RITA ® Award-Winning Author of Fantasy Romance
//My topsy-turvy, exhausting week, introducing exciting new changes to this podcast and my social media – welcome Sydney! – and why GRRM being at 70% now and 70% three years ago doesn’t mean no progress.
//Supporting creativity, creators, and their creations vs. demanding a product and how parasocial relationships have fostered a tension there. Self-love and self-care vs. self-indulgence. Also, I turned in AMONG THE THORNS!
//How endings of books can’t be changed by simply lopping off final chapters and adding new ones – the story must point toward the finale all the way through. Also, US politics to wade through at first, especially state vs fed rights.
//Things not to say to authors and how George R.R. Martin won’t ever let someone else finish his books. Also, wondering if I’m on an uphill trajectory or a peak, and how I’m going to hire someone to do my social media.
//Why finding where the story starts is *always* one of the most difficult challenges in writing, why I firmly believe you shouldn’t get critiques from people who love you, and new developments on AMONG THE THORNS.
//I’m going to WorldCon this week and will have copies of Never the Roses with me! Also: baby authors, midlist authors, writing full-time, ups and downs of the industry, and trying to coattail success.
//All about the extraordinary thing that happened this week regarding NEVER THE ROSES – and about serendipity, bolts of lightning, what you can and can’t plan for, and why I love working with smart women who also talk about skin care routines.
//I have bookplates for all of you! Also, I’m FINALLY showing off the incredibly gorgeous, exclusive Owl Crate edition of NEVER THE ROSES – and giving some spoilery, insider tidbits about it.
//My recap of San Diego Comic Con, including the amazing panel I got to be on there and what I learned about worldbuilding details from it. We talked about debt and finance in mind-blowing ways!
//I’m coming to you from San Diego Comic Con with the third and final installment of my book tour recap for NEVER THE ROSES! All about New York City, including my big city gaffe and event at the B&N mothership!
