Flirting with new ideas, how to take headshots for cheap, and romance recs!

Welcome to my March newsletter, babes!

Greetings from yr friendly neighborhood novelist.

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

This month, I was on the prowl, shamelessly flirting with new book ideas. Second chance romance? How YOU doin’? My editor gave me the great advice to think about my obsessions, and use those as a jumping off point. It was such a fun and generative exercise, I gave it to my Writers’ Groups. You can try it, too: make a list of your obsessions—the things you spend more time than the average human thinking, talking, learning about. Maybe there’s a book idea in there…?

We’re SO CLOSE to revealing the cover for MOST WONDERFUL (out this Fall!) Because this is another queer ensemble romcom, with three POV characters (Liz, Birdie and Rafi, all half-siblings), we wanted to depict all three couples on the cover. We also wanted to show off our gorgeous Christmas-in-the-Catskills world, including Belvedere Inn, the central setting: a former inn lovingly ren…