Lisa Regan is a USA Today bestselling author. Her Josie Quinn police procedural series is a massive hit with fans. She’s also a straight-shooting, no-nonsense woman from Philadelphia, a wife and a mother, a survivor of tragedy. As I attempt to unpack her secret to success and her writing process, we get into a myriad of subjects.
For Lisa, not only do ebooks have their place, not only are they as valuable as print books, in some ways, they’re even more valuable. Our electronic devices are an inextricable part of our modern lives, and when things like a pandemic relegate us to the home, ebooks allow us to escape and reconnect to the larger world.
I always learn from talking to other authors. When it comes to Lisa, the takeaways are substantive: despite all of her success, she’s still hustling. Her fans are her number one priority, and prepping the content of her next book is the number one thing on her writer’s mind, while the rest of it — the vicissitudes of publishing, the march of technology — are things she can’t control, so she focuses on what she can.
If you’re like me, though, and you love the details of how an author works, be sure to listen all the way to the end when we get into Lisa’s wild — and yet totally sensible and obviously effective — writing schedule.
I hope you enjoy listening to Lisa as much as I did.
—TJ
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