JoJo
JoJo
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth20 December 1990
CountryUnited States of America
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I love 'To Kill A Mockingbird' - it seems to offer up new layers every time you read it. I also love Kate Atkinson's 'Behind The Scenes At The Museum' - that's the book that started me writing.
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The fragrance I always wear is Coco by Chanel. I've worn it for 20 years. It suits me, it's classic, and I like the simplicity of only ever wearing one fragrance.
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I wrote three books before I got one published. Most writers do. Have faith, and know that with each work you are getting better.
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If the characters are compelling, readers will follow anywhere.
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Don't set pen to paper until you know your main characters inside out. Create files detailing their appearances, likes, dislikes, and personal background. You may not use all the information, but it is a crucial step in planning your story.
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If chick-lit really is taking a commercial battering, I'd suggest it's because the marketing has been done to death. Covering everything in girlie pink and putting chocolate in the title may once have been a clever Pavlovian device but now makes readers feel a bit sick.
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I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.
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My writing life has included the struggle to bring up three children. What I do three or four times a year is take myself off to a hotel room to unblock a problem.
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For every book that I write... I develop a history for each person and make sure they are well rounded and flawed. You have to know everything about them from their shoe size, to where they went to school, to what their first pet was, to what they like to eat, to what they want out of life.
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I always say that in any roomful of people, I could hive a novel out of any one person's family or life story.
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I liked the up-tempo game better. It?s constant, plus at the time the pay might have been a little better than the other two. But the truth is I just had more of a passion for the game of basketball than I did the other two.
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Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.
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I have read books that are so cliched and lazy, my eyes have bled. But I also have read books marketed under the chick-lit umbrella that are so honest, clever and gritty that I've wanted to give up writing and paint walls instead.
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Red had gotten me out of my two-year obligation. He?d gotten me into the reserves. I was gone for six months and was back with the team.