Guest Post and Giveaway: All of the Above by Quinn Anderson

We’re so pleased to welcome author Quinn Anderson to TNA today on the tour for her latest Riptide Publishing release, All of the Above. She’s sharing a bit about the writing of the book, and there’s also a giveaway, so be sure to check out those details below.

Welcome, Quinn!

The Hardest Part of Writing This Novel

Every novel presents unique challenges, but if asked to name the trickiest part of this one, I’d have to say it was the very first chapter. I had to write the magazine quiz that first leads Brendon to believe he’s found his soul mate: the author of the quiz, Matt.

It was difficult for a number of reasons. One, I write prose, not love quizzes for magazines, so I had to try my hand at a new medium. I like to think I made a decent show of it! Two, making a character fall in love with another character when they’ve never even met is no simple task. Making it believable is even harder. I had to create a character who was just the right mixture of romantic and impulsive in order for it to work, and the quiz had to be really convincing as well.

Which brings me to point three: making the quiz romantic. Coming up with all those date and proposal ideas worked my brain, to be sure. I also had to write not only why the quiz appealed to Brendon, but also Matt had to be written in such a way that he was the sort of character who would write that quiz. Basically, it was like Quizception. Writing within writing, thinking three steps ahead, deciding both who your characters are now and who they will be. Plus, impressions they’ll have of each other before they’ve been introduced.

Like I said, it was tricky, but it was also lots of fun! And now, if I ever get to plan a fun date, I have loads of amazing ideas ready to go.

About the Book

Brendon isn’t in a rut, per se—he just always seems to be in-between things. Jobs. Degrees. Boyfriends. He never finishes what he starts. The perfect path is out there somewhere, and if he can just figure out what it is, he’s certain everything else will fall into place.

The last thing he expects is to meet his soul mate in the pages of a magazine quiz. “Who Is Your Perfect Man?” by Matthew Kingston seems like a road map to his future husband: the author himself. Brendon may not have his life figured out, but if Matt is as romantic as his quiz, Brendon can check “true love” off his to-do list.

When Brendon fakes a meet-cute between them, Matt proves to be as wonderful as he hoped. The more Brendon gets to know him, the harder he falls. But Brendon has a confession to make: how can he explain to Matt that he arranged their “fated” meeting? Brendon can’t tell if he’s found his soul mate, heartache, or all of the above.

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About the Author

Quinn Anderson is an alumna of the University of Dublin in Ireland and has a master’s degree in psychology. She wrote her dissertation on sexuality in popular literature and continues to explore evolving themes in erotica in her professional life.

A nerd extraordinaire, she was raised on an unhealthy diet of video games, anime, pop culture, and comics from infancy. Her girlfriend swears her sense of humor is just one big Joss Whedon reference. She stays true to her nerd roots in writing and in life, and frequently draws inspiration from her many fandoms, which include Yuri on Ice, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Buffy, and more. Growing up, while most of her friends were fighting evil by moonlight, Anderson was kamehameha-ing her way through all the shounen anime she could get her hands on. You will often find her interacting with fellow fans online and offline via conventions and Tumblr, and she is happy to talk about anything from nerd life to writing tips. She has attended conventions on three separate continents and now considers herself a career geek. She advises anyone who attends pop culture events in the UK to watch out for Weeping Angels, as they are everywhere. If you’re at an event, and you see a 6’2” redhead wandering around with a vague look on her face, that’s probably her.

Her favorite authors include J.K. Rowling, Gail Carson Levine, Libba Bray, and Tamora Pierce. When she’s not writing, she enjoys traveling, cooking, spending too much time on the internet, playing fetch with her cat, screwing the rules, watching Markiplier play games she’s too scared to play herself, and catching ’em all.

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The Giveaway

To celebrate the release of All of the Above, one lucky winner will receive a $10 Riptide gift card! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on November 25, 2017. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!