Julie
Anne Grasso, Born in Brisbane Queensland Australia, but now I live in
Melbourne.
Did you
always want to be a writer? If not what did you want to be?
I don’t
think I realised I wanted to be a writer until I became a paediatric nurse and
gained inspiration from the tiny people I cared for.
When
did you first consider yourself as a "writer"?
When I
self published my first book “Escape From The Forbidden Planet” for middle
graders in September 2012.
Did it
take a long time to get your first book published?
I did
query agents but in the end I decided to self publish. I felt my little book
had spunk, and I wanted to get it out there so from beginning to publication it
was about 3 years.
Do you
work another job as well as your writing work?
Before I had my little Gigi I did, but now
it’s just full time mum and wielder of words.
What is
the name of your latest book, and if you had to summarise it in less than 20
words what would you say?
“Return
to Cardamom” is my sequel which will be available on Amazon in July 2013. You can expect more elven adventures, nerdy
technology and lots of planet hopping.
What
can we expect from you in the future? ie More books of the same genre?
Books of a different genre?
My next
book that I have queried with a couple of agents is sort of a tween crime scene
investigation, called Franky Dupont And The Mystery At Enderby Manor. If I
don’t get any agent action, I will self publish this also later this year.
Do you
have anybody read your books and give you reviews before you officially release
them? ie. Your partner, children, friends, reviewers you know?
I do.
For my first book I approached about 40 book reviewers that take middle grade
books and I have gained quite a few reviews from doing that. Now that they have
read my first, I will then also offer those that reviewed an advanced reader
copy. In fact just this week I am finalising the proof for formatting, so I
will be sending them along soon.
Do you
gift books to readers to do reviews?
Yes
definitely, in either paperback or ebook, whatever they chose, but I have found
that ebook seems to be much effective in getting reviews.
What
was the toughest/best review you have ever had?
When a
kid reviews my book and likes it. That is the best ever. That is my target
audience and that is who I want to be telling others about my books.
How do
you come up with the Title and Cover Designs for your book/books?Who designed
the Cover of your books?
The
title almost always comes first for me then I write the book. The cover designs
flow from my story and by the end of a book I have a firm idea for a cover in
mind. Then I have to somehow impart that to my illustrator, using the worst
chook sketching, but somehow he gets my vision and produces awesome covers.
How do
you market/promote your books?
I use
KDP select as I am a relative unknown, so I hope to get my book in as many
hands as possible to grow my readership before I try to tackle book shops.
What
are you currently reading? Are you enjoying it? What format is it?(ebook,
hardback or paperback)
I am currently reading too many books, but the
one on my night stand is Jasper Fforde’s One Of
Our Thursdays Is Missing.
Do you
think ebooks will ever totally replace printed books?
No, but
they are going to give them a real run for their money
If you
could invite three favourite writers to dinner, who would you invite and enjoy
chatting with?
Anne McCaffrey, Lauren Child, Douglas Adams.
Where
can readers follow you?
Website:
www.julieannegrassobooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jujuberry37
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