Author: leoniemack
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A Match Made in Venice
I’m so excited to officially announce my third book, A Match Made in Venice! It’s an opposites-attract romcom with enemies-to-friends-to-lovers vibes and a whole lot of Venice! I had the idea for a romance with a glassmaker as the hero many, many years ago and I’m so pleased with how it came together as a…
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Books, Dreams and Prosecco Festival
The Books, Dreams and Prosecco festival is taking place in the Chick Lit and Prosecco facebook group this weekend! Hosted by the lovely Anita Faulkner, it’s a whole lot of book joy from authors of romantic books of all sorts. My slot is 2pm on Sunday the 12th (UK time), and I’m talking about ‘Creating…
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Venezia è viva!
Right up until the last minute, I wasn’t sure if the dreaded virus was going to foil my plans, but, unbelievably, I made it down to Venice in the wildest research trip ever! I have been extremely fortunate to have travelled fairly extensively in my life, with the exception of the past few years, when…
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The ‘Crisis’ in Romance
There’s been a bit of chatter on Twitter among romance readers and writers about what’s known as the third act break-up in romances and I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts, as both a reader and a writer. It’s an unwritten rule that romances are structured with obstacles at the beginning, the emotional development…
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I did it!
Wow, what a crazy year this has been so far in my writing world. I’m still stunned that Italy Ever After is doing really well in the UK Kindle charts, hopefully helping lots of lovely new readers find my stories. But ultimately, that side of things is a bit of a mystery to me, and…
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Happy Veinte de Julio!
Today is Colombian Indepdence Day, known simply as the veinte de Julio (twentieth of July). That means that my debut romance My Christmas Number One has been out for more than ten months now! What, you might ask, do the two things have in common? My Christmas Number One is a different sort of book…
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What’s going on
I thought I wasn’t going to write another slow burn romance. You guessed it, it’s another slow burn. I hit 53,000 words today and they’ve finally kissed properly. I’m really enjoying this book, now. I’m living and breathing it, which means listening to the same songs over and over again because they’re the ‘mood’ songs.…
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Languages and Music
I love this job! When I was younger, I just couldn’t get excited about any career because all I wanted to do was play and listen to music, learn languages and write stories. And I’ve finally combined them into the best job in the world! I’ve written lots of posts about how music influences my…
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Friday Funnies
This has become the theme song of this little Venice series. Enjoy! (and a little warning of bad language…).
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Three Rs: Research, Research, Research
I’m currently deep into the edits of my third book (called A Match Made in Venice! I looove the title) and, even though my editor has told me I need to take some of the detail of my research out when it interrupts the flow of the story (facepalm), I thought I’d blog about my…
Leonie Mack 