My friend Carol Davis Luce is one of the first authors I got to know when I published in 2011. She's been writing for decades, and her talent shines through in her wonderful body of work. A perfect example of that is her novel, Night Cries, about a thirty-year-old woman named Maddie who has no memory of her adoption, and is haunted by her haunting past. With a 4.9 star rating, this is a perfect example of Carol's impressive talents.
Carol has a lot of great insight into the writing industry, and she was gracious enough to share her thoughts on the writing biz below with all of you:
If the path of my writing career were a chart, it would
resemble a picket fence. Extreme up and downs over a thirty year period. I
wasn’t born to write, but when I did take it up later in life, I jumped in with
both feet and wrestled the beast to the ground. After the success of five
traditionally published novels, my career suddenly stalled. However, I didn’t
give up. Just changed direction by becoming a novel writing instructor for the
next generation of aspiring authors.
Fast-forward fifteen years. My good buddy, bestselling author
J. Carson Black, encouraged me to join the twenty-first century. I converted those
five novels into digital format where they found a whole new audience of modern
day e-readers.
The good times didn’t stop there. Last year, with the help
of a group of smart and exceptionally talented writers (waving at Cheryl Bradshaw), I became a New York Times bestselling author. It doesn’t get any
better than that!
Success
Begins Where Others Quit. That was my motto through the years. Take
your knocks and move on. Develop a thick skin. Take comfort in those good days
of writing where everything falls into place. Associate with people who lift
you up. The first check I received for my writing was $10 for 3rd
Place in a magazine writing contest. It wasn’t much, but it validated me as a
writer and was a portent of good things to come.
