How have sales been? Where have you had the most success?
The Angry Woman Suite is just out , so considering we’re in an introductory phase, I’d say sales are fine for where we are right now. How are readers/reviewers reacting to your book? This is the best part! Readers and bloggers tell me they’re loving The Angry Woman Suite! So I’ll hopefully be having more fun in another month or so when they hit. Right now, though, there’s a common thread to the reviews that are in: the words engrossing, superb, and fantastic. What was the biggest challenge you faced writing this book and how did you overcome it? Two of the three narrators who propel The Angry Woman Suite forward are male (and I’m not), so my biggest challenge was writing from the points of view of men! I ran almost every line of male dialogue past the men in my life. Two minutes into the first read, they all nailed me on the word fabulous. What are the future plans for you and this book? To keep introducing The Angry Woman Suite around, until September or so. What is your next project? I’m a third of the way into a first (untitled and on-hiatus) draft of a whodunit-and-why novel about a violence and murder on the banks of the San Diego River, loosely based on the San Diego Chelsea King case a few years back—only my story will be set mid-century. I plan on picking this project back up in September. Have you published anything else? I have one completely unpublishable novel in a drawer, but The Angry Woman Suite is my first published novel. Any advice for other writers/indie authors out there? Write the story you love, even if it’s painful. The love will show. So will the pain. An epic story has both. Work on your story everyday, but always wrap a writing session at the top of your game—you’ll start the next day’s session rested and healthy and still at the top of your game. Neurotic artists are so yesterday. Many authors write essays about my book and promoting our own work sounds about as appealing an idea as snow-shoeing without, well, snowshoes. BUT I’m here to tell you: it’s not that bad (I thought it would be, too). It’s a keyboard mostly, not a face-time Broadway audition. Keep stuff in perspective and keep moving forward. Have some fun.
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