Keri
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Jennifer Ashley:
How do you keep all these series balls in the air without dropping them? You do a great job with all your series, but really looking forward to a new Stormwalker book! (hint, hint) :-)
Jennifer Ashley
:-) The answer is, I drop them all the time! But them I pick them up, dust them off, and get them going again. It is difficult to find time to write for each series. I have contracts with tight deadlines for Shifters and Mackenzies, so those I have to focus on most. I slide the others in when I can--trying to do at least one book a year for them, but it's tricky. My schedule is very bad indeed--so bad, it's not really a schedule; it's a jumble. But I made a spreadsheet to tell me what book is coming out when, when I need to have the draft done, when the final is due, etc. The spreadsheet helps, but I am always working on 2-3 books at a time. (Which is why I don't get out much.)
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Cintia
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Jennifer Ashley:
I'm an aspiring writer, but I'm dealing with two things: I get discouraged every single day because 96% of manuscripts are rejected, and I haven't had an idea for years, literally. There's too many people wanting to be writers, and knowing there's so much competition just kills me a little every day. When I get motivated, immediatly something appears about the industry that kills it. Any tips on how to deal with this?
Missy
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Jennifer Ashley:
Hello. I enjoy your Mackenzies and McBride series very much. However, I'm curious as to why you didn't create a separate series for the McBrides. Is it because it would be easier for readers to read about these wonderful characters in one series instead of having to jump from one series to another?
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