Fiction Addiction |

Today’s guest post is written by Robert Bryndza, author of “The Not So Secret Emails of Coco Pinchard” and his newest, “The Consequences of Love and Sex,” who styles himself as “a guy who writes women’s fiction.” Robert is so much more than that, as anyone who’s read the hilarious adventures of Coco Pinchard will attest.

But don’t take my word for it. Let Robert tell you himself…

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Hi Katie, and a big thanks for hosting me on my blog tour. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Robert Bryndza, and I’m a guy who writes women’s fiction. People often ask me why I chose to write women’s fiction, and the truth is that I never set out to write in this genre, or should I say I never thought of genre when I was writing my first book. I just wanted to write a great story!

Back in 2007, when the first iPhones were released, I was on a train to work one morning, when I noticed just how many people were chatting and sending emails. I wondered what they were saying, who they were talking to. This led to an idea about a woman whose marriage is on the rocks, and she starts to use her iPhone as a confessional. This idea became The Not So Secret Emails Of Coco Pinchard, which I self-published as an eBook through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. There were no discussions with a publishing house about marketing, or genre, my designer came up with a great cover which was predominantly pink, but it wasn’t a deliberate choice.

I pressed ‘publish’ and then started to write another novel called Lost In Crazytown, a very dark satire about a young guy who moves to Hollywood to follow his dreams. I self published this too, and I was about to start work on a thriller when The Not So Secret Emails Of Coco Pinchard started to rise up the charts on Amazon. Messages started coming through from readers asking for more, so I put the thriller on the back burner (where it still is, bubbling away) and started work on Coco Pinchard’s Big Fat Tipsy Wedding. A week after I pressed publish on the second Coco Pinchard book, both books hit the top 100 on Amazon UK and Amazon USA. Since then, the popularity of the books have helped me sign with a great literary agent, and I’ve written two more installments; A Very Coco Christmas, and the newly released Coco Pinchard, The Consequences of Love and Sex.

I’m flattered that so many women (and some guys too!) have taken the character of Coco Pinchard to their hearts, and that I’m part of a genre which is so popular and full of so many talented writers.

I still want to write that thriller, but for now I’m so happy to keep giving my readers what they want!