Hello Reader Peeps!
A while back we ran an interview with Debra Ginsberg in my FIVE ON FRIDAY feature. Debra talked about her new book The Neighbors Are Watching which is just now out in paperback. Read the interview and post a comment and you’ll be entered in a drawing for one of three free copies of the paperback edition of The Neighbors are Watching. Forward this onto your friends. Give them a chance to win too!
This week we welcome author Debra Ginsberg. Her newest book The Neighbors are Watching was just released this week from Crown Publishers. We first became a fan of Debra’s work by reading her book Waiting about her experiences waiting tables, one of the most universal jobs out there. Visit Debra at her website where you can see the really cool trailer for The Neighbors are Watching. Thanks for joining us this week, Debra.
When did you know that you first wanted to be a writer?
I’ve always wanted to be a writer. In fact, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t. I must have started thinking about how I could get published when I was still in the womb.
What book or writer/artist do you feel influenced you the most?
That is really a tough question because there are so many. My earliest influences of the joy of storytelling were definitely the Brothers Grimm and Lewis Carroll. Those were the first books I read and they delight influence me still.
What book or books are you currently reading or have recently read that you’d recommend to others?
Rock ‘n roll biographies are my main guilty pleasure, reading-wise, so I was very excited to read Life, the new Keith Richards memoir. I just finished reading it and it was terrific – truly a cut above the rest. I highly recommend it!
If you could offer one piece of advice to aspiring writers, what would it be?
Don’t do it for the money! On a related note; don’t quit your day job. But ultimately, if you must write; meaning, if it truly calls you, then there’s nothing for it – you must do it. And if you must do it, then READ – as much as you can.
Can you share with us your next project or any information about the next book you’re working on?
I am currently at work on another novel – again in the area of psychological suspense – but there are other ideas brewing too.
Debra, you have to try out Ozzy Osbourne’s I Am Ozzy- I was not a fan of his music, but it’s a rollicking good memoir.
BTW, I am thoroughly enjoying your book, The Grift. I assume you’ve listened to the Fortune Teller song by Robert Plant and Alison Kraus? If not, check it out.
Can’t wait to read it!
I think I was trying to figure out how to get published since I was in the womb, too. Always good to get an early start 😉
I love the storyline of The Neighbors are Watching, can’t wait to read it! I’ll have to check out some more of your work.
I love it when people are able to fulfill their earliest dreams! Gives you hope.
Always looking for new books and ideas, bring it.
Can’t wait to read this book!!! It sounds really good!! 🙂