I love that UPSIDE DOWN takes place in Australia. However, that book took me nearly two years (and many, many complete rewrites) before I began the query process. I got my agent with my first completed manuscript, a historical romance. How many completed manuscripts did you query before one garnered interest? This is a period when idealism and cynicism do battle, hearts are won and lost, we take risks and struggle with our identity and place in the world. I’m not sure how to say this without sounding all pretentious and grandiose, but New Adult has taught me that I’m far more of a character-driven writer and that’s a lesson that will impact all my future writing. My own New Adult years (and choices) shaped my life in profound ways and it’s been cathartic to go back and wrestle with some of those situations. Great question! I really feel like I “found” my voice in New Adult. What inspires you to write New Adult fiction? Many thanks to Lia for sharing her writing odyssey today…
It proves that with a solid manuscript, a good sounding board, and reliable writing friends you can produce an amazing book! What I love most about this interview is Lia’s passion for New Adult, and how she relies on her CPs to help her through certain rough patches in her writing. From the first chapters I became a huge fan of Bran and Talia, and I knew instantly after I turned the last page I wanted to ask Lia to share her writing journey. That’s how I felt after reading UPSIDE DOWN, Lia Riley’s debut novel in her OFF THE MAP series. The story, the characters, literally everything about it is like a breath of fresh air. But when Bran gets a stark reminder of why he stopped believing in love, he and Talia must decide if what they have is once in a lifetime.or if they were meant to live a world apart.Some days you pick up a book and you know it’s going to be special. He's never wanted anyone the way he wants Talia. Yet no amount of disappointment could blind him to the pretty California girl who gets past all his defenses. After the girl of his dreams turned into a nightmare, he moved back home to Melbourne to piece his life together. Bran Lockhart is having the worst year on record. Everything is going according to plan until she meets a brooding surfer with hypnotic green eyes and the troubling ability to see straight through her act. For the next six months, she'll act like a carefree exchange student, not a girl sinking under the weight of painful memories. If You Never Get Lost, You'll Never Be Found Twenty-one-year-old Natalia Stolfi is saying good-bye to the past - and turning her life upside down with a trip to the land down under.
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