An interview with the amazing author, Tifftheawesome!
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Q: What got you into writing?
A: I'm not for sure. From such a young age I was writing little stories, most of them I never finished. Over the years I just went from writing small little things to fuller length books.
Q: Where did the idea for "Revealing Lennon" come from? What sparked the interest to write it?
A: Well my co-writer Allie from @AllieDawnx and I came up with the idea together. We just sat down and started messing ideas back and forth until we came up with the one that became Revealing Lennon.
Q: Was it ever difficult to write "Revealing Lennon", especially when dealing with topics like sexual abuse?
A: Sometimes it was difficult. You have this character that's going through something that is mentally draining. You start to feel for her. As a female myself and having people I know who have been sexually assaulted it was difficult to think that they had alot of the same feelings and thoughts as Lennon. I'm sure my cowriter also had some difficult scenes to write. It's definitely not an easy thing to write about.
Q: What do you do when your motivation feels drained and you don't feel the will to write?
A: Well I just got back from a 2 or 3 year writing break. I didn't have any motivation at all to write but then all of a sudden I wanted to try again. But when I was writing full time I would look back at all the comments on our book Revealing Lennon and it would help motivate me to write.
Q: Who is your favorite character from your book?
A: I love Lennon so much. If there was a way I could jump into her world and make all the pain go away I would. I also really enjoy her sister Raven whose got more to her than what you seen in Revealing Lennon. That's why she's getting her own spin off, Releasing Raven.
Q: If you could meet up with any character from a book, who would you pick and what would you do?
A: I would love it to be Rowan. He's such a sweet boy and I would love a surfing lesson from him. Maybe he can make me not scared of the water.
Q: Any news or updates that you're willing to share about your upcoming novel "Releasing Raven"?
A: We just released the cast for the book! I can also tell you that we are currently writing chapters 1 and 2 right now. We plan to write a couple chapters ahead so we can have a supply of chapters to update early. I can't tell you guys a whole lot but expect the unexpected.
Q: Revealing Lennon has over 500,000 views and has nearly 600,000 now. How does it feel?
A: Crazy. I'm sure Allie never imagined us getting that many reads. I sure didn't. With the book being a darker topic I didn't expect many readers I never expected us to be on the long list for the wattys a couple years ago either. I'm hoping that eventually we can reach a million reads!
Q: f all of your fans/readers were listening right now, what would you say?
A: Thank you so much for supporting Allie (AllieDawnx) and I. Revealing Lennon wouldn't have gotten anywhere without the love and support from you. Make sure to check out Allie's profile, she has a couple books of her own up there.On a more serious note for anyone who's been in Lennon's position your not alone and keep fighting. You are loved.
thank you so much tifftheawesome for allowing me to interview you! if anyone is interested in reading the beautifully written novel by authors AllieDawnx and tifftheawesome , check it out on tiffany's (i'm hoping it's okay that i can call you that) profile!!
