She’s far more excited about exploring the millions of ways a romance can go wrong, rather than right. Amanda Jane Schiller, a mom of one preteen and contemporary romance novelist, is on the show today.

In this episode, Amanda discusses the book that completely altered her previous views about writing and became the catalyst for her own writing style. She not only defines books about “romance gone wrong” but also gives us a sample of the psychological curiosities she gets to play with as she explores her character’s past.

Amanda also shares how she prepared herself for self-publishing so that the process wasn’t overwhelming, as well as what resources helped her most. And I give detailed examples of what it means to “read like a writer” and some of the other best writing advice I learned at university.

We also have an in-depth conversation about pursing our passions as adults, the roundabout ways we got here, and the messages we’re passing on to our kids. And, as always, we discuss which books we and our kids love most.

Get her books:

– Wicked Games and Wasted Years: Part 1:

https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Games-Wasted-Years-Part/dp/B0962N9JTX

– Wicked Games and Wasted Years: Part 2:

https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Games-Wasted-Years-Part/dp/B09WCJWNPS

Connect with Amanda:

– Blog: https://www.patreon.com/amandajaneschiller

– Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/ajschiller

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amanda.schiller.9

Books discussed during the show:

– The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah

– The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

– Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

– The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

– The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

– Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

– The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

– Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

– The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey

– Dead Boy by Laurel Gale

– Fearless series by Francine Pasco

– The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Resources mentioned during the show:

– Reedsy.com

– Vellum

– KDP (Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing)

– Draft2Digital

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