Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born in Grayson County, Kentucky. After graduating from Western Kentucky
University with a Bachelors of Science in Education, I moved to Hardin County, Kentucky and went on to earn my Masters in Counseling.
I have always had a fascination with insane asylums, and began researching their
history. My research and interest played a major role in writing my novel Asylum. In the
book I focused on an insane asylum and the women within it, as well as women’s
rights and the Suffrage movement. I wove in the power of writing poems and journals, and
created characters who benefit from voicing their emotions and struggles on paper.
Asylum is the first book that I have written.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My second novel is titled Asylum 2: Locked Within. The first novel inspired me to delve deeper. People have requested more, more! That’s what I plan to deliver.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I am not so sure it is unusual, but I am only able to write well when I am sad or upset. It seems the more devastated I feel, the better I write. I eat and watch tv when I’m happy.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The two authors who have influenced my writing the most are Charlotte Bronte and Stephen King. Quite a combination. Charlotte Bronte, with her novel Jane Eyre, influenced my style of writing, where Stephen King’s awesome creativity amazed me!https://awesomegang.com/money-marketing-mastery-successful-strategies-mastering-marketing-make-money/
What are you working on now?
My second novel takes characters from my first novel and digs deeper into their lives. Not only looking into the asylums women were committed to, but jails and prisons also.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
www.sherrylogsdon.com is my website and that should be where I promote my book the best. Trouble is I just have not been doing a great job with my blogging and keeping it up to date. Marketing is no easy feat. So for now I think I have done my best promoting through facebook.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t get out of the habit of writing and never write with force. If it isn’t fun then it isn’t what you need to be writing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t fear failure, fear never doing enough.
What are you reading now?
Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Speaking. I enjoy traveling and speaking about my book almost as much as I enjoyed 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?
Can any author really answer that?
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