Rams are such a cliche in New York, but you know what?
Angeles Rams .
Dieter Rams had ten principals, you have seven.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. Clara.
Sara Ramsey: Romance novel is pretty appropriate.
Sara Ramsey: It's still a romance.
Sara Ramsey: She is the mother of the category.
Sara Ramsey: That's pretty much how I got into it.
Sara Ramsey: I think that's probably for the best.
Sara Ramsey: OK, there are 50 books over here.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. So, for those of you who aren't aware, the romance industry has this, it's this entire sub-culture that, I think, none of us have ever laid eyes on until I started going into
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. So, I had, I think it was a lot of you who knew me, knew I wrote two books and was in
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. Ever since the economy collapsed, all of big publishers are part of these bigger media conglomerates.
Sara Ramsey: Yes. Yes.
Sara Ramsey: Probably. All of those options have come up for authors and it's a really exciting time because two years ago, I couldn't go down this road.
Sara Ramsey: Right. Clara Hughes-Johnson: So, you're feeling like you're on with the sales of this self-published, you're on track?
Sara Ramsey: Yeah, once you all buy a copy today.
Sara Ramsey: No. I would've been fired, right?
Sara Ramsey: I like how you snuck that in at the bottom of that question.
Sara Ramsey: Alan Moss is not in the book.
Sara Ramsey: I will say, I'll have little interactions with people and I don't even necessarily remember who the person was, but they'll end up in the book in a different
Sara Ramsey: It's actually not someone in this room.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. Clara Hughes-Johnson: Novelist.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. I think that, as Clara said, I started here as a temp and I intended to stay for about
Sara Ramsey: It's very, very difficult.
Sara Ramsey: I'll be open.
Sara Ramsey: But it was set up for me to admit that.
Sara Ramsey: You probably know that I'm not the most organized.
Sara Ramsey: How do I procrastinate?
Sara Ramsey: We had a time change yesterday.
Sara Ramsey: And I had to blow dry my hair.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. Clara Hughes-Johnson: I can relate to that.
Sara Ramsey: Last night.
Sara Ramsey: The whole thing.
Sara Ramsey: I'm looking at my roommate, who has seen me not leave my room for days.
Sara Ramsey: No. Again, Alan Moss was not in any books.
Sara Ramsey: I'm saving it until I get really famous and then I'll write a book just about him, but I wanna have the audience built-in so I can take advantage.
Sara Ramsey: I rewrote.
Sara Ramsey: "Scotsmen Prefer Blondes." Yes.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. I don't really title.
Sara Ramsey: Yeah. Clara Hughes-Johnson: titles.
Sara Ramsey: Which is nice.
Sara Ramsey: I rewrote the entire thing.
Sara Ramsey: It's true.
Sara Ramsey: It's hard to see the bright side 'cause I haven't slept, but no.
Sara Ramsey: I feel like this maybe needs to be a therapy session and you guys can just like listen for a while we--.
Sara Ramsey: I haven't had a one-on-one with you in a long time.
Sara Ramsey: Clara's blog actually really helped me to find my writing style.
Sara Ramsey: I'd say they're more character-driven.
Sara Ramsey: I kind of fell into it.