I was given the incredible opportunity
to sit down and have some one-on-one face time with the attending authors at
the recent Houston event. It was a blast! I got to pick their brains for five
minutes each. Thanks to all of you who submitted questions, I was armed and
prepared. ~Nadine
We’ll be featuring a different author
and their interview here for the next several days. Make sure you scroll to the
bottom and enter the AMAZING Rafflecopter for your chance to win a SIGNED
paperback from each attending author and keep scrolling for another chance to
win various swag from the event. If you submitted a question on either My
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extra entry points.
Today’s spotlight is Jessica Sorensen!
You asked the questions, she answered them. Enjoy!
What inspired you to start writing?
I just wanted to since I was a little
girl. I read Twilight and I decided hey I want to give it a shot, so that’s
what started it.
What are you planning to do next?
Bookwise: romance, suspense, dark
thriller. Give some conclusions to some of them.
You’re going into different genres?
Yeah I have a ton of different genres
already. I figured I’d branch out even more. I want to be James Patterson. I’m
dead serious. He has YA, paranormal, mystery. That’s what I want to be. I want
to be like him; an everything writer.
If you could turn one of your books
into a TV series or a movie, which one would you choose?
I don’t know. That’s so hard. I think I’d
want Breaking Nova to be like a movie, just like all of them squished in together.
But then I think a TV series like Ella and Micah would be a good one; like a
One Tree Hill sort of thing.
Do you have a dream cast?
No. I never can find anybody that
matches them.
What inspired your characters?
Um…people. *insert giggles* People I
have known or you hear something and you’re inspired by it. Real life
basically. Like my mom, Callie is kind of based on my mom in some of her stuff.
Nova and Quinton the whole environment. I know that well.
What was the time frame from start to
finish for your first book?
For my first one, oh it took me
forever. It was like three years. Just cause I tried to go the traditional way
and so I kept trying to get agents and kept working on it.
If you weren’t a writer, what would you
be?
I have no idea.
What did you do prior to writing?
I was everything. I was a library
assistant, a cleaning lady. I didn’t like any of them either.
So writing is your dream job?
Yes, I don’t want to do anything else.
It freaks me out to think about it. I’ll keep doing it forever if I can.
Who do you fangirl over?
It is Patterson (James). I’ve never met
him before. But there’s a lot. Courtney Summers, I like everything she writes.
Sarah Dessen, same thing. Amy Reed. There’s a ton. I haven’t met any of them
yet. It’s depressing. Cassandra Clare. I want to meet Suzanne Collins.
Once again the chiming of the bells
signaled my time was up. Be sure to stop by Jessica's website where you can learn more about her books and seeing what's to come.
About Jessica
Jessica Sorensen is the
author of The New York Times and USA Today Bestsellers, The Secret of Ella and
Micha, The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden, and Breaking Nova, which are New
Adult Contemporary novels. She also writes Paranormal series,
including the Fallen Star Series, Shattered Promises, Darkness Falls,
and the Death Collectors. She loves writing and reading and is an avid
watcher of TV series The Vampire Diaries and Modern Family. An immense
music lover, Jessica immerses herself in her music as she writes.
She has a broad taste in music, and a list of favorite songs that goes on
for miles! A few of her current favorite bands are Chevelle, Rise Against,
Alkaline Trio, Brand New, Death Cab for Cutie, Flight 409, and Nirvana.
Some of Jessica’s favorite “watch it over, and over again” movies
include Anywhere but Here, Juno, Pride and Prejudice, The Hangover, and
Bad Teacher.
