Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Coming of Age
Release date: January 11th, 2022
Classic preacher’s kid, Roxanne felt like the oddball in her environment.
By age 22, she found herself compromising and settling in various avenues of her life- including love.
Will Roxanne be brave enough to end her relationship with a man who ails her? Will she take the path towards her purpose no matter how sloppy it looks? Or will she allow the world and her family to dictate right and wrong?
Interview with Jasmine Farrell
How did you become involved with the subject or theme of your book?
Well…life.
In 2018, after a counseling session, I decided to truthfully share and vent what I went through in black and white. When I read it back, I realized: There is a story in this that many can relate too. A fiction story about my own past was brewing and I had to get it out. However, once I dug in, the characters began to show me who they were. I let the characters fly out of my timeline and plot. What was supposed to be 80% based on a true story is now 20% based on a true story.
What were your goals and intentions in this book, and how well do you feel you achieved them?
I wanted to uplift “late bloomers” to see that being who you are and loving who are you is staple. My goal was to encourage the journey of self-discovery — even if who you are isn’t accepted by certain people, groups or things. Last but not least: To release. Writing this book was a part of my healing process and once it was officially published, I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders. The latter goal was well achieved. The other two…time will tell. Hopefully my target audience will feel encouraged to be who they are and walk down the journey of self-discovery— no matter how sloppy it gets.
What was the hardest part of writing this book?
The hardest part for me was letting the characters roam outside of the storyline. I had a nice timeline and Roxy consistently did whatever she wanted. Honestly, most of the characters did. Mincing was also a difficult process for me. The original manuscript was 75,000 words that had even more repetitive cycles and deep rumination from Roxy. I realized that would most likely overload the reader.
What did you enjoy most about writing this book?
I enjoyed writing the scenes of Roxy and Silk getting to know each other and steamy moment they shared. Budding romance and passionate love scenes make my heart soar. I took my time with those scenes. I’m pretty sure I was grinning from ear to ear as I was working on those moments.
Where there alternate endings you considered?
There were plenty of alternate endings! The top two:
Roxy was going to end up going back to Johnson in order to avoid being kicked out of her mother’s home for being gay. She would pretend to return back to the church for survival sake and become discouraged.
Roxy was going to choke at the showcase and be too discouraged to sing for a while. En route to crashing Roxy’s showcase, Johnson dies in a car accident.
What genre of books do you enjoy reading?
I adore romance novels and dramas. Give me love, drama and messiness and the author will have my literary heart! In addition, I like to read fantasy novels that involve faeries, witches and phoenixes. Poetry is my first love. As much as I love to write poetry, I love to read it too.
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