In this week’s Corks & Conversation with Lisa Regan, we had all the fun and inspiration we could hope for! Have a listen …
Lisa Regan is a bestselling author many times over. Yes, she’s sold over 2 million copies of her books in just the last four years! We talked about her latest book in her Josie Quinn series, Her Deadly Touch. We loved it and happy that we have a new series to binge read! So get a copy of the book (indie bookshop.org or Amazon.com) and enjoy this page-turner.
Lisa is a consummate storyteller both on and off the page. Join us with a glass of Barefoot Rosé to hear about her path, full of ups and downs, to becoming the successful author she is today.
She learned a lot through writing and publishing previous books before her success with the Josie Quinn series…
“I tried to pay attention to what readers liked and what they didn’t like, and what they wanted and they didn’t want, and they wanted less violence that happens on screen and more focus on the mystery. So that’s what I tried to do with Josie Quinn and it has really worked.”
Her Deadly Touch is the 12th book in the series. Since Lisa is contracted to write many more, we wondered if she knows where Josie is going to be in book 20. Here’s what Lisa said …
“Sometimes she’ll surprise me by what she learns about herself and what she’s capable of and what she’s not capable of. So it’s kind of just fun to get onto the page and let her do her thing and see what happens.”
Lisa tells us how her current publisher, Bookouture, looks at the capability of her as a writer and not just the success of her current book…
“Really I feel like that’s the way it should be. You should be looking at the writer, not one book. Because the way that it’s structured now, you get one book, one chance when some writers over time will definitely get better or write something that will fit.”
On her writing process, Lisa talked about how she found out what works best for her through a Becca Syme course.
Some highlights from the Episode:
7:37 More (LOTS) of Josie Quinn coming!
9:05 Lisa Regan is obsessed with the details!
11:58 Hot baths are EVERYTHING
13:34 How many rejections did she get before selling 2 MILLION books?!
13:49 You have to hear this publishing story to believe it!
30:10 Weak Executive Function – yes, it’s a thing
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