Ileana Munoz Renfroe Interview ~ Magic from the Pandemic

 A paranormal “fixer” and her spirit guide named Raul along with a former spy with a secret cypher at a bookshop: these are just three of the intriguing characters from separate series by Ileana Muñoz Renfroe.

Ileana began writing during pandemic lockdown; she doesn’t let her newbie status slow her down.

Timings

• 0:40 Ileana’s cozies and children’s books, esp. Rosa the Cuban psychic and Raul in A Fashionable Bait
• 4:02 Writing multiple story lines simultaneously, heading for a rapid release
• 6:00 Puzzling Pantster with an outline that is tossed
• 6:40 Plotter software: scenes, characters, timelines / Scrivener for actual writing
• 7:41 Ileana’s publishing journey and the Cozy Mystery Village on Facebook
• 9:11 Long-hand writing vs. writing on computer; the flexibility of Scrivener
• 12:17 Her writing planner and a little writing Bible
• 13:30 Idea to End as a Pantstering Puzzler, using real settings to generate ideas
  
  
  
• 17:50 Reaching a work’s end, teasing to the next book
• 22:15 After the first draft
• 23:25 Avoiding negativity
• 24:50 Hybrid on cover designs: some contracted, some indie
• 27:00 Exclusive to Amazon; choosing the indie route over traditionally published.
• 30:00 Maintaining productivity, re-charging by reading
• 34:07 Advice to newbies
• 35:50 Website, upcoming books, Cozy Mystery Village on FB

At the end, host M.A. Lee burbled over a question, which she remembered as soon as the interview ended: Are any books be translated into Spanish? Ileana replied via email, “Not yet,” which means translations will come!

LINKS

Her website imrenfroe

Amazon Author page https://www.amazon.com/Ileana-Munoz-Renfroe/e/B08P2C4DYY/

Accolades - Press — imrenfroe

Direct link to the episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/QOdq6bLEui0 

Direct link to the episode on Podbean  

https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/336-interview-with-ileana-munoz-ramirez/?token=14a5cca39ad2a8759dae9b7d0a112f20

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