Writers Like Us - Jodi Meadows

Whenever I read author interviews, I'm always looking for that one thing that tells me whatever it is I'm going through--rejection or acknowledgment or insecurity or excitement--is totally normal and just a part of the process. I want to know what makes that author like me.

Agency sister Jodi Meadows volunteered to be the first in my new blog series, Writers Like Us. Jodi's second book in her INCARNATE trilogy–out January 29, 2013 is available for pre-order. And INCARNATE is out in paperback today!

Her answers are below in bold. Let us know what makes Jodi like you in the comments.

Jodi on Writing

• I've written 21 books, and 2, eventually 3 have seen the light of day.
• My favorite type of scene/character/setting to write is something mundane that becomes slightly magical.
• No matter how long I've been writing, I still have issues with spelling.
• A typical comment from my CP is "Didn't you check for typos?"

Jodi on Getting Published

• If my agent really knew how crazy I was, she would find out nothing. She already knows. I try not to hold anything back, that way she's prepared for any other crazy client who comes at her. 
• When I was querying, I felt depressed.
• The biggest mistake I ever made querying was when I sent requested pages...for the wrong manuscript.
• The craziest thought I've ever had while writing/querying/subbing/being published is "I should quit."
• When I got "The Call," my first thought was "They're going to say it's a joke any minute now."
• When I saw my book sale in Publishers Marketplace, I cried.

Jodi on Life Outside Writing

• If I weren't a writer, I'd probably be a unicorn. 
• Secretly, I'm terrified of GERMS.
• My secret boyfriend is fictional.
• Sometimes, when no one is around, I sing to the ferrets (they wish I wouldn't).

Jodi Meadows lives and writes in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, with her husband, a Kippy*, and an alarming number of ferrets. She is a confessed book addict, and has wanted to be a writer ever since she decided against becoming an astronaut.

*A Kippy is a cat.