{"id":29682,"date":"2022-12-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=29682"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:48:46","slug":"wotr23-attendingauthor-spotlight-sophia-paisley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=29682","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR23 #attendingauthor #spotlight – Sophia Paisley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Sophia<\/p>\n

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

I’m Sophia Paisley. I adore finding treasures for my little free library. I also enjoy annoying my family and finding unique places to vacation. My husband still won\u2019t forgive me for having to sleep surrounded by camel dung. I’m not sorry. <\/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 books after the first one are always the hardest for me. I have a two-second memory and have to rely on spreadsheets to keep characters, locations, and facts organized. I also have to rely on my ability to remember to update them. I fail often.<\/span><\/p>\n

When writing a series how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I take cues from the characters. Every person is unique, and it’s the same for characters. I don’t hold them back.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>On a typical day, how much time do you spend writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I spend most of the day procrastinating. I have a mile long to-do list, so it’s easily done. And then I realize the characters are waiting for me (and I’m not allowed to play games until words are written). I get about three to four hours of writing in on a good day. One or two on a bad day. I don’t count editing time. That beast stands alone.<\/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

London Reese from Tempted to Love. He is by far my favorite. His back story is deep and he’s driven. He’s the kind of man you’d purposely lock horns with just to get a reaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>What is your definition of success?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, success isn’t about money. Did I survive the day? Success. Did my family survive? More success. Did I put a smile on someone’s face? Success. Did I change someone’s outlook or distract them enough that they didn’t think about their problems for a few hours? Epic success. Money is good, too. It pays bills. As long as those are paid, I’d rather have the memories.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m horrible with social media. If you want to keep in touch, sign up for my monthly newsletter for an insider’s look into my work and life. There are also monthly giveaways. https:\/\/landing.mailerlite.com\/webforms\/landing\/t9s6o5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

You can find links to all my books at https:\/\/www.sophiapaisley.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Want tickets to Writers on the River #2023?<\/p>\n

They are available starting November 4th at Writersontheriver.com<\/a><\/p>\n

$45 VIP sell out quickly – 12-1 VIP hour, 1-4 General Admission time. You get a filled VIP bag and admission to the after party is included.<\/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.<\/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. I’m Sophia Paisley. I adore finding treasures for my little free library. I also enjoy annoying my family and finding unique places to vacation. My husband still won\u2019t forgive me for having to sleep surrounded by camel dung. I’m not sorry. When you are writing … Continue reading #WOTR23 #attendingauthor #spotlight – Sophia Paisley<\/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":[611,578],"tags":[1494],"class_list":["post-29682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-spotlight","category-wotr-event","tag-sophia-paisley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Facebook-Cover.png?fit=796%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-7IK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29683,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29682\/revisions\/29683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}