Liberty States Create Something Magical Conference Speaker Interview Series: Avery Flynn

I’m so excited to be returning to one of my favorite events this March: the Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference in New Jersey.  It’s a wonderful event that I enjoy each year and highly recommend attending.  I am honored this year to be hosting an interview each week with the attending speakers!  It begins today and will continue each week leading up to the conference. I hope you enjoy! ~Jillian

Today the Liberty States Create Something Magical Conference Speaker Interview Series kicks off with author Avery Flynn:

1. What made you want to become a writer? How early in life did you start writing?

I can’t remember not writing. I started writing about my stuffed animals before I could spell — and if you ask my editors you might find out that the whole spelling thing might still be an issue. 🙂

2. Is there one piece of advice you would give an aspiring writer?

Don’t freak out about writing an entire book. Start with the first paragraph, then the first page, then the first chapter and so on. Before you know it, you’ll have a whole book.

3. Who is on your bookshelf?

Everything! I read almost anything except for military history (snooze).

4. Can you tell us about one of the most memorable moments in your writing career thus far?

Winning the RT Book Reviewers Choice award was pretty awesome, but really I love it anytime I get to chat books with a fellow reader.

5. Tell us about your newest release/current work in progress.

I’m working on a really fun story in my B-Squad series. I just love writing about these characters. They’re all such sexy little badasses!

6. Tell us a little about your workshop at the Create Something Magical Conference.

I’m part of a couple a really great workshops. One is with my besties, Robin Covington and Kimberly Kincaid about professional jealousy. The other is a great one I’ve worked on with several other authors about writing diverse characters and how crucial a diverse character base is to creating a well-rounded fictional universe.

About Avery Flynn:

Award-winning romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip.

She fell in love with romance while reading Johanna Lindsey’s Mallory books. It wasn’t long before Avery had read through all the romance offerings at her local library. Needing a romance fix, she turned to Harlequin’s four books a month home delivery service to ease the withdrawal symptoms. That worked for a short time, but it wasn’t long before the local book stores’ staffs knew her by name.

Avery was a reader before she was a writer and hopes to always be both. She loves to write about smartass alpha heroes who are as good with a quip as they are with their *ahem* other God-given talents. Her heroines are feisty, fierce and fantastic. Brainy and brave, these ladies know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs.

Find out more about Avery on her website, follow her on Twitter and Pinterest, like her on her Facebook page or friend her on her Facebook profile. She’s also on Goodreads and BookLikes.

Join her street team, The Flynnbots, and receive special sneak peeks, prizes and early access to her latest releases!

Also, if you figure out how to send Oreos through the Internet, she’ll be your best friend for life.

Contact her at avery@averyflynn.com.  She’d love to hear from you!