Book info:
Title: One Queen of an Ending
Author: Zachary Ryan
Series: The High School Queens Trilogy #3
Published by: Kingston Publishing Company
Publication date: August 26th 2019
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Synopsis:
It’s time to say goodbye to our Johnson Prep favorites before they all head off to college.
After the gossip-worthy events of graduation and the shocking death of one of their classmates, it seems The Queen of Queens wants to give Danielle, Bethany, Calvin, Tucker, and Aman one last hurrah.
Will everything have a happy ending, or will one of our favorites end up 6 feet under? How will the war end with the salacious arrival of returning students, Andrew and Jasmine? They all had one lesson left to learn: Just because high school is over, doesn’t mean the high school drama ends. They’re all about to take their curtain call, but will it end as a comedy or a tragedy?
Discover this sultry and thrilling end to the High School Queens Series.
Author Interview:
process look like? Do you know the whole story when you start? Or do you
just start writing and go with it (seat of the pants writing)? If you
plan it out, how do you do that? Outline, notecards, post-it-notes, etc.? With
this being a series, did you know exactly how it would all go ahead of time?
then have the ending. I let the characters kind of take me on a journey. I
think that’s exciting about my novels, and I love how organic they feel when I
don’t even know sometimes where the novel takes me. I use a giant corkboard
with what I have goals for the characters and chapter by chapter what I would
like.
or wait till you’re finished before you edit? How many times would
you say you go over it yourself before having another set of eyes look it
over?
usually wait till the end to edit it. I’ll go through it on my laptop. Then
I’ll print it out. Then my friend/editor Erika will go through it to make sure
I’m not missing it. Then I’ll go through it one last time before I send to my
publishers who then also go through it twice. So, I would say it’s about 5-6
times it gets edited.
group that gets together and helps each other with their writing?
honestly do everything solo. I think for me that I need to be solo. I’ll help
people if they have questions, but I don’t think writer’s groups are helpful. I
think everyone’s competitive, and they aren’t going to be fully helpful with
good intentions, I feel like.
aspiring writers?
Have fun and be obsessed with what you’re writing. You
need to just be obsessed with what you’re doing because if you don’t then your
readers won’t either.
favorite:
by Rainbow Rodwell. Favorite Author: John Green. Favorite Genres: YA, Coming
of Age.
Wallflower. Greek.
Clarkson.
changes all the time. Right now it’s Margarita Pizza and Sprite.
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Author Bio:
Zachary Ryan grew up in a black-and-white box in Maryland, before moving to Chicago to start a new life. There, he found that he was accepted for his misfit status--and learned that it's perfectly normal to spend your twenties feeling lost and confused.
After a disastrous sexual encounter, Ryan stumbled on a group of true friends, or "soul cluster," that he connected with. Through his writing, he hopes to help other broken souls out there find comfort amid the chaos.
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Great interview! I love hearing about writers who don't think the group thing works for them–I've always struggled with being in writer groups. Thanks for sharing!
I agree. I have writers I really like who I know are in groups, but then I've tried one or two groups and they just didn't work for me. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for being on the tour! 🙂
No problem!
Great interview, thanks for sharing it. I think this sounds like a series that I would enjoy.
Awesome! Thanks for stopping by!
I really enjoyed the interview. Thanks Lisa!
Thanks for visiting!
Loved the interview and looking forward to reading the book!
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This sounds like a cool series! I totally love the title for this novel!
Me too! Thanks for visiting!
This sounds like a great read.
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I'll have to check out the first books in this series.
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