Her new book is Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last.From Bloom's Q & A at Riffle:
What drew you to write this book?Learn more about the book and author at Patience Bloom's website.
I knew the story of me and Sam would be a fun, inspirational read. I secretly wrote the fictional version of the story before my agent encouraged me to write my memoir. I didn’t think anyone would believe our romance, but as I rewrote it as nonfiction, I discovered that the truth is way better.
What is your greatest fear as a writer?
There’s some fear of scathing criticism, but you either like my memoir or you don’t. I fear more hurting someone with what I’ve written so I might have held a few punches.
What do you do to get ready to write every day? What’s your routine?
I do write every day. On a non-work day, I write in the morning, soon after waking up. Or I’ll write when an idea pops into my head. I go right to my notebook or computer and get it down before I forget and lose the inspiration. On work days, I...[read on]
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