E N Joy: When I first started writing I wrote
women’s lit and erotica under the name Joylynn
M. Jossel. When I decided to pen street lit as
well, I knew that I needed to choose a pen name to
write under because not all of my chick lit/erotic
readers were into street lit. So I decided to write
street lit under the name JOY. When I got saved I
knew that I, once again, needed to come up with
a new pen name, so I went with BLESSEDselling
Author E. N. Joy. When I got a book deal for my
children’s book, The Secret Olivia Told Me, the
publisher asked me could I drop the “E” from E.
N. Joy, so I just wrote it under N. Joy. Each pen
name reflects a different genre. Readers know
what they are getting based on the name.
Christine Pauls: Have you ventured into any
other genres besides Christian Fiction? I haven’t
read any of your books yet but I do have two on
my kindle. Every Good Woman and One Sunday
at a Time.
E N Joy: I’ve written women’s lit and erotica
under the name Joylynn M. Jossel. I wrote street
lit under the name JOY. I write Christian fiction
under the name E. N. Joy, and I write children’s
and middle grade under the name N. Joy. Behind
Every Good Woman originally a short story I’d
written under the name Joylynn M. Jossel. When
the anthology went out of print and I got my rights
back, I did the best I could to turn it into Christian
fiction. It’s still a little edgy, but I tried my best.
I have two shorts written under E. N. Joy titled
Let’s Do Summer and The Miserable Wives Club
that are romance.
Anita Roseboro-Wade: Do you prefer self
publishing over the traditional publishing?