I create character sketches that include a lot of details from their childhood, past relationships, job history, their fears, strengths, and weaknesses.

I don’t want that to happen to me, so I put a lot of extra effort into creating my characters. Sometimes, their books and characters are weak copies of earlier novels. I see it so often with writers who publish several books a year. I’ll let my readers by the judge of that. Once you said, in an interview, that one of your biggest fears was having all characters be the same – do you feel like you’ve managed to not do this? But it’s still the best job in the world. Being a full-time writer isn’t all about sipping lattes all day and feeling kissed by the muse. But, of course, now writing is my job too, so that means I can’t skip a day of writing because I don’t feel motivated. I was always passionate about writing, and I still am. But if I really like a book, I’ll buy it as a paperback too.ĭo you feel different about writing now than when you first started? Plus e-books are really convenient when you’re traveling.

I buy mostly e-books because otherwise I would run out of space on my bookshelf. When it comes to my own books, I want my readers to know that I work hard to deliver a high-quality book every time, with three-dimensional characters and a realistic love story that makes you fall in love with both characters too.

That I love books-writing them, reading them, editing them. I think most people know who you are, but let’s say there is someone reading who doesn’t, what would you say is the most important thing to know about Jae? Backwards to Oregon was written by Jae, whom I have had the fortune of interviewing! In my last post I talked about how reading Backwards to Oregon changed my life.

Second Nature by Jae