This Book Will Change Your Life by Amanda Weaver
Genre: New Adult
Publication: September 28th, 2015 by Entangled Publishing
College is where Hannah Gregory plans to follow in her dad’s footsteps as a chemistry prodigy–except she bombs her first test. And now her future isn’t so certain. Worse, she’s not sure she wants it anymore. Salvation comes from an unlikely place—a used bookstore and the sexy Ben Fisher, the passionate college senior who works there. Ben is trapped in a life mapped out for him. Trapped in a future career as a lawyer to make his father happy. Trapped pursuing a girl he doesn't even like because she fits into a world he doesn’t want but can’t escape. But then he meets the beautiful and quirky Hannah. And for the first time, he knows what it means to truly want something. So he gives in to being her friend. Then to wanting her. Then to kissing her. But freedom comes with a cost, and it isn’t long before their carefully planned lives begin to fall apart...
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About the Author
Amanda has loved romance novels since she read that very first Kathleen E. Woodiwiss novel at fifteen. After a long detour into a career as a costume designer in theatre, she’s found her way back to romance, this time as a writer.
A native Floridian, Amanda transplanted to New York City many years ago and now considers Brooklyn home, along with her husband, daughter, two cats, and nowhere near enough space.
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Interview
1.
When did you realize
that you wanted to become a writer? What was the very first thing you ever
wrote? I remember writing a
story about the Easter Bunny in crayon on the pages of my mother’s address book
when I was about four. Oops. And somehow she still encouraged me to write,
bless her. I wrote constantly as a child, mostly
about horses. I wrote all the way through high school and into college. Then I
made the mistake of taking a creative writing class in college. I was so
freaked out and intimidated after the first class that I dropped it and quit
writing altogether. I didn’t start again until six years ago.
2. How did you come up with the idea of This Book Will Change
Your Life?
My books tend to name themselves, usually very early on in the first draft.
This one did it before, while I was still outlining. And then the title worked
itself into the first chapter perfectly, as a line of dialogue. I had to keep
it!
3. What's your favorite thing to do when you're not writing? Drink wine. Lol.
That sounds bad, but it’s true. I have no free time and very few vices. I don’t
smoke, I had to give up coffee, I have insomnia so I don’t sleep much. Wine is
all I have left!
4.
Describe yourself in
3 words.
Disciplined, organized, efficient. God, I sound really boring.
5.
What was your
inspiration for the book? I told this story in the acknowledgments in the book. I was
on a business trip to a college town that will remain anonymous. As I explored
the charming downtown area, I wandered into this great used bookstore. While I
was browsing, this guy came in to start his shift. Early 20’s, wearing glasses,
talking to his co-worker about what he was reading. I was on twitter on my
phone and I described the scene. A couple of my friends said “This sounds like
the start of a book!” I agreed, and started writing it on my flight home.
There’s a picture of that actual bookstore on my Pinterest board. I won’t say
which one.
6.
How much of the
characters are based on your traits or someone you know personally? Well, I already
confessed that Ben was based on that guy in the bookstore, although he
definitely took on a life of his own as I started writing, as they always do.
Hannah’s not based on me, but I had a lot of the same struggles as her during
my first year of college, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life
and having second thoughts about what I was majoring in. I think a lot of
people do. That sort of self-doubt is pretty universal.
7.
How many times were
you turned down for a book offer before you finally got published? Oh wow. Hundreds? I
queried three novels (including this one) to dozens and dozens of agents before
Entangled acquired TBWCYL. I’ve developed a very thick skin about rejections.
8.
Do you think they
regret turning you down now? It’s so subjective. They know what
they’re looking for and you’ve either written that book or you haven’t. I feel
like TBWCYL found the perfect home where it is.
9.
What are you working
on now? I’m
deep into edits on a three book historical romance series. The first, A Duchess
in Name, will be published in January. And when I finish those, I’ve started
another book in the TBWCYL universe, also set at Arlington State, and featuring
characters we met in the first book.
10.
What scene was your
favorite to write? The
opening scene, with Hannah and Ben meeting in the bookstore came so quickly,
and it’s essentially unchanged from the first draft. Writing Ben and Hannah’s meeting
was so easy, it hardly felt like work.
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