Book: This Can’t Be Life
Q1. Hello Ma’am, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
Inga R. Harrison is originally from Dallas, Tx and currently lives in the DMV area. She is a graduate
of the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord School of Journalism and telling stories that uplift others
has always been her passion. Through comical and transparent storytelling she leads readers through dating and relationship disasters in “This Can’t Be Life”. She encourages women through
her own journey to share and learn from theirs, with the opportunity to journal after every heartbreak she details from her own life and others’. She is the owner and creator of Girl Say What, a conversational card game that is sure to keep your communications as fun and as real as
“This Can’t Be Life”.
Follow me @girl.say.what on IG
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Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘This Can’t be Life’ book?
At first it was finding the time to write. Once I got furloughed from my job due to the pandemic, I had a lot of time to finish the book. I am a believer that everything happens for a reason and I finished one of my goals because of the pandemic.
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
One of my favorite writers is Toni Morrison. Her voice was so important and is truly missed.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
Dallas, Texas. All of my family is there and that will always make it the most special place to me.
Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?
I would say the most important
thing is to just start writing!
Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘This Can’t be Life’ book?
Once I really got focused it only took
me 4 months to finish writing the book.
Q7. On what all platforms readers can find your books to buy?
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647750822
My Website : https://girlsaywhat.org/prod…/girl-say-what-thiscantbelife
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the cover and the title of your books?
I had come from another trainwreck of a date. I got on the app Marco Polo to download the events of the disaster with my girlfriends. As I was talking I said I need to write a book because I
cannot make this stuff up! One of my girlfriends was like you should rename this group chat to This Can’t be Life and the rest is history. The cover of the book is a shattered glass slipper. As little girls we grow up reading fairy tales and thinking there is a Prince Charming coming to save us and make us into Queens or Princesses. The shattered slipper represents that myth and fairy tale as not always being true. Queens are not made, they are born and not because some man aka Prince Charming comes to save us and gives us that title…so I shattered Cinderella’s slipper on my cover. Being a Queen is a woman’s birthright.
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
We own every experience that happens to us. I tell my stories. I tell stories of the women around
me. Life in itself is an experience that should be shared, I keep it fresh by continuing to live the life I was given and sharing it with others.
Q10. Are there any secrets from the books (that aren’t in the blurb), you can share with your readers?
The book is also a journal for women to reflect on their own journey through the dating gauntlet. I also shared one in why the cover is what it is. That is actually the last chapter of the book.
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