Kristen’s experience in the novel is told from beginning to end just about exactly like the one Lindsay told to Abby. It made sense to her then that she include the struggle that has dominated a lot of her life. “The Friend Zone” features a relationship between two best friends was modeled by Abby off of the one she has with Lindsay. With a roll of these and the right puppy, she could be lured down a storm drawn by a clown. While writing, she finds it easy to incorporate humor, since she has a tendancy to view the world through such a sarcastic lens. It is not an easy thing to actually do, and Abby believes the romance genre should get more credit for it. It goes beyond just sympathizing or rooting for them, rather it is evoking some actual feelings, making you believe that they feel the same way you do, and making you connect to the characters. She has a rule that she doesn’t write until after noon since her brain has not woken up enough yet.īeing a romance writer, the reader has to fall in love with either the heroine or hero, she believes. The only time she opens up her laptop is to do the big edits.

She writes most of her books on her cell phone using just her thumbs and Google Docs. As her kids started getting older and it started getting easier to focus on something like writing a novel, she kind of began sliding it as her new hobby.

A romance, she feels, that is well done is very nuanced and it takes a lot of skill to totally pull it off.Ībby has always liked writing and baking, and she is the type of person that gets very into something if she likes it. She jumps around through different genres, but her favorite part of any book is the love story. She began reading historical romances during high school.

Her wry literary wit was also spotlighted as the admin behind the hilarious viral comments on the famous Nadia Cakes Vageode cake.Ībby has been reading romance for longer than she is able to remember. The bakery has gone on to win many Food Network competitions and has gained an international cult following. She founded Nadia Cakes right out of her home kitchen in the year 2007. She loves not leaving the house, doglets, coffee, and a good romance.

Abby Jiminez is a motivational speaker, Food Network champion, and contemporary romance novelist.

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