Who is Jackie Wang?
JACKIE WANG lives in Vancouver, Canada with her real-life alpha hero and their rambunctious daughter. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. In her free time, she likes to read (voraciously), geocache, fill in adult coloring books and watch sappy movies.
- When did you start writing? I began writing short stories and poems when I was thirteen, but didn’t attempt a full-length novel until I was twenty-one. I began working on my first romance novel shortly after the birth of my daughter, and it took one year to finish! After that, I found my calling, and three years later, I’ve published 6 novels.
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What is your inspiration? I get some inspiration from my favorite authors, books and movies. But most of my characters are inspired by my own life story or the stories of people I know.
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How did you come up with your stories? Most of the time, when I least expect it, an idea will pop into my head and I will jot it down. I’ve come up with plots while grocery shopping, jogging, or just walking around the mall.
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Where is your favorite place to write? In the living room, alone. Preferably when it’s early morning or late at night, so it’s quiet.
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Do you plan your stories before starting? Yes, I plan a character development arc, and a very loose plot. But most of the time the plot evolves as the characters take on a life of their own.
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When did you first consider yourself an author? When I self-published my first novel on Amazon in 2015, even though before that I’d written hundreds of poems, articles and over twenty short stories.
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Do you see writing as a career? My biggest goal in life is to write novels for a living, so I try my hardest every single day to be as productive as possible. I would love to be a professional, career author.
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Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing? Sometimes I’m a bit too much of a perfectionist and I will delete lots of words and start all over again. For my upcoming novel, Villain, I wrote and deleted almost 20,000 words (like 1/3 of the novel) before I wrote the first full draft.
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What was the hardest part of writing your book? Editing. And finding enough time to write. I have a part-time job, a toddler, and a house to manage, so it can be challenging to find free time to write.
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Can you share a little of your current work with us? I just finished VILLAIN, which is a dark romantic suspense with an unbelievable number of plot twists. The protagonist is an anti-hero, and I had so much fun creating him. I had to do a lot of research and quite a bit of soul-searching for this book, but I’m very pleased with how it turned out! My beta readers love it too, which is encouraging!
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Do you have advice for any other writers? The old adage I guess. Practice makes perfect. I’m not a master of words or anything, but I’ve written over 750,000 words in the past three years, and I think practice, more than anything made me a better writer. No amount of textbook learning can teach you how to craft a good novel, because when it comes down to it, every author has a unique voice. It took me a long time to find mine, but I’m glad I never gave up. That’s another thing. Don’t. Give. Up.
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Do you have anything specific you want to say to your readers? I feel so blessed to have such an amazing group of fans who have supported me in unimaginable ways. Before I discovered ways to connect with my fans and fellow authors, I felt like I was writing inside a bubble. It got really lonely. But once I became part of the community, I received all the motivation, support and advice I needed to pursue my dream. So thank you all, from the bottom of my heart!
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