Paige Beresford asked Katie McGarry:

I adore all of your books and I can't wait for Walk The Edge to come out!! What advice would you give to aspiring writers? Do you believe in one true love?

Katie McGarry Hi Paige,

Thank you for reading my books! I'm also very excited for you to read Razor's story! Exciting news! If you preorder Walk the Edge and register it here: https://offerpop.com/campaign/796530 you will receive an exclusive short story from Echo and Noah. You will also have the chance to appear in the next Thunder Road novel.

Advice for aspiring writers: read a lot, write a lot, study the craft of writing. My favorite craft book is John Truby's Anatomy of a Story. My favorite online writing classes are by Margie Lawson.

On a personal note--writing is hard and it is personal. Publishing can be a tough and brutal industry. I suggest finding your happy place early on and I don't suggest that your happy place be caught up in the success in being published. Writing is often my happy place, but sometimes it's also a source of frustration. I'm suggesting that any aspiring writer makes sure that they find inner peace in something other than writing before your book gets published.

Whether that be through finding happiness and peace through your internal self confidence or through family, friends or by petting your dog. :-)

For me, I find a great deal of comfort through my faith. It's easy to let the highs of publishing become your highs, but then the lows also become your lows. Publishing is a roller coaster ride. There will be highs and there will be lows. If you have happiness and peace through something else, then you'll be able to withstand the marathon of publishing. And here's the thing--writing is a marathon, it is not a sprint.

Do I believe in true love?

Yes. I also believe that true love takes work.

I am one million percent in love with my husband. True love at it's best. The moment I met him, I knew there was something special between us and I was right. Within a few months, we knew we would spend the rest of our lives together.

I love him. More than I could ever explain. There are no words to express the love I have for him.

But...

Marriage and true love isn't easy. We have had lots of rough passages and that's just life. If you were to read the story of my life, you would see that it's a segment of short stories. Each begins with the two of us together, we then face a huge problem/conflict, I consider smothering him with a pillow, he refuses to talk to me and then we figure out each other and the problem. Happy ending occurs...until the next rough stage.

My husband and I though--we love each other and we will always work it out. Some tough situations take longer than others. We've been together for 20 years. I love him more now than the day I married him, but we still have to work on our relationship. That's what true love is. Loving each other not when it is easy to love, but loving each other when it is tough to love.

Thank you for the questions,

Katie

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