The Next Big Thing!

The past few years have been full of high profile reads—50 Shades of Gray, Twilight, and more. Love them or hate them, you have to admit you have at least heard of them. As Independent Authors we all dare to dream we will be next, and well let’s face it, you never know … right? With some hard work and the right marketing any one of us could be the next most talked about Author.

With that thought I jumped on this Hop, what is a blog traffic hop? Well, I didn’t know until I asked.

Basically, it’s an Independent Authors game of tag. One author posts, and then tags five other authors, who each link back to them. Exponentially it is a marketing gold mine, and you my fair reader have hopefully just increased your to read list. Finding new and exciting authors you may never have found otherwise. Some of us are still writing, others are just being released.

Either way, for you Fiction Lovers, a treasure trove awaits and I’d like to thank fellow Author Kimberly Menozzi for tagging me to participate.

Click the links to find out about Kimberly’s books.

Blog: http://www.kmenozzi.com/blog.html

Purchase link: http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Me-if-Im-Happy/dp/0615490751/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KMenozzi

In this particular hop I and my fellow authors each in their perspective blogs have answered 10 questions where you get to learn about our current WIP (Works in Progress) as well as some goodies as to our process, from characters and inspirations to photographic/ cinematic eye candy! I hope you enjoy it!

If this or any other items pique your interest, please feel free to comment and share your thoughts and questions.

1: What is the working title of your book? Keepsakes

2: Where did the idea come from for the book? I have a box of old stuff from middle/high school/college boyfriends that I still haven’t parted with yet, and I wondered if guys especially but other people in general keep these memories boxed up too.

3: What genre does your book fall under? Women’s fiction

4: Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition? Gabe would be a young Vince Vaughn and Nora would be played by maybe Ginnifer Goodwin or someone equally adorable.

5: What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book? What do you do when you find out your wife is moving to Italy and wants a divorce…as she’s walking out the door to get in the cab to catch her flight?

6: Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency? Self-published (as of now!)

7: How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript? 17 days (but lots of and lots editing followed!)

8: What other books would you compare this story to within your genre? A much lighter Heartburn by Nora Ephron or He’s Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.

9: Who or What inspired you to write this book? After writing my first novel, Couple Friends which has a subplot of a divorce, I wanted to make divorce the main plot in another book and explore how characters recover from something so devastating.

10: What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest? It’s set in Chicago about a group of friends all dealing with relationship issues, unrequited love, and realizing what you really want out of a relationship.

I also want to put the following authors and books on your radar that I loved reading in 2012:

This Must be the Place by Kate Racculia (Widower recovering)

How Lucky You Are by Kristyn Kusek Lewis (Friendship, adultery, domestic abuse)

Blame by Michelle Huneven (Alcoholic professor’s journey of forgiving herself)

The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard (longstanding crime finally solved with a love story mixed in)

And one of my favorite authors, Marisa de los Santos (all her books are amazing, about love but how it can be the hardest thing you ever do)