Writing romance while life gets real
A life and book progress update
Dear reader,
Sometimes, life throws you punches. My dad’s illness… yeah, the diagnosis isn’t good.
First and foremost, I’m trying to take care of myself: eating well, exercising, refraining from excessive social media use. I took one day off work for a mental health break, but that’s all. Keeping a normal, structured routine is helping me to cope.
I’m still writing. It’s comforting and an escape, as it always has been. Progress on the book is going well as I come up to revising the final 25%.
A few months ago, I recieved a foreign rights enquiry for the My K-Drama Life series, and that’s something I need to follow up on because I never heard back from them.
Not much else to add this week, except to remind you to appreciate time spent with loved ones ❤️
-Sara
Link roundup
📚Book world news and views from around the web
Contemporary Romance Book Recs Without A Third Act Break-Up [The Nerd Daily]
After reading Icebreaker by Hannah Grace last year, I realised that contemporary romance books don’t need to have a third act break-up (gasp!).
From Friends to Lovers: The Fanfic-to-Romance Pipeline Goes Mainstream [Vulture]
Once considered a frivolous endeavor undertaken by sex-obsessed amateurs, fan fiction is now fully in fashion, enabling romance writers — and their publishers — to celebrate (and capitalize on) their Archive of Our Own roots.
Lucy Score’s first book sold 35 copies. Now she has an instant bestseller. [The Washington Post]
Romance writer Lucy Score tried many jobs before finding her calling. She was a yoga instructor and a bartender, a journalist and a marketer, “and I kept getting fired,” she says.