This why choose dark Romantasy will make you sob before you arrive at a hard won happily ever after. 🫶start with A Realm of Fire and Ash by Kathy Haan. #darkromantasy #whychoose #kathyhaan

Important update in case you don't know where I stand #author

I plotted my book for the very first time last night. I'm a pantser through and through, but thought I'd do book #11 a little differently this time around. #Author #Romancelandia

#WriterWednesday library-love moment.

My auto buy authors:

📚 Carissa Broadbent
📚 Tahereh Mafi
📚 Ana Huang
📚 K.J. Sutton
📚 Sedona Ashe
📚 Rebecca Ross
📚 Elle Madison & Robin D. Mahle
📚 Sara Hashem
📚 Rachel Gillig
📚 Hafsah Faizal

Turned in my 10th novel to my editor tonight 🙋‍♀️
I wrote my first book 4 years ago, then took a year to edit it because I didn't know what I was doing.
Now, I've got 8 weeks to write another🙋‍♀️

Thank youuuuu!

thank you!!

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I remember you!! I hope you love Bedlam Academy, it's one of my favorites (grab some tissues!)

Thank you 🫶🫶🫶🫶

Thank you!!

Thank you 🙏

My very first deal 🥹 #Author 💙📚👀
#romancelandia

Family includes everyone! ❤️

So um, I have a 19 year old 🙋‍♀️💀 my arch nemesis is getting hugged wrong or coughing and subluxating a rib 🤣🫠 #EDS

If you want to be an ally, and you have some type of power, be willing and ready to boost diverse, BIPOC, and lgbt voices.
Biden was told to step down and opened the door for a qualified candidate. He could’ve decided to stay in the race but he saw her potential and she got pretty far.

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Next thing you know, you'll plan a whole vacation around the skincare capital of the world and plan on packing a spare suitcase to bring everything home. Ask me how I know 😂

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Okay, newsletters. How to build, what to do, etc. This will be a multi-post thread, so bear with me.

As I've said before, the newsletter remains one of the best tools in an author's toolbox. Yes, they're work, and yes, they're scary. You can do it. I have faith in you.

Onward with tips:

In case you didn't know! I didn't know this 💙📚👀 #romancelandia

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This is how I tackle my writing projects, too. Then people say to me:

Hi!
- I'm married w/ 3 children
- Publishing book # 10 next month
- I write why choose, dark fantasy romance
- Full-time writer
- Iowan, though I was born in Minnesota & also spent many years in Oregon
- I'm one of 11 children
- Jane Austen is my 7th cousin 7x removed
- I will buy a castle someday