How to write sex scenes, my working staycation, recs, + a MASSIVE BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to my August author newsletter, babes!

Greetings from yr friendly neighborhood novelist.

Monthly writing tips, pop culture recs, and secret peeks into the publishing process. Let’s go!

A typically quiet month in publishing, August has been busy for this intrepid writer. My wife, Lindsay, spent a week in Hawaii, meaning I had my first week of solo childcare with Rozie. I was nervous, but we had a very sweet and easy time together, with daily visits to the splash-pad in our local Domino Park. Then, Lindsay took the baby to Lake Tahoe for a week, and I stayed in NYC. Why, you may ask, given Lake Tahoe boasts screensaver-level beauty? Because I have a huge revision of my new book due at the end of the month, so I decided to stay put, and bust out as much childcare-free work as I could. Cue, the working staycation in NYC.

I was very much hoping to sleep in every day but my body clock is programmed for 6.30am whether I like or not (I do not). I started each day drinking coffee in bed and reading (I’m loving Becca Freeman’s forth-co…