dimanche 15 août 2021

Interview with Mandy Rosko

 


Biography

USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy Rosko is a videogame playing, book loving chick. She loves writing paranormal romances that range from light steamy to erotic, while also dipping her toes into hot contemporary on Wattpad if you’re looking to get something for free. 

Credit: Mandy Rosko – It's Good to be Bad in Books

Questions

Do you prefer to write paranormal or contemporary romance?

I suppose the answer is paranormal because I have more of it, but once in a while I get into a mood for sexy, bad boy billionaires, so when that happens I try to roll with it. I’ve got another billionaire book in the works, but it’s super early stages, so it won’t see the light of day for a while, lol.

What tips can you give to an author who wants to write as much as you?

As far as tips go for writing a lot, my main tip would be to not have a life. But if you did want to have a life and get some work done, my main tip would be to use a couple of different things. The first would be a timer, or some sort of app that counts down for you, like Write or Die, and Discord has an app that’s similar which counts your words when the time is up. It makes you feel like you’re having a friendly competition with yourself, and you’re proud when you see the words you’ve done in 15 minutes. It feels like checking a box. And checklists can be fun sometimes. You’d be surprised at how many words you can get done when you’re writing against a timer. If that sounds too stressful, one fun thing to keep in mind is you just need to write 500 words a day. Some writers say 1000 minimum is the way to go, but if that’s too much, try to keep to 500 on average. Not every day, but average. Fun with math. 500 words a day on average for 365 days is just over 180K words a year. That’s 3, 60K words books every year. Break down the word count you want and divide it by the number of days in the year and you’d be shocked at how many words you need to get it done. You don’t need to stress out every Nanowrimo to get your book or books done. Finally, give yourself permission to write absolute shit. Write garbage. Who cares? You’re going to edit the thing, aren’t you? A finished book, no matter how shitty, is worth infinitely more than your never finished masterpiece.

Why did you decided to write romance?

I have no idea. I just always liked it, I suppose, though I’m told that Arrangement with a Billionaire isn’t really a romance because of the ending, so maybe I lean away from certain rules from time to time

What do you love the most about being a writer?

The “Have Written” part 

Which one of your books will you recommend to a new reader?

Probably my Alpha Bites series if that reader is into Paranormal, and Arrangement with a billionaire if they want sexy contemporary

What advices will you give to a new author?

Advice for new authors is a tricky one because I’ve heard a few different things from a few different nervous newbies. One hesitant author told me something to the effect of, she was worried about getting into it because of how expensive it was, then proceeded to list off things like computers, printers, papers, stationary, just the stuff she needed to write, never mind publishing. When I asked if she already owned those things, the answer was yes, so I had to explain that she doesn’t need to go out and buy brand new equipment to write. Fifty Shades of Grey was written on an old cell phone. Writing is one of the cheaper hobbies to get into because almost everyone owns what they already need, and with programs like Open Office, you don’t even have to pay for writing software. Publishing is a different matter. That can get a little pricey in some areas, but asking around on Facebook for volunteers to beta read for you, buying premade covers instead of custom covers to start, and using the free software on places like Draft2Digital for formatting have made the bar for entry so much lower. Another thing I heard from a new author was that she was afraid to publish her book in e-format because of piracy. If that’s your fear, you need to get over it and quick. Piracy exists. You’re not going to stop it, and you will earn so much more than you will lose if you put your book up as an ePub or PDF or whatever. “But 100 people pirated my book and only 50 people bought it!” You never would have had those 50 sales without using digital in the first place. Refusing to make $50-$100 dollars in sales because some people refuse to pay is definitely like cutting off your note to spite your face. If you are 100% only writing for the love of art, then by all means, don’t publish it, either in print only or print and ebook versions, but if you wanted to make a little side hustle work for you, then sell your work digitally. Some people will refuse to pay, but you’re not losing physical inventory when they do. No one is taking a physical book off your table at a convention and sneaking off with it, which I hate more than anything because I pay more for that inventory. When you put together an ebook, you’ve paid for it once and, unless you want to touch up the cover every couple of years, you will never have to pay for it ever again. Start writing. Write garbage. Edit it if you like, and if you wanted to make a little extra cash, sell it digital and be patient. Then keep writing because unless you win the lottery, your first book, or even your tenth, won’t sell millions of copies, but everything you put out into the world will have a compounding effect for the rest of your life. Remember

What are your next projects?

Next projects are more books in Eve’s world for as long as she lets me play in it, and working on a new project with Jessica Ripley 

My reviews

The Wildwolf’s wife 

Howl will always love you 

Jessie’s Harem 

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