Do you remember? Do you remember where you were when the This Love by
Nazarea Andrews blog tour stopped in? Right
Here!!
That’s right, you stopped in today and you are not going to be
disappointed!!
She wants a summer
job and a ride to a wedding.
He wants an assistant and a distraction from the mess life his had become.
They didn't know they needed each other.
Avery Emili needs two grand. Two grand and a plane ticket--her sister is
counting on her to get to Jamaica for her wedding. But the semester is over,
and tutoring college freshman and high school students has dried up until the
fall.
Atticus Grimes needs help--the messy split with his wife left the twenty-eight
year old professor scrambling to keep things together as the semester winds
down. Now he's got a research grant he has to actually do research for and all
he wants to do is drown himself in a tall bottle of bourbon.
When Avery sees his ad for an assistant, all she's thinking is a summer job.
But as they spend time together, in the office and out, both of them begin to
realize something is there. Something that can't happen--he's a professor and
she's a student. And both of them have histories, pasts that won’t let go. Can
two broken people pulled apart by expectations find a way to be whole?
Nazarea Andrews is an avid reader and tends
to write the stories she wants to read. She loves chocolate and coffee
almost as much as she loves books, but not quite as much as she loves her kids.
She lives in south Georgia with her husband, daughters, and overgrown dog.
- Which
writers inspire you?
Oh, man. I grew up on CS Lewis, Jaqcualine Carey and David
Eddings, so definitely them. Anne Bishop and Juliet Marillier, as well. More
relevant to my current genre would be Gayle Foreman. She blows me away every
time I read her work.
- When
did you decide to become an author?
About five years ago, when I decided I didn’t want to work away
from my kids. I had stories to tell, and I needed to tell them.
- How
many more books do you plan to be in this series?
Um, it’s still early to say—but I have at least one more,
and probably two or three. :)
- What
project are you working on now?
The second University of Branton novel (coming out October 2013)
- Who
designs your book covers?
Melissa Stevens of The Illustrated Author—she’s AMAZING.
- What
would you say are the main advantages/disadvantages about being
self-published/traditional publishing?
I love the autonomy of self-publishing—I get to decide
everything, which for a control freak, is awesome. On the flip side—it’s really
daunting. It’s just me and my little book and the team I assemble. I don’t have
the weight of a traditional house behind me working with me on marketing and
everything else. Sometimes it’s
overwhelming, but I love it.
- Do
you have any advice for other authors taking the same route as you?
Be ready to work harder than you ever have in your life. Know
your options—don’t self-pub because ‘everyone’s doing it’ or because you got
three rejections. Do it because it’s the best option for you and your book (and
know why that’s true). Give yourself time to do it properly—the editing, the
marketing, the cover. All of it.
- What
is your favorite motivational phrase?
Lol, it’s from the movie, A League of Their Own. “Of course it’s hard. If were easy, everyone
would do it. If it were easy, everyone would do it.”
- How
can readers discover more about you?
Website: www.nazareaandrews.com
Blog: www.nazarea-andrews.blogspot.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nazarea-Andrews/43623123516?fref=ts
Twitter: @NazareaAndrews
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3486225.Nazarea_Andrews
- What
are your views on social networking for marketing? Which worked best for
you?
Be real. Don’t spam buy links constantly. DO NOT AUTO DM BUY
LINKS. Talk about your world, not just your book.
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