Ana Lee Kennedy: Out of One’s Comfort Zone

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Out of One’s Comfort Zone

Now that I’m done with college for the summer, I plan to concentrate on two things. One is the 4th

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Werewolves of Rebellion novel, but even more so is my new novel I hope to send to my agent before school starts again.

I’ve talked to several authors who say they don’t like to step out of their comfort zones when it comes to writing. One might insist he will never write anything other than horror. Another may insist she will write only paranormal romance…then I hear complaints about declining sales when the market shifts.

Publishing is a fickle business. Just as there are trends in movies, music, and fashion, there are trends in fiction.

Paranormal romance is fading. I’ve realized this, so I am now making a big change. I’m going out on a limb and writing something brand new.

The thing with me, as a writer, is that I’ve always rolled with the punches and changed things up over the years, so trying something new in fiction isn’t really new to me after all. Heck, I got my official start as a paid writer by writing for national men’s hubba-hubba magazines. I didn’t like writing such material, but it paid the bills as well as buying a mountain of school supplies and clothes for my kids. As time went on I left that market (free internet sites forced it to disappear) and moved into short fantasy fiction for a while. The internet pushed that market to dry up, too, so I shifted into penning erotic romance novels and from there into paranormal romance…

So what is this new endeavor? Sorry, (grins sheepishly), I never announce what I’m writing unless it’s a series in progress like The Werewolves of Rebellion. This new novel, however, is a genre and a theme that I’ve never ever considered before. But you know what? I’m looking forward to writing it, exited actually. It’s new. It’s a challenge. It’s going to be so damn hot readers will have to keep a fire extinguisher in their laps while they read.

{rubs hands together} Now to get started on it. Free! Free for an entire summer! Mwahaha!

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Happy reading!

Ana Lee Kennedy

Faith has literally been writing since she was seven years old, but she’s been writing professionally for thirty years and worked as a professional editor for about half as many years, working for numerous private clients as well as five different publishers such as Wild Child Publishing/Freya’s Bower and Totally Entwined Group. For about seven years, she managed a writer’s group where she taught grammar, punctuation, and creative writing.

She’s currently between agents, so she’s hoping to sign with a new lit agency soon. Faith has publications in many different areas such as The Ohio Writer to national men’s magazines, including Penthouse Variations, to small online publications both in the U.S., Canada, and even Turkey. There are many books and novellas under her publishing belt as well several written under her many pen names over the years. Faith enjoys writing many genres, but she has spent the last few years concentrating on romance.

On a more personal note, she has raised nine children, four of whom are her birth children, she’s currently pursuing her bachelor degree in history and thinking about possibly going for her masters, too. Faith is dreaming of moving into a new home and traveling to Scotland and Ireland, but in the meantime, she enjoys her youngest Einstein-y son still at home and her three beautiful and hilarious grandbabies. Oh, and we must not forget her four furry kids at home—Ace, an American Labrador, and three cats Radar, a bi-colored tabby.