{"id":31340,"date":"2023-12-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31340"},"modified":"2023-10-07T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T16:37:00","slug":"wotr24-attendingauthor-authorspotlight-m-j-schiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31340","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR24 #attendingauthor #Authorspotlight – M.J. Schiller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"M.J.<\/p>\n

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi! I’m M.J. Schiller. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I\u2019ve been married to my husband, Don for 35 years this past June. We have four children. In October, Darcy will be turning 29 and Mitch, Ryan, and Hannah will be turning 27, and yes, they are triplets. I am a retired lunch lady who writes romance novels. I love to karaoke, watch hockey, and listen to live music.That’s me in a nutshell! <\/span><\/p>\n

When you are writing a book, which is harder? The first book in the series or the others after it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The others after it! It is incredibly hard for me to make sure timelines are correct from book to book, as well as secondary character names and other facts (descriptions of locations, locations of locations, who said what when, who knows such and such fact…)<\/span><\/p>\n

On a typical day, how much time do you spend writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not enough! Life gets in the way far too often. For example, at the moment I am an assistant on a retreat team with weekly meetings from 5:30 to 10ish, I have a shower that I’m hosting on Sunday that I have to make macaroni and cheese for, plus jars of jelly for all the guests, table decorations, and probably a dozen things I’ve forgotten, I’m taking care of my daughter’s house as she moved to Denver which includes mowing a HUGE lawn with a push mower, I have trips three weekends in October and a wedding on the other weekend… I just tend to get too involved. It’s difficult. All I really want to do is write.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite character that you have written? If so, who? And what makes them so special.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I shouldn’t pick favorites, but I love Kyle from my DEVILISH DESIRES SERIES. He’s an NHL hockey referee and he’s a sweetheart, but still sarcastic and funny. Very real.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your definition of success?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be able to affect other people’s lives in a positive way on a daily basis.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Website: https:\/\/mjschillerauthor.blogspot.com
\nAmazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/M.J.-Schiller\/e\/B009JOQFQQ
\nBookBub: https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/profile\/m-j-schiller
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockingTheWorldOneReaderAtATime\/
\nPinterest: https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/mjschiller\/
\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjschiller
\nInstagram: https:\/\/instagram.com\/mjschiller
\nGoodreads: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6479377.M_J_Schiller
\nBooks2Read: https:\/\/books2read.com\/MJSchiller
\nNewsletter signup: https:\/\/maryschiller.wixsite.com\/contact-page
\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mjschillerauthor<\/p>\n

<\/span>What are your buy links? (Provide links to your Amazon\/iBook’s\/Koko\/etc Author Home Page if you have quite a few. Also include audible links if applicable.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author pages:
\nAmazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/M.J.-Schiller\/e\/B009JOQFQQ
\nBarnes & Noble: https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/M.J.%20Schiller
\niTunes: https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/author\/m-j-schiller\/id561507281
\nKobo: https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/search?query=M.J.%20Schiller&ac=1&acp=mj%20schiller&ac.provider=gsp&ac.author=M.J.%20Schiller
\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/publish\/a\/9926118305365709419#list?sortby=last_updated&sortdir=desc<\/p>\n

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Want tickets to Writers on the River #2024?<\/p>\n

They are available starting November 6th at Writersontheriver.com<\/a><\/p>\n

$75 VIP Plus – 11-12 Lunch with the Authors , 12-1 VIP hour, 1-4 General Admission time. You get a filled VIP bag and admission to the after party is included. *Limited Quantity expected to sell out first day*<\/p>\n

$50 VIP -12-1 VIP hour, 1-4 General Admission time. You get a filled VIP bag and admission to the after party is included. *Expected to sell out first day*<\/p>\n

$25 Early Access – 12-1 VIP house, 1-4 General Admission time. You also get a filled VIP bag but NO admission to the after party. *Expected to sell out opening day*<\/p>\n

$10 General Admission – 1-4 General Admission time. You can purchase a bag but it is not filled with VIP swag. There is no admission to the after party included.<\/p>\n

$35 After party – 7-11 After Party with food and cash bar. Dj with a photobooth is also included in the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself. Hi! I’m M.J. Schiller. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I\u2019ve been married to my husband, Don for 35 years this past June. We have four children. In October, Darcy will be turning 29 and Mitch, Ryan, and Hannah will be turning … Continue reading #WOTR24 #attendingauthor #Authorspotlight – M.J. Schiller<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[590],"tags":[1641],"class_list":["post-31340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writers-on-the-river-attending-author","tag-mj-j-schiller"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Facebook-Cover.png?fit=796%2C431","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-89u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31358,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31340\/revisions\/31358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}