with plans in the works for many more to come.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
We Grow Together is available for preorder on all major ebook retailers. This story was a long time coming. I drafted it eleven years ago and then left it to collect dust. It just wasn’t quite there. I picked it back up after writing We Go On and Still With Us. I finally knew what the story needed. Instead of just editing, I actually rewrote the entire book.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Five am alarms, hot tea in large quantity, and slippers on my feet. Timers motivate me, so if I’m struggling with a scene, pressed for time, or super distracted, I put on a twenty-minute timer, and somehow that turns on my laser focus. I can put some serious words on the page in twenty minutes. (Also, I’m more prone to freaking out on my family if they interrupt me when the timer is going…. lol)
What authors, or books have influenced you?
All of them? Is that an acceptable answer? The books I’ve read and loved have inspired me to keep trying, to keep learning, to write better. The books I haven’t loved have shown me literary devices and tones and narrative voices that don’t fit who I am or what I want to write. Most recently I’ve been reading Angela Christina Archer’s WWII saga: Yours, Mine, Our (The Promises Between Us) and I’ve been completely sucked in. Before that, I was reading Greer MacAllister’s books – all four of them. You can’t go wrong with her work, either.
What are you working on now?
Preparing to launch We Grow Together and finishing up A Maid for Mason – part of a multi-author series. This is my first launch since leaving social media and it comes with a sharp curve trying to re-define how I will launch a book and announce it to readers.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My email newsletter is the best way to stay in the loop about my books as they are releasing. I just updated my website but honestly, after I put my first book on it, I forgot to go back and put my second book on it until three months after the book released. Can we say oops?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write. Quit wasting time. Platform building is long, slow work. Don’t lose hours or days to it, especially in the beginning. Write, keep writing, and write some more.
Limit how many emails you subscribe to, also. You’ll want to follow everyone’s suggestions and ideas and you’ll use up your writing time chasing these other things. Follow one, or two, and use the advice until it seems circular, then unsubscribe and find some new advice. But don’t subscribe to ten at a time and give up your writing time to emails.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write. LOL Seriously, when I start spinning my wheels and I lose a morning of writing time to all the ideas, I go back to that simple advice. Write.
What are you reading now?
I’m between books right now. Putting the finishing touches on We Grow Together and prepping for launch have tied up my time.
Well, my read-aloud with the kids right now is The Green Ember by S.D. Smith – does that count? (Good book, by the way. Read it.)
What’s next for you as a writer?
After We Grow Together launches, and I finish A Maid for Mason, I have a very special project about a horse whose future is changed in the blink of an eye. It’s going to be a good one, folks! I can’t wait to start writing it.
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, A Wild Foraging Handbook, Me Before You, The Arctic Fury
Author Websites and Profiles
Regina Walker Website
Regina Walker Amazon Profile
Regina Walker’s Social Media Links
Goodreads Profile
Pinterest Account
Thank you, Regina! For the advice and for sharing your writer’s process. You have a very inspiring, upbeat way of presenting yourself. I also peeked at your website. Very nice! Good luck with your writing. Sincerely, Corrine Ardoin