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Hello Fast Life Family,
This is the beginning of Authors Rock week and I am excited to be able to support, know, and work with these great authors. All week you will get to meet some of your favorite authors. They will also be able to talk to you and answer any questions that you may have. Please feel free to post your comments and remember to support, support, support all your authors. I hope that you enjoy this weeks authors.
Authors Rock Week
About Ruthless
Ruthless is the kind of story that takes you on a journey and though you might think you know what is going to happen, believe me you do not, but you will want to take the journey. Angelia Vernon Menchan
Encouraging words to you from Sheila Goss
Start living in the moment and stop allowing life to pass you by. Instead of just existing, we need to live. We work so hard for things but do we really take the time to enjoy our loved ones and appreciate what we already have? Let's live instead of just existing. Life would be so much better for not only you, but everyone one around us.
Here are your discussion questions for this author. Please feel free to post your comments. Thank you for supporting Sheila Goss. Make sure if you haven't read this book then please go grab your copy today. Thank you for supporting Authors Rock Week.
Have you read Ruthless or any other book by Sheila Goss? If so which book?
What are your views on Ruthless?
How many stars would you rate this book?
Is there anything that you would like to ask Sheila?
Hi Sheila,
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of your work yet, but I do plan to. I recently saw Ruthless advertised somewhere. The series sounds interesting, like the sort of books I enjoy reading.
In reading at your bio on Amazon, I saw that you have quite a large catalog of books. How did you get started in writing, and is it something that comes natural to you?
Statistically, an author's chance of landing a contract with a major publishing house is estimated at around 2%. What advice would you give an aspiring author to keep the fires of hope burning?
Tell us about your road to becoming a published author?
Would you recommend self publishing as a viable option?
Also, I notice that you write across multiple genres. How do you keep from blending the genres?
I look forward to reading the answers to these questions! Thank you, Sheila, for your willingness to share your thoughts about your writing journey!
Cathy Jo
Cathy Jo, my DSL has been down for going on 3 days now but as soon as it comes back up, I will answer each one of your questions. Thanks for checking out Ruthless and my Amazon page.
ReplyDeleteCathy Jo, here are my responses:
ReplyDeleteHow did you get started in writing, and is it something that comes natural to you?
I've been writing since I was 9 years old. I decided to write professionally back in 1997 so I took workshops, read books on writing and publishing, etc. Writing does come naturally for me. I've been doing it for the majority of my life.
What advice would you give an aspiring author to keep the fires of hope burning?
First thing, I would say write. I hear aspiring authors say they want to write a novel but don't sit down and write it. Also, to not give up. Being in this business, you may receive a lot of rejections, but you can't let that deter you from your goal of being published.
Tell us about your road to becoming a published author?
The road wasn't easy. Plenty of research was involved, hours of classes, submitting to agents/publishers, received numerous rejections but I never gave up. My first book with a publisher was My Invisible Husband and that was back in December 2006.
Would you recommend self publishing as a viable option?
Of course. Writers have options. I advise the writer however to do their research to decide on which path that will work for them.
Also, I notice that you write across multiple genres. How do you keep from blending the genres?
I love writing in multiple genres because I'm an avid reader and I read in multiple genres. I write the type of books that I like to read. I don't blend because I only work on one book at a time. If I'm writing suspense, that's all I work on. If I'm writing romance, that's all I work on. If I'm working on one of my young adult books, so on and so forth.
Thank you, Sheila, for taking time out of your busy schedule to post answers to my questions! I can't wait to delve into your books!
ReplyDeleteCathy Jo
Cathy Jo, thank you!
DeleteCathy Jo,
ReplyDeleteThank you for supporting Author's Rock Week. It's greatly appreciated. Thank you for also spreading the word about this great author. You Rock!!!