JR Rain – Writing Good Books is the Best Marketing Tool
JR rain has had amazing success with his writing. He has written numerous books with
many of them ending up on the Amazon Bestseller list. He is the author of the Vampire
For Hire series, The Jim Knighthorse series and The Spinoza series just to name a few.
Today he speaks to us about the process of writing and how he connects with readers.
Darrell - Can you describe a typical day of writing?
JR - I generally write throughout the day, often wrapping things up around 7:00 p.m.,
but I have also been known to write well into the night. One of the reasons I moved up
to a little island in the northwest was to spend the majority of my time writing in
solitudeForthemostpartI’vebeenabletodothatMydayusuallystartsat630I
make coffee, feed the dog, read and meditate...and then start writing at 8:00 a.m. I love
getting an early start to the day. I will then write until about 7:00 p.m., taking time
duringthedaytowalkmydoggotoStarbuckseatandnapI’minbedbymidnight
every night.
Darrell - You've had some ups and downs in your personal life over the years. Do you
think the good and the bad times have contributed to your success as a writer?
JR - IcertainlyappreciatethegoodtimesbecauseI’veknownthebadtimesIthinkmost
writershaveknownthebadtimesFormeIcallthosethe“bleakyears”Ithink
struggling through the down times helps create focus. Personally, I prefer the good
times. ;)
Darrell - Other members of your family are also writers. In what way have they
influenced you as a writer?
JR - My mother encouraged me at a young age. She had so much confidence in me. God
blessmothersAlsoatayoungageIwatchedwithinterestmyfather’searlyforaysinto
writing. I was just enthralled to witness the whole writing/selling/publishing process.
My father, sadly, never broke into major print, but his efforts left an indelible mark on
me. My mother had success writing non-fiction, especially articles for magazines. She
was also a journalist for a small newspaper. Just watching the two most important
people in my life making an effort to write and publish was really all I needed to see. I
wasbittenbythewritingbugatayoungageandI’veneverlookedback
Darrell - You've had several bestselling books on Kindle. A lot of them are priced at
$2.99. To what degree do you attribute pricing to your success?
JR - Early on, when I first started on Kindle in 2009, I actually priced my books at $9.99.
I believed in my books and felt they were worth the price. I would go on to play with
pricing for the next 6 months before I settled on $3.99, which I think is a fair price. But
