Interview with Valerie Taylor, Author of What’s Not Lost

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to write down What’s Not Lost?

Readers who made Bridget Jones’s Diary standard within the Nineties impressed me to write down WHAT’S NOT LOST. Fast ahead thirty years, these men and women now wish to learn tales that includes relatable characters in mature relationships. That’s why, I created fifty-something Kassie O’Callaghan who struggles to stability her skilled ambitions with her want for fortunately ever after. Much like Bridget Jones, Kassie confronts her yearnings with each honesty and humor.

If you needed to decide theme songs for the principle characters of What’s Not Lost, what would they be?

For one thing particular, I included a playlist within the again of WHAT’S NOT LOST. Readers say they take pleasure in listening to it as they journey by means of the story. Several songs may function Kassie’s theme tune; nonetheless, I feel as a hopeless romantic, she would decide Till There Was You by The Beatles. Here’s the hyperlink to the playlist. Enjoy!

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to write down?

Don’t giggle. WHAT’S NOT LOST is assessed typically as romantic comedy, up to date romance, or girls’s fiction. Yet, my two favourite genres to learn are historic fiction and thriller/thriller. Though I learn all kinds, together with non-fiction. Imagine that!

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

There’s not sufficient room right here to checklist all of the books on my TBR pile proper now. So, listed here are three. The Lincoln Conspiracy by Amor Towles. And There Was Light by Jon Meacham. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Good factor I’ll be studying extra of Ms. Christie quickly, as I’ve began writing a comfortable thriller sequence, and I would like all of the steering I can get!

It might appear to be I solely learn well-known authors. But that’s not true. I additionally learn quite a bit of comparatively new authors, however it could not be truthful to all of them for me to checklist just some right here. There are unimaginable writers penning insightful, entertaining, and binge-worthy books nowadays. I wish to learn all of them.

What scene in your e book was your favourite to write down?

Hands down, the Prologue in WHAT’S NOT LOST was my favourite scene to write down. I’m thrilled that readers universally adore it, as properly. Which is nice, as a result of prologues are sometimes criticized. If I say an excessive amount of, it’d be a spoiler. What I can say is that in an early draft, the scene was smack within the center of the e book. I awakened with a begin one morning, ran downstairs to my manuscript which was unfold throughout my eating room desk, pulled out that chapter, and moved it to the entrance. Then, I rewrote it and made it the Prologue. Best factor I ever did.

I hope you’ll learn it to search out out why readers appear to agree!

Do you’ve any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and many others.)

All the years I labored as a advertising and marketing supervisor in company America, I might take off my rings after I would settle in on the keyboard. Now that I’m retired from that world, I hardly ever put on rings. Instead, I’ve to put on earrings. When I get caught on a scene, I are inclined to rub them. What’s the deal with that? Do I actually assume concepts go by means of my earlobes?

Do you’ve a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

Oh, I’ve a number of mottos. For years, I had “Play the Cards You’re Dealt” on a Post-it observe on my toilet mirror. Recently, I realized from my granddaughter, that her mom (my daughter) actually hates that saying. I didn’t understand how typically I’d repeat it.

I’ve changed that with one thing Eleanor Roosevelt mentioned: “Do the thing you think you cannot do.” As an writer, it most definitely resonates with me day by day. It helps encourage me to maintain the author juices flowing.

If you might select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your e book, what wouldn’t it be?

Early readers (a.okay.a. inquiring minds!) have requested, “Who says the last line?” It seems there are various opinions, which is an effective factor! Though WHAT’S NOT LOST is the conclusion to a trilogy, reviewers admit it succeeds as a stand-alone. However, for readers who’d like to know the unabridged backstory of Kassie’s saga, particularly her journeys to Venice and Paris, please take a look at WHAT’S NOT SAID and WHAT’S NOT TRUE! In the top, I hope readers know that having them fortunately ever after is why I write.