Featured Interview With Amanda Nelson and Lisa-Marie Potter
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Amanda and Lisa-Marie are a co-writing team of best friends who share imaginary worlds, including a short story, Shivers, published in Moments Between. Lisa Marie Potter (BIPOC) is a mom of four who grew up in Nottingham, England, and now resides in Alaska with her husband and golden retriever. Amanda Nelson grew up in Maryland and moved to Arizona, where she attended college and currently lives with her husband and four kids. They review books on their socials, hike the Olympic National Park, and fight over the same fictional crushes.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Lisa-Marie fell in love with books when she was eleven after reading Five Go to Mystery Moore by Inid Blyton. Amanda, on the other hand, didn’t fall in love with books until her senior year in high school when she read Wuthering Heights and realized she was a hopeless romantic.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Both Amanda and Lisa-Marie love Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga books and Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater. It was the Twilight series that got them into writing in the first place. Something about the first book called to them, and they couldn’t put it down. After finishing the series, they decided to try writing something on their own, and years later, here they are.
As for genres, Lisa-Marie’s go-to is suspense, and Amanda loves romcoms. It’s hard to believe they could agree on a manuscript, right?
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Men In Books took years in the making. It’s actually our second manuscript. When our first didn’t get picked up, it’s a YA speculative novel; we decided to try our hand at romance. Both of us are romantics at heart and love the Pretty Woman movie, so when Lisa-Marie suggested a gender-swapped version, we brainstormed, tweaked the plot, and made it our own.
Here’s the official blurb:
Pressured by her looming deadline and an unfinished romance manuscript, author Molly Covington applies her immersive research skills and goes all in. She hires a male companion for inspiration during three days of research in Las Vegas.
Enter sexy, confident Jared Washington—an extreme sports enthusiast and relationship skeptic who moonlights as a Plus One male companion. Molly’s contract puts him within arm’s reach of buying his own business and making his dreams come true.
The chemistry between her and Jared is surprisingly easy. Before their Vegas rendezvous comes to an end, one of them will need to lay all their cards on the table to discover if they’ll be lucky in love.
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I love the interview. These two are so genuine. I wish them all the best on the premier of their novel.
Nothing short of Amazing!