Hello world. It’s time for another
treat. I’d like to introduce you to the second indie author I have had the privilege
to interview recently. So I’m calling a coffee break because it’s been five
minutes since I had one. Everyone sit down, stop that, yes you, thank you, pay attention you might learn something, will
you just...oh never mind.
Welcome to the multi-talented R.L
Jackson.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself, who
you are, where you’re from, what do you write? (Inside leg measurement, arm length,
shoe size-kidding!)
Lol, I'm R.L Jackson and I hail from
the very steamy state of Florida and I try to write equally steamy romance
novels.
2. When did you start writing?
My writing bug bit me in middle
school and honestly, I haven't stopped writing since. I read
everything I could get my hands on too, so that helped to stoke the passion for
creating.
3. What do you love the most from planning to publication?
I
think the creating side of it actually because you can do anything you want.
The flip side of formatting, book design, feedback, editing etc, you have rules
to follow and you have to be precise so that was tough for me
especially doing it alone like I did. So patience is a virtue.
4. What about things you wish you didn't have to do-are there any of those?
Marketing and advertising, lol. I
wish there were some sort of fairy dust I could sprinkle on the keyboards
that did all the banners, tweets, facebook posts, website etc. It's A LOT of
work.
5. It is a huge amount of work and
by no means my favourite task either. OK, so where do you write. Do you have a
dedicated space or do you write anywhere?
A desk in my living room is where I
create nowadays. It’s not the most ideal space because of traffic, but when
everyone crashes for the night, that usually when I brew a pot of coffee and
have at it til 4 am.
6. 4am?? I would be utterly useless
the next day if I tried to pull that off. How do you start writing?
I do. I write at least five or six
different outlines for a book from start to finish (Same topic, just different
ways to explore the journey). Very roughly though so a page per book idea. When
I can’t think of anything else I arrange them all in a line and look at what
the first premise is in each and pick the best and I do that for every line or plot point
of each, mash them up etc until I have two good plots ideas and usually I
combine that for my final outline. Then I do a scene breakdown based on
chapter goals, then chapter breakdowns, then the overall flow etc. Sometimes I
do this and it never gets used because one scene will spark a whole chapter and
I'm left with a paper trail that I can reference to if need to.
7. Name a place fictional or real that
you’d like to visit.
Hawaii. Just want to fall asleep on
the sand and do nothing for a week.
8. I’ll just install myself in your
suitcase…Right final question, if you weren’t an author and you could choose to
do anything else with your life what would you do?
Nurse Practioner.
That is a very honourable answer. RL
Jackson thank you so much for your time, it’s been a pleasure.
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