Brenda Lowder has a Romantic Comedy for You -

Love light-hearted romance that make you laugh? Meet romantic comedy author Brenda Lowder. Today she shares about her upcoming release, why she writes comedy, and how she comes up with her ideas.

Welcone, Brenda…

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

Hi! I’m Brenda Lowder. I’m from the Atlanta, Georgia area, and I write romantic comedy novels. Thanks so much for having me here today, Zara! I’m so excited to talk to you and your readers! I have two elementary-school-aged children who are doing digital school, and I don’t get out much. I’d still be excited to be here, though, even if that wasn’t the case.

Will you have a new book coming out soon? Do you know the release date?

My fifth novel, Sparks Unlimited, comes out on May 6^th, and I’m so excited about it! It’s about a divorce attorney who meets a beautiful woman, but little does her know she’s secretly getting all of his high-profile divorcing couples back together and helping them continue on with their happily ever afters. And then shenanigans! Then love.

Why did you choose to write romantic comedy?

I’ve always loved romantic comedies—books, films, however I can get them! I’d happily live in one! But there never seemed to be enough. When I got serious about writing, I knew right away I wanted to write romantic comedies because I wanted more of them out there. Though I also love reading across genres. I love suspense, thrillers, mysteries, classics, women’s fiction, sci-fi/fantasy. All of it! I love it all.

Where do you get your ideas?

Before I wrote my first novel, I thought a writer might get an idea and sit down and study it and then write a whole book from that one idea. It’s not really like that. It takes hundreds of little ideas to keep the action going during the course of the book—everything from what the main character likes to eat for lunch to her opinions on fashionable footwear. And an idea for any of it can hit at any time. I got the idea for my first book, Keeping the Pieces, when my then three-year-old daughter was watching Barbie: Life in the Dream House and I was thinking about Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I put them together and then, woohoo! I had my story.

For my new book, Sparks Unlimited, I was inspired by the idea of a little girl loving the Disney movie Parent Trap and then growing up and holding onto the idea that she could help divorcing people get back together—until she falls in love with a divorce attorney who is all about helping them be apart.

Do you have any advice to give aspiring writers?

It’s been said a lot, but the best advice I ever got was just to keep writing. The first thing my agent said to me after offering representation for my first book was, “What else have you got?” It’s so important that as you’re sending out your book and querying agents and editors that you’re working on the next one.

For one, it keeps you busy so you’re not obsessing quite as much about when or if the agent will ever get back to you, but it also means that you’ll have other books ready to go when an agent or editor asks what else you have. It also means that you’ll have more than one book ready to sell if you decide to go the indie publishing route.

This interview was so fun! Thanks so much to the amazing Zara West and all of you for letting me drop by today!

Sparks Unlimited

by Brenda Lowder

Sasha Timmerman’s purpose in life is not to find love for herself, but to help divorcing couples get back together—like she did for her mom and dad. Which is why she’s willing to don last-minute disguises and chase people down in frozen foods. By rekindling the sparks between couples experiencing a relationship hiccup, she enables them to continue their happily ever afters.

Contented bachelor Cole Chase is one of Atlanta’s top divorce attorneys. He scores the best settlements with the least amount of emotional fallout—until all his biggest cases start unraveling. Suddenly his promotion to partner isn’t looking like a done deal, and the mysterious Sasha Timmerman is at the center of every one of his cases-gone-wrong.

The world’s biggest action star hires Cole to handle his divorce, and the star’s wife secretly hires Sasha to reconcile them. When everyone gets stuck on the movie star’s private island, Sasha and Cole must fight their growing feelings for each other in order to battle on opposing sides in the bigger game of love.