Author Joanne Rawson: I am a beginning to end kind of girl! I always have a pen and paper to hand - Day 3 I’m Your Man Blog Tour Interview with Sydney Gen Reads.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

I am a beginning to end kind of girl! I always have a pen and paper to hand - Day 3 I’m Your Man Blog Tour Interview with Sydney Gen Reads.

I’m very excited to be hosting a tour on the Bottom Drawer Publications blog tour for Joanne Rawson’s fun novella, I’m Your Man. You can read my review of the book that I posted in October —> HERE

Read on for my interview with Joanne Rawson….

What made you go for “Mr Average” instead of who I dubbed “Mr-Oh-You’re-So-Hot-That-You-Probably-Don’t-Exist-In-Real-Life” like you see in so many books? Also – any Picspiration ….?!?!? *grins*

For that reason, I try to make my stories as near to life as possible and let’s face it ladies, we all know that the chances of meeting “Mr-Oh-You’re-So-Hot.” They-Don’t-Exist-In-Real-Life. Okay, they do exist but they certainly wouldn’t be looking at us. Now Ruth on the other hand did have Justin, the hot one she could not believe chose her, and what a prat he was! At the end of the day I would pick Danny over Justin. Isn’t that what we look for in a man: sensible, reliable and a man who makes you laugh, but most of all takes an interest in you?

Did you have any issues trying to fit everything in with the length of the book – being a novella, and why did you choose that length?

No, I love writing novellas that is part of the challenge to get as much information and detail into a story that can be read during a lunch hour, or on the train home from work, and still give the reader the satisfaction of reading a full-length novel. Plus, as an author I can produce more novellas in a year than I can a full novel, thus keeping my readers checking my website for more new releases (I hope – fingers crossed.)

Have YOU ever sung Mustang Sally at karaoke night?!?!

Not Mustang Sally, but I have sung at Karaoke nights. I won a Christmas Karaoke with my rendition of Cabaret!

What is your favourite genre to read?

I love reading all types of books but if I had to choose, it would be murder mystery, crime and thrillers. Give me a good murder any day.

Is there a method to the way you write, beginning to end – middle – backwards?

I am a beginning to end kind of girl! I always have a pen and paper to hand, even when I am out, so my husband is used to me midway through conversation pulling out my pad and scribbling. Don’t laugh, but when I am writing and alone, I often act out the story.

Is there anything you left out that you wished had been in the book?

There were some changes from the original manuscript that I changed during editing, that both myself and Bottom Drawer felt improved the story, but no, I am so pleased with I’m Your Man.

Buy Links: The e-book is available for sale for the special tour price of 99c via the BDP Digital Shop: Publisher Shop

and for $1.99 via other online booksellers:
Amazon
Apple
iBooks
Barnes & Noble
Allromance ebooks
The book is also available at Kobo, Bookstrand, Smashwords, Oyster, Scrib’d, and other select booksellers