But at the time there seemed to be no other alternative.
Many people told us we were taking a risky and illogical step backward by forsaking our then-careers and moving in with my parents. We decided that nothing would change if we didn't change it. We were disappointed in our jobs and had no spare energy to fully pursue our shared dream of writing fiction. What fueled that change? Dissatisfaction. We quit our jobs, sold our home, and moved from New Jersey to Massachusetts, all in the name of becoming published novelists.
The first was in 2004, and it required the most courage. Yes, my husband and I have embraced several big life-changes. Talk about your thought processes then, and where you found the courage to quit your day job. (Or you can send it to me for free.)Īn article on your site suggests your husband's first sale was fuel for a total life-change - a move not only to a new community, but to becoming a full-time writer yourself. I'm not giving you my copy, which is autographed *holds onto it jealously* but I promise that if you buy APOL you will LOVE it. I was wondering.) Anyway, I won a copy to re-read in about two days (still love it!), which encouraged me to cyberstalk request an interview on the off-chance Alicia was as gracious and classy as the characters in her book.
And Matthew is Alicia's husband?! How did so much awesomeness get in one family? (So that's where all the awesomeness went. (It's been renamed for the paperback version.) The writing was soooo good. I read the blurb and thought - HOLY COW! I remember this book but it wasn't called A Pinch of Love. *huge eyes* Matthew's blog mentioned A Pinch of Love. Turns out that author is Matthew Quick, who is married to Alicia Bessette. I never did until one day, I was commenting on a blog that requested favorite YA reads and I wanted to recommend SLARS. I'd never written to an author before (cross my heart) and vowed at the time to send the author a note. Two years later, I was researching the guy who wrote Sorta Like A Rock Star, which I'd read an ARC of in 2009 and really, REALLY liked. I loved the book and kept watching the library for Alicia's name to reappear in the New Books shelves. My introduction to Alicia came a few years ago, when I read Simply from Scratch, a novel about a grieving young widow who enters a baking contest.
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