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Joy Monette

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Grahamstown, South Africa

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Contemporary

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Joy Monette is an official editor of eBooks. Recently, she decided to experience life on the dangerous side by writing and publishing her own work. She now has even more respect for authors than she started out with. Which is saying a lot.

Her work can be classified as Contemporary Coming of Age with a liberal selection of warmth, despair, hope, and humor.

Joy grew up in the UK, and on the cusp of adulthood, she returned to South Africa, the land of her birth. She fell in love with its vibrancy, diversity, windmills, and thunderstorms. She is currently busy with a series of three novellas set in Johannesburg during the early 1990s when apartheid was unraveling, and the New South Africa was about to be born.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Joy Monette Partially, it's a real treat because I run a full-time business on my own as well as doing the writing thing. So writing time is something to look for…morePartially, it's a real treat because I run a full-time business on my own as well as doing the writing thing. So writing time is something to look forward to. Also, in the planning phase, I create huge lists for every chapter I intend to write - before I start writing a word. That makes it easy to pick up where I left off. In case that fails, when I finish writing for the day, I create a bulleted list of what I want to say in the next session. Then I simply have to expand on the bullets. Even if it's not-so-good writing, it's still there for me to edit later. I've discovered that if I read through the previous few paragraphs, I often get inspired to continue. Finally, I find that if I force myself to write for fifteen minutes every day (I time it), I usually get to a psychological/emotional place where I want to carry on.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Joy Monette Making up stories and not getting into trouble, and having imaginary friends that other people believe in! And it's portable: you can do it anywhere. …moreMaking up stories and not getting into trouble, and having imaginary friends that other people believe in! And it's portable: you can do it anywhere. (less)

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	Winds of Winter by Nola Li Barr (Goodreads Author), Jeff Bacon (Goodreads Author), Louisa M. Bauman (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wings of Prophecy by Nola Li Barr (Goodreads Author), Jeff Bacon (Goodreads Author), Louisa M. Bauman (Goodreads Author) 4.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wings of Deception: A Multi-Genre Short Story Collection by Nola Li Barr (Goodreads Author), Jeff Bacon (Goodreads Author), Corina Douglas (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wings of Glory: A Multi-Genre Anthology by Nola Li Barr (Goodreads Author), Corina Douglas (Goodreads Author), H.R. Hobbs (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars