I’m very lucky to work with one of the most incredible editors in the world–she’s brilliant and insightful, and she makes me look like a far far better writer than I actually am.Īs for process, while I never outline, I can’t start a book until I have a very clear idea of the ending…meaning the climax, the emotional low moment, and the resolution of the conflict. I’m a very fast reviser - Revisions usually take me about 2 weeks. My books take between 4 and 6 months for the first 100 pages, and then about 6 weeks for the last 300 pages. I love the idea of having a process, but mainly I spend a lot of time being insane before I actually get myself into a zone. How long does it take you to write a book? What’s your process like? I am very happy that Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love agrees. If I know you, it’s entirely possible that something you say will spark an idea that turns into a book.īut I also think there’s something weird and magic about ideas come and characters happen. Movies, music, friends, plays, dance performances, my husband’s jokes, my mom’s stories about her childhood. It’s such a scary, amazing, unbelievable thing…it’s almost like I’ll jinx myself if I actually say the words out loud. So, I don’t know when, exactly, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but it was pretty early on.Īs for the second half of that question, well…I guess it shows a bit of my weakness that I don’t usually show…but I still don’t think of myself as a writer. One of those things was “dream job.” I wrote Romance Novelist. When I was in high school, a teacher in some English class asked us to make an “About Us” card–it’s a half a piece of construction paper with a picture of 16-year-old me and a bunch of random facts…favorite book, favorite movie, weakness, etc. I promise.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? How did you first know you WERE a writer? I'm working on the first book in the Hell’s Belles series! While I won't give too much away, fans of Sesily should be very happy with this one! For immediate updates on the book (and other fun subscriber-only stuff), please sign up for my newsletter (I will never ever spam you.

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