Author: jillianliota

It has been quite a while since my last Monday Minute. Life just got the best of me. I’d like to say I’ve been too busy writing and getting my next book out, but some of it was laziness too. But I’m back and trying to get things caught up! I’ve been working my booty

It felt like it had to be a mistake this morning when I saw the email in my inbox. Or maybe mistake isn’t the right word. I tap my pen against my half-finished math homework, trying to come up with the word I’m actually trying to… Warning. That’s the word I’m looking for. It feels

The past week has been incredibly up and down as I’ve begun writing my next book, Promise Me Nothing. It’s hard to explain, but I guess the best way I can describe the process of writing the first few chapters is that it is a bit like trudging through mud uphill while it’s raining. Super

Welcome to the end of March! Can anyone else believe how quickly we’ve blown through a quarter of the year? Goodness. That went by in a blink, for sure! This month I was a bit more focused on the release of my recent novel (check it out here!) but I still managed to carve out

I think the hardest thing about being an indie author is keeping yourself organized. There are so many things to get done, in such a sporadically planned amount of time, and no one to really hold you to task. So, I’ve followed in the footsteps of those authors who’ve come before me, that post and

It’s RELEASE DAY!!! I think there’s this thing that happens when you’re an author. It’s this aggressive tunnel vision as release day looms closer and it only allows you to focus on one thing. The book finally making it into the hands (and devices) of readers. Thankfully, I planned things out for myself so that

The past week has absolutely FLOWN by and I’m trying to keep up but feeling a bit floundering. We have family in town, which is amazing, but also distracting. I want to spend all of my time with sweet Beba (my husband’s cousin’s 73-year-old mom) and her sister. I want to keep taking her places

How would you describe Like You Want It in a nutshell?It’s about a young woman, Carly, who feels a bit lost in life, though she has a very clear picture of who she is as a person. And about a young man, Fin, who is the exact opposite. Focused and determined, but doesn’t really know

Okay so I’ve definitely skipped a few Monday Minute posts over the past few weeks as I focused on getting the finishing touches of Like You Want It all sorted. Apologies! I’m trying really hard to be consistent and to follow through with the things I’ve promised myself I’ll do, and I managed to miss