Katie O’Rourke’s Fascinating New Book
Katie O’Rourke and I are colleagues at Today’s Author, a group of authors who share writing ideas with all who stop by. She has two literary fiction novels under her belt. Monsoon Season, her debut novel, was a bestselling ebook and her second novel, A Long Thaw was released through Amazon Digital Publishing in 2014. Each writer’s story is a little different and Katie agreed to share her journey with you.
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What is your marketing plan?
I am figuring that out as I go. Since A Long Thaw was previously traditionally published, a lot of the preliminary work has been done. It’s been professionally edited and vetted by a standard gatekeeper, which hopefully will help give it that little extra bit of credibility in the sea of self-published books.
I write a blog where I’m describing this whole journey. I have writer communities on Facebook and Authonomy. I sprang for a cover I really believe in. I’m ��doing interviews and approaching book bloggers and, in the end, trusting in my readers. I already have some Amazon reviews from the first time the book was published and it’s done really well.
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What is your favorite part of your book?
This book alternates narration between two female cousins and their grandmother.�� It’s a fictional family saga, but the grandmother’s character is based on my own and her chapters are so dear to me. My grandmother passed away several years ago, but ��she’s here in this book. I dedicated it to her.
What did you learn from writing this book?
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It’s been a few years since I finished this one, and I’ve written three more since, so it’s hard to answer that specifically. I think I learn from each book I write and (I hope!) I’m becoming a better writer with every book I write.
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Why should we read this book?
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You should read this book if you love character driven stories. A Long Thaw deals with the power of secrets and the unbreakable bonds of family. This is book club fiction, women’s fiction with a literary bent. Readers of Sue Miller, Julia Glass and J Courtney Sullivan would appreciate this book.
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What does your writing space look like?
I hate silence while I’m writing so there’s usually music blaring out of those speakers. I do a lot of work here, but I also have a netbook that I use on the couch. I’m looking forward to the invention of a cheap, portable computer you can read in sunlight so I can write in my backyard while getting a tan.
If you have questions, leave them for Katie. I know she’s around the eroom somewhere… When I re-read this interview, I had so many more questions, like how hard was it to switch from agent to self-pub.
Katie O’Rourke was born and raised in New England, growing up along the seacoast of New Hampshire. She went to college in Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in gender and sexuality. She lives in Tucson, Arizona where she writes, loves and is happy. If you’d like to purchase her book through Amazon, click the link below:
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman
, the story of her daughter���s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is the author/editor of dozens of books on integrating tech into education, webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com and TeachHUB, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, monthly contributor to Today���s Author and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. You can find her book at her publisher���s website, Structured Learning.��
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