Episode 13

Interview with SavyLeiser

Moving from Antwerp toLondon is difficult. A lot of you will call me crazy and tell me that I’mwrong, but I will miss the beautiful city by the river Schelde, with its misfitcathedral, hundreds of the world’s most awesome classical Flemish paintings andmy favourite Museum, Plantin Moretus. It’s weird to pack the last 5 years incardboard boxes, throw out 80% of your shoes and give away all your books becauseyou simply can’t take them… But I’m following my heart and the love of my lifeso I guess it will all be okay in the end…

Yes, I know! I soundlike some young adult character nagging about her first world problems… And no,I don’t want to look down on Young Adult at all. Young adult is my favouritegenre and one day I even hope to write a novel in that genre. Today I’m talkingto Savy Leiser, a 23 year old writer living in Chicago. She graduated from NorthWestern University in 2015 and released her book The Making Of A Small TownBeauty King in February 2016. Thebook is a contemporary young-adult comedy about a boy who wants to win a beautypageant, a girl who wants to destroy the pageant, and a small town that getsturned upside down.

Savy talks about going to events and how to network as a writer. Noteveryone is cut out for networking. It can be scary and even overwhelming tostep into a venue or hall, all by yourself with the sole purpose of makingcontact with other writers, with editors, agents and publishers. Savy explainshow she overcomes this fear and how she uses the networks to her benefit likegetting a signing in a book shop.

As you may know, I’m not the kind of person to sit still. Even though Icrawl into bed every night, have 70+ emails to answer and am stressed about notgetting the deadlines for my podcast, I can never fully relax. During the timeI was in “no signal land” AKA “ The in-laws”, I tried to make a book that canhelp all of you with building your characters and giving them the depth theyneed and deserve. I just published this new book called 100 questions to askyour main character. If you would like to get a PDF copy for free, you can alwaysdrop a line on my website. Please do leave a review on Amazon! <3
Thank you so much for the ongoing support, the questions about my move and thenumerous mails asking questions about writing, blogging and podcasting. I knowthat I currently have a bit of a backlog but I will try and answer any one ofthem!

Have a great week and don’t forget to tune in next week!

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Links :

Twitter
Amazon
Writersconfidante.com – Savy’sproofreading website