Jaqueline Snowe Q&A

[Kat J]

This week, we have Jaqueline Snowe in the Q&A chair and she is ready to answer your questions in between her coffee runs.

She is the author of books such as Let Life Happen, Take a Chance on Me, No Easy Catch and many more!

Leave your questions below!

[Siobhan (Bookish Vibes)]

Will you be doing a story about Fiona's roommate Michelle in Evening the Score?

[Lena]

Which character you've created is the closest to your heart? Why? :)

[Nicole]

Hi! What are you currently working on?

[Ann]

Who’s your favorite author?

[Jaqueline]

Bookish wrote: "Will you be doing a story about Fiona's roommate Michelle in Evening the Score?"

Yes! I actually just finished Michelle's story. : ) We might finally get to see who her mystery guy is.

[J.]

If you could be any book character for a day, whou would you choose and why?

[Jaqueline]

Lena wrote: "Which character you've created is the closest to your heart? Why? :)"

This one is so tough because they all have a little piece of me but I'm going to kinda cheat to answer. Kate and Brody from Take a Chance on Me were created as a way to cope with suicide. Someone I knew died recently and I lived too far away to afford to attend the funeral and it was hard to grieve--so I wrote a story that helped me deal with my own emotions through two characters.

The other character who I just adore is Aaron Hill from The Game Changer. He is dramatic, confused, figuring life out and making a mess of it--but he overcomes it and I think we all are like that at some point in our life. (He also fiercely protects his friends and girlfriend and I resonate with that)

[Jaqueline]

Nicole wrote: "Hi! What are you currently working on?"

I recently got offered a contract for an enemies-to-lovers, oops-I-fell-for-my-boss sports romance and am working on edits for that story, while starting to write book two of the series!

[Jaqueline]

Ann wrote: "Who’s your favorite author?"

This question is fun and tough because different parts of my life shaped my favorite author at the time:
JK Rowling started my love of reading
Jennifer Crusie, Nora Roberts, Shannon Stacey got me interested in reading romance
Mariana Zapata, Tijan, and LJ Shen are my recent favs!

[Cassie]

What is your "must have" when you get into the writing mode?

[Irma]

Which character of yours did you have most fun writing about?

[carrie thackston]

I love the "worst part of the day" "best part of the day" it's such an easy thing to do, but so impactful and a great way to connect and show you care. What gave you this idea?

[Jaqueline]

J. wrote: "If you could be any book character for a day, whou would you choose and why?"

I spent a lot of my life in school, whether a student or teacher, so if I could be ANY character for a day, I think I would be a teacher at Hogwarts. It would be incredible to be in that world.

[Jaqueline]

Cassie wrote: "What is your "must have" when you get into the writing mode?"

Music and a clean kitchen. I'm insane when it comes to that--if I can see a mess around me, my brain can't focus. So I clean everywhere around me and blast my latest obsession. I tend to listen to the same two-three songs for an entire book and must have it to write.

[Jaqueline]

Irma wrote: "Which character of yours did you have most fun writing about?"

I honestly loved writing Gideon from Evening the Score. I had never written a character who was a total asshole before and I wanted the challenge to show his growth in small, tiny bits and it was really fun to write a cranky, grumpy man.

Also, the teenagers in Evening the Score were a blast.

[Jaqueline]

carrie thackston wrote: "I love the "worst part of the day" "best part of the day" it's such an easy thing to do, but so impactful and a great way to connect and show you care. What gave you this idea?"

I actually used to do this with students when I taught high school. They could always focus on the negative so I wanted to acknowledge the hard parts of their day/life but always remember to focus on the positives. It really let me get to know them and it took less than thirty seconds to do so.