Nicole Chung: Jasmine, can you start by sharing a little about how you first started writing, and how you made time for it in the margins of a full-time working life? “Listen to different types of writing advice, try it one way and then try it another way, and see what works for you.” “I think the time before you’re published is the best time for you to experiment,” she told me. At the same time, it’s clear that she is doing what she chose to do, and what she loves: writing books that are a source of joy to her and her many readers. She writes full-time now, and speaks honestly about the way inspiration can flag and then flare the stress of deadlines and messy first drafts and the cycles of brainstorming and hard work, frustration and epiphanies that make up a writing life. I thought I’d be juggling both jobs for a long time,” she said. “I had writer friends and I knew how hard it was to make a living at this. Guillory wrote her first couple of books in her scant free time, while working 60+ hours a week as a lawyer.
She is, in other words, one of the busiest and hardest-working authors I know-and I can think of no one who gives better advice or offers more generous encouragement to their fellow writers. She is the New York Times best-selling author of eight books-including her debut, The Wedding Date the Reese’s Book Club pick The Proposal and her latest, the effervescent Drunk on Love, out tomorrow-and can frequently be seen recommending books on the Today Show. This is one of many reasons why I wanted to chat with Guillory for my newsletter.
Others shared more personal stories and struggles, and I followed along as she responded to each one with her typical care and candor. This month, one week before her publication day-a time when many writers would be hard-pressed managing a million promotional tasks and trying not to crumble under the weight of pre-pub anxiety-the romance novelist Jasmine Guillory asked her Instagram followers: “Have a question for me? Need a pep talk?” One person turned to her for career advice, another for writing motivation, a third for insights into the publishing process. Kwon, Lydia Kiesling, and Bryan Washington.
Previously in my author conversation series: Alejandro Varela, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Megha Majumdar, Ada Limón, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Crystal Hana Kim and R.
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