Where/when do you write? What’s your ideal writing environment? Is there a process that you prefer (like physically writing down parts of the book on paper) If you’re an aspiring author, I highly recommend following Tess Sharpe on Twitter: not only is she a phenomenal writer, but she frequently writes threads with excellent craft and career advice.Ħ. Now I’m fortunate to also have an agent and an editor to provide career guidance. I did have (and continue to have) two incredible critique partners, whose feedback on my work has been invaluable. I didn’t have any writing mentors or advisors. Did you receive any guidance along the way? Are there any mentors or people that you sought advice from or looked up to? I’ve been a writer my whole life, so there’s no real answer to that question! It’s simply who I am.

I feel closest to Eva, since she is the most similar to me and I spent the most time writing from her perspective. There are elements of all four I really resonate with-they’re all their own people, but they also each have some small part of me, taken to an extreme, that makes up one part of their personalities. Is there a character you identify with in particular? In developing the band, I knew I wanted four complex characters, whose goals at certain points in the narrative would be in conflict.ģ. I also had questions about ambition and how friendships change as we grow up, so I wrote some possibilities into the book. It Goes Like This is about a broken-up band, so I was heavily inspired by music and fan culture. For your debut book, It Goes Like This, are there any particular sources of inspiration for its premise? How did you develop the unique personalities/situations Eva, Celeste, Gina, and Steph find themselves in?

Since graduation, I’ve held several education-related jobs, and currently have an administrative position at a university.Ģ. However, I didn’t study writing! In college, I studied Politics, English literature, and French. Even before I could really write, I was always thinking of stories in my head, and once I could write, I wanted to share those stories with others. Could you introduce yourself and your debut… such as what attracted you to becoming an author, or the career/education path you took? Read on if you want to learn more about how she became an author and what inspired her to start writing!ġ. Miel Moreland, author of the book ‘It Goes Like This’, some questions.

It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland