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Really, I’ve a bit of a split personality where writing is concerned.

I can edit in the evenings, once my inner editor has her copious amounts of caffeine and awakes to her musty, crusty self, but my flow is best in the mornings. I set the alarm for oh-my-god-it’s-early and wake up before my inner editor so that I can hear my characters’ voices and not my own. I know, shocker, right – a dominant agent? I’ve actually had to ding dong ditch my agent self by waking up before she does to write. Q: What are the differences in thought pattern and interest between the two roles? Do you find sometimes one bleeds over into the other? Does agent Lucienne sit on the shoulder of writer Lucienne and quip about what she’s doing? “That will never sell? Do you know how hard it is to sell vamps these days?” If so, how do you get her to shut up?Ī: Oh, Lord, yes! My agent side is every bit as dominant, if not more so, than my author side. Also, I found that it was more socially acceptable to write a story and allow my characters to talk to each other rather than talk back to them myself. I started writing in the fifth grade, where a class short story assignment turned into a 110 page “novel.” My teacher was wonderfully encouraging, and I was hooked. Give me five seconds without words and I’d start reading tea leaves. I read cereal boxes, tooth paste tubes, newspapers, street signs…you name it. (Okay, and that John Stamos was/is a fox, but that’s hardly relevant here.) I was a voracious reader, and borrowed from the library, from my mother, father, aunts, uncles, grandparents. I grew up knowing two things with absolute certainty: that I wanted to write and that I wanted to read everything I could get my hands on. So, other than your secret magic keyboard that allows you to do this, (though you can reveal that too, if you wish) how do you manage it? And why? (Beyond a love of books.)Ī: As, shucks, I’m blushing. Either of these is enough of an achievement for normal human beings.

Now you’re also becoming known as an outstanding writer. Q: You’re known in the field as a tough and smart agent. Imagine my surprise when I found out she also is an author and a dang good one.Īnyway, I’ve twisted her arm and got her to give me an interview on both of her careers and on the field today. I’ve worked with Lucienne for six (?) seven (?) years now, and I’ve found she’s smart, well informed and helpful in the marketing of my books. However, she’s not all - not even mostly - image. She’s sort of easy to spot at conventions by the trail of drool left by assorted male admirers. As many of you, if not most of you know, my agent is Lucienne Diver.