I wrote a guest post for Queer Books Unbound on some of the influences behind Spellbound’s magic and characters! You can find the article at this link at QBU.
Hint: It’s not the Great Gatsby. Anyone remember Wayne’s World, Relic Hunter, or the BBC sci-fi comedy show Red Dwarf?
In celebration of Spellbound’s upcoming release, Harlequin and Carina Press invited me to blog about why I set the novel in the 1920s and some of the real history behind Spellbound’s paranormal Prohibition.
My post is over at the Carina Press blog, where I dive into how Spellbound got its Roaring Twenties setting and some of the real New York City history that influenced the novel, like Fifth Avenue mansions and the Coney Island Wonder Wheel.
You can read the post here, at this link.
I’m so grateful to have been given the chance to talk to Heidi as part of her Author Interview Series. We talked about Spellbound, historical romance, mental health, Star Wars, and books I love or am looking forward to reading. There’s also a peek into what’s coming next for Rory and Arthur in Magic in Manhattan #2.
You can read the entire interview over at Joyfully Jay at this link.
Querying can be so stressful. And as a new author, I’m not very far out of it. When I was drafting my own queries, one of the things I found most helpful was reading successful letters. I’m grateful for the authors who shared with me, and I’m sharing mine now in case it helps even one other author.
Finishing a book is a huge accomplishment–and figuring out what to do with that book can be huge challenge. There are so many types of publication right now and the paths to publication are not always straightforward. For example: what do you do if you get an offer from a publisher–but think you might still want an agent?
