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Julie Simons

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in Covina, California, The United States

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Young Adult, Paranormal, Fiction

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Julie Simons was born and raised in Southern California but moved to Northern California during high school, discovering the beauty of the Sierra Foothills, which inspired the setting of her first novel, Angel of Night, set in the hub of the Foothills--Placerville, California. Julie's experiences attending Placerville's El Dorado High School inspired many of the lively anecdotes that Leah, the main character, experiences in her tumultuous time there.

Julie went on to earn a degree in biology from Stanford University. She now lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children. Hobbies include writing, lots of daydreaming (writing in embryo), basking in warm summer days when Connecticut weather deigns to grant them, and hiking in the few ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Julie Simons First, I take advantage of the time to get caught up on other things in my life, because I know, once the creative juices get flowing again, many aspe…moreFirst, I take advantage of the time to get caught up on other things in my life, because I know, once the creative juices get flowing again, many aspects of what others call "normalcy" will fall by the wayside. It's hard to maintain structure when you march to the fickle drum of "creativity."

Second, I set goals and try to stick by them if I am really in a rut. I'll sit at my computer and tell myself "I am going to work on x today because I need to get to y. And yes I can do it. Of course I can do it. Why else am I here, how else did I get this far?" I can't count how many times this past year I thought I was certain to not get anything done because I thought my creativity levels had receded into the negatives. But I sat there and worked with determination and, before I knew it, I'd gotten the job done. I've got to be realistic with goals, however. I have to break things into small pieces if I'm feeling really stuck. If all else fails, I edit. You can never proofread too many times. It's impossible.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Julie Simons I choose what I want to write about. Let's not confuse this with data entry. Especially with self-publishing. I went down this route because I couldn'…moreI choose what I want to write about. Let's not confuse this with data entry. Especially with self-publishing. I went down this route because I couldn't stand the thought of anyone dictating plot-line to me or in any way taking creative control of my work--from cover art to content editing. Mine. Mine. Mine. And let's not forget the beauty of the whole concept of bookselling--that one gets paid for their hobby? Genius! Not that money is really the drive, however. Writing, in general, is not as lucrative as people think it is. It can be, but authors shouldn't count on it. We write because we love it. It can't be about money for me. I could never sacrifice my standards for content for the sake of making a buck.

There's another thing, though, that makes authors love writing. It's the drive, the compulsion to bring their stories to life--the stories they can't bear to have trapped in their heads. The story breathes its first breath of life when it gets recorded in words: the writing process. It MUST be completed. But the story--and the characters--don't really LIVE until others can read about them too. For authors, the story is something living; otherwise, we couldn't dedicate so much love and care to our books. (less)

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Chantal's Post on Angel of Night as featured at *The Gadoury Dreamer*

Everyone who knows me, knows that I love romance: YA Romance, Adult Romance... I love anything "romance." When I first read the description of the novel, I wondered if I would be encountering a novel that was a bit like "Hush Hush," with the whole "bad boy" image in a High School setting and the lure of him becoming the savior. A Read more of this blog post »

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