E . N . Joy ’ s Chocolate Chat
We welcome Joylynn M . Ross writing as E . N . Joy , formerly wrote under the names Joylynn M . Jossel and Joy , to Naleighna Kai ’ s Literary Café .
Shannan Harper : Did you always know you wanted to be an author ?
E N Joy : Absolutely . Not a single one of my high school friends are surprised that I turned out to be an author . I ’ ll admit that I was torn between being a lawyer and author . I took my LSAT , toured the law school , and got my letters of recommendation . I was a paralegal for 13 years . When I got my pink slip I decided to take my 401K and severance package and invest it into self-publishing this very book ( my first full-length novel ). I told myself if this didn ’ t work out , then I ’ d head to law school . I ended up self-publishing this book , sold 12,500 copies of it , eventually landing a book deal with St . Martin ’ s Press for this very book to be reprinted . I ’ ve never looked back since .
Angela Lackey : What made you write under several different names ?