A Lesson In Finishing Your Damn Book with Beverly Jenkins
Release Date: 06/20/2021
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info_outlineTOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Beverly didn’t plan on being an author.
- Beverly’s mother passed along her love of history and reading to her at a very young age.
- Black history was very important to Beverly’s great grandfather on her Mother’s side which can now be seen in her books.
- During Beverly’s childhood, libraries were still segregated. African American authors were never shelved in with the rest of the collection.
- When Beverly first started writing, Black characters were not prevalent in romance or history stories. There was also no place to get published as a Black author in these genres until the 1990s.
- Plotters vs. Pantsers
- Beverly’s writing process
- The point that Beverly knew she could write.
- How and why she started her first book.
- Beverly has written 49 books in her lifetime, typically in the Historical Romance genre.
- What is a sweet romance?
- How Beverly handled the rejections she faced in the publishing industry.
- How Beverly found her editor.
- How the portrayal of strong and determined Black women has changed in the model in the romance genre.
- Black women’s three gifts and how Beverly highlights these in her heroines.
- Beverly’s newest book Wild Rain and why her character came to be.
- Beverly’s new Women Who Dare series.
- How Beverly views feminine leadership.
- If you have the writing bug, it’s not going anywhere. It’s up to you to decide that you’re strong enough and brave enough to pursue your dream.