JoJo
JoJo
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth20 December 1990
CountryUnited States of America
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Chick-lit may be staggering on its heels, but women's fiction is alive and kicking.
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In the early part of 2005, people were talking about the Philippines being the next Argentina. People aren't talking about that scenario anymore.
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We think that foreign buying, which has been a key support for the market, may dry up until the state of emergency is lifted.
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If the characters are compelling, readers will follow anywhere.
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I always say that in any roomful of people, I could hive a novel out of any one person's family or life story.
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I always imagined a writer was someone who lived in an attic in Paris, but my mum instilled in me a belief that I could do anything - so I ended up writing my first novel while working nights as a news reporter.
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I wrote three books before I got one published. Most writers do. Have faith, and know that with each work you are getting better.
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Red had gotten me out of my two-year obligation. He?d gotten me into the reserves. I was gone for six months and was back with the team.
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Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages.
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My writing life has included the struggle to bring up three children. What I do three or four times a year is take myself off to a hotel room to unblock a problem.
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My Writers Guild of America card is one of my proudest possessions. I was given it after being invited to write the script for a film of my last novel, 'Me Before You,' which is being made by MGM. Whenever I look at it, I think, 'I'm a Hollywood writer!'
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Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles.
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My characters make incomprehensible decisions until you stand in their shoes. Then it makes more sense. Life is very rarely black and white, and most people are trying to do their best. I try not to judge.
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You know what, this is the most important part about it, being out here with the fans. I appreciated them as a player, and I recognized how important they were to us. So to help them buy into our team as we develop, it?s very exciting.