BLB REWIND 24 - Homework #2 - Simona Rinfreschi

What are your strengths?

  • Perseverance, Loyalty and Empathy

What are you the best in your world at?

  • Being a “soft place to land” and shoulder to lean on during tough times and the biggest supporter and “cheerleader” during good times. I genuinely love helping people.

Why do readers pick other authors over you?

  • I haven’t published yet, but I hope they’ll pick me because I deliver on my promise to them.

Why do people read other similar stories rather than your story?

  • I’m currently reading an “International number 1 best-selling” fantasy book with excellent reviews that I’m not enjoying, mostly due to the extensive and overly detailed (for me) descriptions of things. Anyone who loves this book, will probably not like mine. I prefer a book with minimal descriptions because complicated descriptions take me out of the story. Yes, I admit it, I’m writing the kind of book I like to read.

What do you do that exhausts you?

  • Trying to build my website, creating my email list and everything else that isn’t just reading and writing.

What are your unfair advantages?

  •  I’m blessed to have a husband who fully supports me in my quest to start a career as an author

What gives you the authority to write on the subject you’re writing on? 

  • I was around 8 when I started reading folklore and mythology books by myself. I’m 55 now and have added a lifetime of personal experience overcoming challenges.

    My book is a fusion of my childhood dreams and life experiences woven into an escapist fantasy. I’ve literally been working towards writing this book my whole life. Yes, I do mean literally in its literal sense!

What gives you the authority to explore the themes in your writing

  • The honest desire to help others

Who is your target reader?

  • A 20-something-year-old woman who works hard and is a little overwhelmed by all of society’s expectations. She likes to wind down before bed by reading a book that allows her to escape the pressures she feels during the day.

What does your target reader read currently?

  • Dean Koontz and JK Rowling as well as famous people’s biographies

How is your target reader different from other readers?

  • She’s smart, driven and ambitious but still very young at heart and someone who wants to believe in magic and the supernatural.

Why does your target reader read books?

  • Either to learn things or to escape from daily pressures.

How can you thrill your target reader?

  • Give her a fun escape whilst teaching her something that she can apply to her life.

What do readers like about you?

  • I don’t have readers yet, but I asked my Social Media friends. Most of the people who replied said that they feel that I love them and that they can count on me

What are the themes and topics that come up?

  • Love, care, support, understanding, kindness, good advice

What words do they mention in their reviews?

  • N/A

What do people say about you when they talk to each other? 

  •  No idea! I can only hope that they say the same things behind my back as they say in front of me

What does my brand let my readers say about themselves?

  • There’s always hope and it’s never too late to live the life of my dreams

What tribe does this brand give me access to?

  • Young women and the young at heart who want to believe in “magic”.

Who are your outsiders?

  • Everyone else!


I’d appreciate feedback. Thanks!