Pump Up Your Book Chats with Women’s Fiction Author Becky Due

Becky Due Becky Due is becoming the new voice of women’s fiction. She has the courage, honesty and writing style for today’s busy women, and she does not cringe away from hard issues. She will leave you feeling strong, self-confident, independent, and in control of your life.

She has a way of sucking you into the story and changing your life with her fast-paced novels you won’t want to put down. Her novels are not the same story with different characters; she has a unique ability to cross every genre from light-hearted romance to heart-racing suspense to keep her readers entertained and inspired. This talented, intelligent writer is quickly becoming women’s favorite new author.

Her books have been finalists in several independent competitions including the 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards and the 2009 IPPY Awards.

Becky Due, like the main characters of her novels, spent many years running from her life, looking for love, crying a little and laughing a lot along the journey of finding herself. Through writing, she found her passion and is currently working on her next novel.

Happily married she and Scott live in Colorado, Florida and Alberta, Canada with their two “kids” Buddy the Cat and Shorty the Pug.

Becky’s latest book a contemporary romance titled The Dumpster: One Woman’s Search for Love.

Visit Becky Due on the web at www.BeckyDue.com.

About The Dumpster: One Woman’s Search for Love The Dumpster

The Dumpster: One Woman’s Search for Love is a Contemporary Romance novel set in Miami, Florida about Nicole, a cute, chubby, twenty-something woman, who is looking for love in all the wrong places. Who would have guessed that a dumpster in the back alley below her bedroom window would hold the key to finding love?

On The Dumpster: One Woman’s Search for Love

Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book?

The Dumpster was a dream. I woke up and thought it was cute idea. I started writing the novel that morning and The Dumpster just kept getting funnier and funnier.

Q: Which part of the book was the hardest to write?

I think the hardest part was actually writing a funny novel. My other novels deal with some tough issues and I wasn’t sure that I could write a cute, funny book. But from the reviews I’m receiving, it looks like I pulled it off.

Q: Does your book have an underlying message that readers should know about?

Not really. I think The Dumpster is just a feel good, have fun, laugh out loud, and enjoy-being-a-woman sort of book. Isn’t it time we all had a little fun? : )

On Books in General

Q:  What was one of your favorite books as a child?

I loved Curious George.

Q: What is your favorite book as an adult?

I have several favorite books… so many great writers… I’d have to say that Breakfast at Tiffany’s is my favorite book.

Q: What are you reading now?

I’m reading Pat Conroy’s The Great Santini.

On Writing

Q: Do you remember when the writing bug hit?

Yes, I do. I quit my job in Minneapolis. I gave notice that I was moving out of my apartment and I gathered my savings. I jumped on a Greyhound bus headed east—I had no idea where I was going. I ended up in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina—couldn’t go any further east. So I rented a house, bought a typewriter and started writing. About two months later, I called an old boss in Rochester, Minnesota and asked if I could work for him again; he said yes so I got back on the Greyhound, settled down in Rochester and started looking for a publisher for my first book. I’ve been writing ever since.

Q: Besides books, what else do you write?  Do you write for publications?

I blog a little, but for me, it’s just books.

Q: Do you have a writing tip you’d like to share?

It’s a tough career path. Everybody you meet is a writer, lots of competition.

On Family and Home:

Q:  Would you like to tell us about your home life?  Where you live?  Family?  Pets?

I’m happily married and live in Colorado, Florida and Alberta, Canada with my husband and our two furry kids.

Q: Where’s your favorite place to write at home?

It changes, but these days, I’m always on the couch with my laptop.

Q: What do you do to get away from it all?

I don’t want to get away from it all—I love my life. As a writer, I can do what I want, go where I’d like and be whoever I want to be when I’m sitting at my laptop working on another book.

On Book Promotion:

Q: What was the first thing you did as far as promoting your book?

My first novel, The Gentlemen’s Club: A Story for All Women is about a young woman who had been beat down in her life and she was trying to find happiness and love. The Gentlemen’s Club is loaded with women’s issues. So I took a drive to the Kobe Bryant rape case happening in Colorado, I knew there would be tons of media but unfortunately, my novel wasn’t printed yet so all I had was flyers to hand out. I was interviewed by a few small town newspapers. I also spent time at events like “Take Back the Night.”

Q: Are you familiar with the social networks and do you actively participate?

Yes, I’m on Twitter, facebook, My Space, Goodreads, Amazon Author Central, etc. It’s a great way to connect with other authors and to bring attention to your latest book or project.

Q: How do you think book promotion has changed over the years?

It’s all about the Internet which helps give the independent publishers a fighting chance.

On Book Publishing

Q: What is the most challenging part of being an author?

I think for most authors, we just want to write our books. But there is that other part: the promotion, book signings, appearances, interviews, etc. And for me, it’s challenging. I’m an introvert and somewhat shy so being out there, promoting/selling myself and my books is overwhelming at times.

Q: What is the most rewarding?

The same thing… when I find the courage to get out there and do my best, I’m grateful for those challenges. It is very rewarding to step out of my comfort zone and meet great people, meet my readers—that’s when I feel blessed.

Q: How do you think book publishing has changed over the years?

For now, the big publishers still run the show, but the independent publishers are making their way. There are more books published every year because of the print on demand type of publishing and digital books. This is an exciting, but testing, time to be in this business.

On Other Fun Stuff:

Q: If you had one wish, what would that be?

That the people I love stay healthy and happy for a long time.

Q: If you could be anywhere in the world other than where you are right now, where would that place be?

I’m pretty happy where I am, but Florida would be nice to get away from this cold weather.


3 Responses to “Pump Up Your Book Chats with Women’s Fiction Author Becky Due”

  1. Great interview ladies. I love this part, “It’s a tough career path. Everybody you meet is a writer, lots of competition.” It’s so true. So many people are writers or want to be writers. It’s not an easy ride, but it is a fun one.

    Best of luck,

    Cheryl

  2. Dawn says:

    What a wonderful interview! I fully enjoyed reading “The Dumpster”
    I laughed at Nicole’s crazy antics and saw myself in her. Wonderfully written. I hope to see more of this talented writ

  3. Becky Due says:

    Thanks for posting this interview and for the wonderful comments about ‘The Dumpster: One Woman’s Search for Love’
    Becky Due

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