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Last issue I started an interview with thriller best-selling author Jordan Dane. This is the final half of that interview.
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Finishing Visit with Jordan Dane
Jordan, let's take up where we left off last month. What advice do you have for a new author or one struggling to find an agent or publisher?
Jordan: I think you have to be professionally persistent and keep handling the business side of sending out proposals, pitching at conferences, entering contests, and networking. But while you are doing this, KEEP WRITING. Writing is the one thing we can control. And only by writing new material do we learn most. Writing also helps pass the time after a proposal has gone out. When I sold, I had inventory in the suspense genre for my publishing house to buy. And it kept me grounded so I didn’t wait anxiously for a quick reply. That’s wasted effort.
Jordan, would you give the titles of your released books and a bit of information about each? What will be your next book, and when should we look for it to be released?
Jordan: My backlist is on my website at www.jordandane.com. And my site also has excerpts and other entertaining tidbits, Q&A interviews, and digital pics of the story locales for some of my books. But below is an overview of my new Sweet Justice thriller series. This series has been a blast to write.
The Sweet Justice Series - Overview
The Sweet Justice thrillers will focus on the lives and loves of three women—a bounty hunter operating outside the law, an ambitious vice cop, and a former international operative with a mysterious past. These women give Lady Justice a whole new reason to wear blinders. And their brand of justice is anything but sweet.
Sweet Justice Series - Book #1 (Jan 27, 2009)
In EVIL WITHOUT A FACE, an illusive web of imposters on the Internet lures a deluded teen from her Alaskan home and launches a chain reaction collision course with an unlikely tangle of heroes who uncover a terrifying global conspiracy. They’re battling a new kind of criminal. And soon their race for answers will become a dangerous struggle for survival.
Sweet Justice Series - Book #2 (Oct 27, 2009)
In THE WRONG SIDE OF DEAD, a mysterious computer genius is framed for a heinous murder and becomes a sacrificial lamb to a ruthless killer. And between his gaps in memory and reluctance to reveal his secrets, he forces bounty hunter Jessica Beckett into an uphill battle to help him—but his plight is not what it seems. And with one fatal mistake, more innocent lives could wind up on the wrong side of dead.
Sweet Justice Series - Book #3 (TBD 2010)
In THE ECHO OF VIOLENCE, terrorists attack a Haitian missionary school fundraiser to abduct partygoers for ransom. But when the hostages are brutally killed one by one—with videos of the senseless murders posted online—time is running out. Sentinels’ agent Alexa Marlowe is forced into an unlikely alliance with a relentless mercenary—but he’s no stranger. Guarding a dark secret, Jackson Kinkaid is linked to drug cartels and rumored to sell his services to the highest bidder. He’s not the man Alexa used to know. And when she launches her covert rescue mission into the mountains of Cuba, she finds out no one can be trusted.
Could you give us a brief idea of your writing schedule?
JordanSince I write full time, I work everyday. I find that it helps to keep my mind into the world I’ve created. While I’m in the middle of a project, I usually write for a few hours before my husband gets up. He makes me breakfast and we plot how to get away with murder over toast. We call it our quality time. After he leaves for work, I keep going and write until I take a break mid afternoon. I spend a little time each day working my online promo through my website, e-newsletters, blogging, social network connections, and keeping up with emails. Then I edit what I’ve written that day before I go to bed. I set a goal of 1500-2000 words per day. And although I’ve completed a book in as little as 6 weeks, it usually takes 4 months or so (from start to finish). Since I’ve become a full time author, my mind doesn’t quit working. Even if I’m watching TV, a movie, commercials, reading a newspaper or magazines—ANYTHING can trigger an idea.
Thank you for visiting with me, Jordan, Any other comments, blog and web site URLs, and order information.
Jordan: I was really pleased when Publishers Weekly named my debut book as Best Book of 2008 for Mass-Market. And my third book, NO ONE LIVES FOREVER was nominated as Romantic Times Magazine’s Best Intrigue Novel for 2008.
And for more information on my books, my website is the most comprehensive spot to learn more about my work. www.jordandane.com. Plus you can sign up on my mailing list for my quarterly e-newsletter. I offer exclusives to anyone belonging to my list. On this site, I have resources for other authors, my appearances, links to my MySpace blog, and a list of my novels with excerpts and other special features. HarperCollins also maintains a great website for me at http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/33056/Jordan_Dane/index.aspx. This site has fresh material that offers a Browse Inside feature to my books to allow readers to peek inside my books and buy them, of course. And my books are available at any independent or national chain bookstore, Walmart, Amazon, & Barnes & Noble, airports, pharmacies, & grocery stores.
Thanks for featuring me , Vivian. I really appreciate your support of a new author.
As a relatively new author, you have set the book world on its ear. I'm glad you allowed me to interview you.
NOTE: Jordan's website is http://jordandane.com and her FOR WRITERS page link is http://jordandane.com/writers.php. |
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