It’s a late coffee break today, readers. It’s the last day of school! This week has been kind of messy, so I honestly forgot what day it was yesterday. And all of a sudden it’s Friday, and I hadn’t scheduled a newsletter.
But, better late than never, right? Since it’s the last day of school and I am releasing a book in less than two weeks, I thought it would be fitting to talk a bit about saying goodbye. (Don’t worry. I’m not going anywhere.)
Hannah Bird posted a teaser in her newsletter, and I thought, What a great idea? I should do that. But then, I couldn’t decide what teaser to post, so I put it to Instagram. Waffles and coffee were neck-and-neck for a while there. But in the end, coffee pulled through as the clear winner. I tried to pick a teaser that wasn’t too spoiler-y (which wasn’t terribly hard because there’s coffee EVERYWHERE in this book), but this is at just before the mid-point, so, you know, if you like to be totally surprised, CLICK AWAY NOW.
It’s playlist day! I love this day. Music is such a huge part of my writing experience, and I think having the playlist really rounds out the vibes while you’re reading. So you’re in luck; you can listen to my book playlist below!
I love the cover of Common Grounds. It’s perfect. It encapsulates the city background—even though Baker’s Grove feels more like a small town in that way of midsized Midwestern cities—as well as Emery and Trevor in a passionate embrace on the front. The colors evoke coffee and dusk and romance. The characters are perfectly representative of the couple in the book, down to Emery’s red heels and blue-black hair, and Trevor’s yellow slouchy hat and cuffed chinos.
I’ve never been happier with a cover, honestly.
Kelsey and I connected because we both read ARCs of each other’s debuts, and they released at about the same time last year! I feel so fortunate to have connected with Kelsey as a colleague and a friend, and I’m so excited to feature her today because she has a new book coming out! So, now, she has THREE books out, and they’re all awesome. I’ll let her tell you all about it.
I’m not going to lie to you all. I’m about to do a hard sell on the Common Grounds paperbacks. If you don’t like spoilers, you may want to scroll to the end real quick, or at least not look too closely at the images. There will be pictures of the paperback interior in this post (but I’ll block out what I can). Because it’s awesome. Seriously.
Plus an art reveal, sign-ups for a cover reveal, and buddy reads. Cross-posted on Substack. Common Grounds has been written, edited, formatted, edited again (and
Indie romance authors being interviewed about their books? Yes, please! Cross-posted from Substack. Brandy and I have been chatting off and on over the past
I used up all my clever thoughts on last week’s post about F. Scott Fitzgerald Cross-posted from Substack. It’s the last day before spring break.
Is it the constant mainlining of caffeine that makes writers tortured? Maybe. When I picture a tortured writer, I envision someone bent over a typewriter grabbing at their hair, a cigarette dangling between the first two fingers on their right hand and three or four half-finished and now-cold cups of coffee littered around their desk. Notes are, of course, strewn everywhere. The room is probably dark, too. It’s hard to be tortured in broad daylight.
