Questions & Writing Tips

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Q1) What is the order of The Undercover Saga?

A) I sadly get this question a lot even though it's at the beginning of like every book and on my profile, but here you go in case you don't know.

(TUS) The Undercover Saga:

1.) I'm A Model That's Undercover as a Nerd
2.) I'm A Secret Agent Undercover In High School
3.) I'm A Girl Undercover In An All Boys School
4.) Getting Caught Undercover

Q2) Can you read my story ...?

A) As much as I'd love to read all of your stories I just don't have time right now. I currently have a list with 60+ books that I need to read still. Over the summer, I will accept reading requests again, but for right now I'm sorry I just can't.

Q3) Who makes your covers?

A) Two of my covers from The Undercover Saga (Model/Girl Undercover) are made by heights

My cover for The Lost Girl, Agent Undercover, and Getting Caught Undercover are made by isabelaSlmnc

My cover for The Secret Vampire and Average Nerd? I Think Not are made by Beware_Im_A_Zombie

My cover for this story was made by @VideoGameMovieGirl

Though from what I've heard most of them are taking breaks from making covers so please don't ask them to make you one.

Q4) How do you make your blurb interesting?

A) I guess I'm still trying to find the answer to that question myself, but my suggestion is to not just summarize what's going to happen in your story, leave it ending with mysteries, questions. You just need something to pull a reader in and make them wanting more. If you can, at least, get them to go read the prologue from there then you are all set.

Q5) How do you get readers interested?

A) I guess this kind of goes with question 3. You have to have an interesting blurb/ prologue. If you have your prologue is a flashback of something bad that happened or even a mystery it will make people wonder and get interested. You can even have a few questions in your blurb and that enough can get people to just look at your story.

Q6) How do you write a book that is really intense that the readers get so into it like they feel like they are in the story?

A) How to get people to feel like they're in the story? That's an easy question. Put yourself in the story first. If it's a sad part then picture yourself in your character's position. I don't know who has read Girl Undercover, but I put myself in Claire's position. I made my feelings hers, made my thoughts her. I even was listening to dark sound/ slow music to get myself into the mood. When writing some of the darker chapters. You just have to find out what works for you. If you can find your way to connect yourself with your characters then next thing you know they'll have a much better time writing. You can't make your readers feel like they're in the story if you can't make yourself feel like you're in it when you're writing or going back to read it.

Q7) How do you stop a story on a cliffhanger?

A) I have a love/hate relationship with cliffhangers. I hate them when you're really getting into a story and then it just stops in the middle of the best part. But I absolutely love them when I'm the one writing them. The main thing is you just have to know when you're going to cut off. When I'm really into my writing I start typing really fast and I lose track of time. I get so into it that I never want to stop. You have to get into your writing mode and cut yourself off at the most intense part of the chapter. You may not want to end it there, but you have to force yourself to. Then you can go to the next chapter and continue writing. I personally love having mysteries in my stories and if you're the same way then you can just leave your readers wondering: what's going to happen next? Like if you notice a lot of authors leaves have someone get hurt and end the chapter leaving their reader on a cliffhanger wondering what will happen to them next. But that's only one of the many examples. Once you try it you'll see it's really not hard.