Gayle Irwin is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #author #education coordinator #sweet romances #Pet Rescue series

 

What Were You Before

Day 1

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

 I worked in a variety of jobs prior to becoming a fulltime author and freelance writer. I served as a volunteer and education coordinator for a cultural interpretive center and, prior to that, at an wildlife sanctuary. I’ve also been a reporter and an editor for various newspapers. I’ve been a writer for nearly 40 years, in various capacity.

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

I primarily write sweet romance that weaves pet rescue and adoption into the love story. I’ve also written children’s stories and Christian devotions. I enjoy entertaining readers with overlays of life lessons.

3. What is your latest release?

Paws-itively Love published on Valentine’s Day. It is the seventh, and final, book in my Pet Rescue Romance – Yellowstone Country series, a sweet romance book series set in the area of Yellowstone National Park.

4. What are you working on now?

I have two stand-alones planned for 2024, a sweet billionaire romance set in western Montana called Pawprints on My Heart, and a Christmas story titled Tails of Love, set in central Wyoming. These stories also weave pet rescue and adoption into the love story.

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

With books, yes – I prefer sweet, clean, and/or inspirational romance and cozy mysteries. For my freelance writing career, not really – I take assignments given, but I also pitch ideas to the editors for whom I work, and sometimes they accept those ideas and sometimes not. I’ve written on a variety of topics, from stories about war veterans and about energy development in Wyoming to nature essays and a piece on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, for which I won an award from the Wyoming Press Association.

 

6. Where can we find you?

Website: https://gaylemirwin.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayle.irwin.12 (personal) and https://www.facebook.com/GayleMIrwin (author page)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wycabinlady/

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/gaylemirwin

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/gayleirwin