Author interview with Lynn Weingarten

The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers by Lynn Weingarten

(352 pages)

Pub date: 12/27/11

About the book:

When her boyfriend breaks up with her on the first day of sophomore year, Lucy has no idea how she’s going to make it through homeroom, let alone the rest of her life. Enter three stunning girls with a magical offer Lucy can’t refuse. All she has to do is get a guy to fall in love with her in the next seven days, and then…break his heart and collect one of his brokenhearted tears. As the girls teach Lucy how to hook a guy (with the help of a little magic), she quickly discovers how far she is willing to go—and who she is willing to cross—to get what she wants.

Fans of Lauren Myracle, Jodi Lynn Anderson, and Meg Cabot will love this tale of breakups, friendship, new crushes, and magic. Told with wit and charm, The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers is sure to be one of this winter’s most irresistible reads!

 

 

Now, on to the fun stuff. Like a book trailer and an interview!

 

 

Wasn't that just cool? :)

Now here's the EVEN COOLER part! an interview with the author herself!

 

1. Wanna tell us a the twitter version (140 characters or less) about yourself?

Writer of YA books. Eater of snacks. Friend of dogs. Hello!

2. Describe The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers in your own words.
It's about a group of girls who break boys' hearts and use their brokenhearted tears to perform magic. The book starts out when 15 year-old Lucy Wrenn gets her heart stomped on her first day of her sophomore year. The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers (SSH) tells Lucy they can heal her heart in an instant and make it so strong it can never be broken again. And all she has to do is make a boy fall in love with her in the next seven days and then break his heart. They offer to help Lucy snag a boy whose heart to break. But Lucy has other ideas about what she might do with access to their boy-getting-powers...

3. I love the idea of getting back at heartbreakers by breaking their heart! Have you ever gotten back at an ex in any way?
Haha. No. Although it would probably make a better story if I had.

4. What helped you get over heartbreak?
Friends. Books. Time.  And this group of girls I met once . . . But I'm not supposed to talk about that. 

5. How do you come up with your characters names? Do they just come to you, or do you stress over them?

Some names just seem right right away, some take a little more effort. I like looking at baby naming websites for ideas. In the first draft of SSH the main character was named Rachey. It wasn't until much later she became Lucy.

6. What can readers expect from you next? 

I'm working on the sequel to SSH and a proposal for something new. 

7. What's the most exciting part of being an author? The lest exciting?

Most exciting: getting to be in touch with readers and other writers, getting to write all day, getting to work odd hours when I want to (I wrote a lot of this book late, late at night).

The least exciting? Writing all day can get lonely if you're sitting alone in your apartment. (So when I'm not working crazy late at night, I try to do most of my writing out of the apartment). 

8. What comes first for you? The plot or the characters? Do you just start writing or do you plan everything out first?

It varies, but in general I come up with a little bit of plot first, anything from a paragraph down to just a single sentence.  Then I usually write a bit just to see how it goes. If it feels like it could work, then I go back and plot some more. By the time I actually start writing for real, I want to have a pretty good idea of most of the big story beats but leave the details loose. 

 

 

I love her answers, don't you? Now, why don't you comment and tell Lynn just how much you're looking forward to her upcoming novel before she sends someone out to break your heart! (Just kidding!)