Suze
Hall is at a crossroads. Her nemesis at work, Wanda, has been
promoted and now will be her boss. Her husband, Bob, is leaving her
and the three kids for a six-month sabbatical down under. To top it
off, her best friend, Marcia, is missing in action—playing footsie
with some new boyfriend!
Adding
to this disaster stew, David, the gorgeous hunk who broke her
young-girl's heart has coincidentally popped back into her life and
has something she desperately needs to keep her job.
Walking
with Elephants, a lighthearted slice-of- life story, brings to the
table the serious work/family issues facing women today. It explores
the modern dichotomy of a workplace that is filled with homemakers
who still must cook, clean, carpool on nights and weekends, shop for
prom dresses, and "create" the holidays—such as Suze. But
it also is filled with women who have the same drive as men, have no
family responsibilities, and will do what ever it takes to get
ahead.
So
step into the shoes of Suze Hall and commiserate over workplace
politics, titillate your sexual fantasies, ride the wave of a working
mother, and fall-down laughing.
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What do you think about the current publishing market?
For me it’s rough. I can’t get an agent with the deluge of writers out there. I don’t write blockbuster plots, fantasy series, erotica verging on porn, fan fiction, dystopias, or young adult. Unfortunately, that’s what sells. That’s what agent’s look for. I keep hoping my next book will find a traditional publisher and so I try. I would like my writing to become a career instead of a hobby. But then again, I have a great life, travel a lot, no deadlines, write when I feel like it. I get excellent reviews and that pleases me. In fact, Kirkus gave, When a Stranger Comes…a great review—called it “riveting”.
When I first started writing, self-publishing was new on Amazon, just eight years ago. The market share for getting readers was wide open. When I did my first freebie I got 2000 downloads with no advertising, booked an ad with a company that had email lists and sold more than 100 copies in an afternoon. Those numbers have come down to trickles with all the competition for eyes. I get jealous when I see a self-published author with 12,000+ reviews. How did the author do that? So I try to learn and I take online courses where the free course leads to a paid course of several hundred dollars—bottom feeders. All discouraging on the sales end, but the writing keeps me enthralled, the excellent reviews nourish my soul.
I
get so much satisfaction in the writing process. I take care to
choose just the right word, to make sure each sentence has the right
cadence. I appreciate other writers who respect the craft in this
way, and I hope my readers do so with me. Writing is a need, a desire
for expression, and springs from well within my subconscious mind.
Thoughts rise up, scenes rise up and blend in with the over-arching
story. These thoughts emerge whenever they want to and wherever I am
and probably not when I am at the computer. The computer is for the
craft, the technique. The thoughts come during walks, or while
driving the car, or at the grocery store. I am the willing recipient
of these thoughts and so they seek me out. It's a mystery this
business and art of writing and it keeps me enthralled.
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