So the experience of immersion and focus is not new to me. I have been working on novel-length manuscripts since I was eleven years old, believe it or not. The older you get, the more you realize how important that is.ĭid you learn anything from writing your book and what was it? I also hope my characters inspire readers to seize the moment and show our loved ones how much we care for them while we are still able to do so.

I hope the readers will come away from my stories & characters with a feeling that love is possible that soul mates are out there, waiting to be found that everyone may have a second chance, as long as he or she is ready to do what it takes to turn things around that women especially should be careful not to let others push us around. I hope the lessons to be learned are positive ones. What lessons can we learn from your books? Apparently, sitting still in front of a computer is the worst thing you can do for your health. But you can only do that for a limited time. But two weeks ago, when I was working hard to finish the manuscript, I would be up by 5 and work with few interruptions until dinnertime. Today, for example, after just submitting my next manuscript to the US publisher, I get up leisurely around 6:30 and respond to emails & such. It depends a lot on where I am in the writing process. Only later, when I was already thinking about the plot structure, did my mother discover the first version of Romeo & Juliet (written over a hundred years before Shakespeare’s tragedy) had been set there, and I thought to myself: wow!Ĭould you tell us about your writing life? What is your typical writing day like? WANNABE MAGAZINE: What inspired you to write your book “Juliet”?ĪNNE FORTIER: It was the city of Siena that inspired me to write an historical novel set in that very special place. She produced the movie “Fire and Ice”, which is a Grammy winning documentary. After growing up in Denmark, she went to USA to work in the film industry.

Anne Fortier is an author of a bestseller book called “Juliet”.

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