Goodreads asked Andrea Joan:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Andrea Joan First is the obvious; just start writing. Write something everyday, no matter what. I once heard one of my writing hero's Kurt Sutter say that he writes at 4 hours everyday, even if what he writes ends up being complete shit he makes sure to do it. Second piece of advice is continue to read books about how to write. Even if you think you know it all, that you spent countless hours in college or creative writing classes learning this craft, you can still learn more. I read at least one book a month that will help me learn to be a better writer. Books on Scene Structure, Dialogue, Character Development, and on and on and on. You can never know too much. Last piece of advice is know your genre. When I finally decided to write a CR book I read a little over 100 books in this genre & read the reviews from readers on those books. Why you ask? Because I wanted to know what the average reader of the Romance genre loved and hated and wished for when reading them. I wanted to tailor my book to what you, the reader, would love (and yes I know you can't please everyone but you can try and give the people what they want). I wanted to put the time and effort into writing something deserving of the readers hard earned money. I never want someone reading a book I wrote to feel cheated.

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