Author: leoniemack
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What’s Coming in 2025
2024 was a great year, but I don’t feel the need to make lists or analyse achievements or even reflect much on high and low points. I’m mainly super content to sit behind my computer and make up fake people who fall in love and the fact that I brought characters into the world this…
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Publication Day for In Italy For Love!
It’s here! My ninth book with Boldwood is released today! I had a lot of fun with this one, including my nerdy interest in accordions and chestnuts, and I finally managed to have a dog in a book for the entirety (on other occasions, I kept forgetting about the furry friend and had to edit…
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More Point-of-View Musings
For something so important to the reader experience, it’s sometimes frustrating as an author that there is no right answer to the POV question. Readers have different preferences, although there are some vague broader trends. Often the advice is to use the POV most appropriate to your story, but that advice only helps so far,…
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Some Background to In Italy For Love
Each book I write seems to grow slightly differently and have its own backstory and In Italy For Love is no different. I was able to take a short, dedicated research trip for this one, which made the descriptions a dream to write, but also gave me so many little details that could never make…
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In Italy for Love is coming!
I’ve been on holiday for ten days in the beautiful location of book ten (eek, how are we at book ten??) but in the meantime, the cover for book nine has been launched by my publisher! An October release date is a strange beast, because books tend to need a few months’ run-up before they…
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Why I’m not freaking out about AI
I apologise for the click-bait title and also for the fact that the first thing I’m going to say is: I AM freaking out about AI a little bit. I’ve also been trying recently to be more positive and upbeat about things in general, especially because it’s clear to me that I’ve had a lot…
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A Wedding in the Sun Day!
Today’s the day!!! I’m so proud of this book and I really hope it reaches lots of readers. Not only is this my funniest, with lots of capers and misadventures, Jo is also my favourite female main character ever. She’s tough and funny and honest, comfortable with herself, but also a work-in-progress, like all of…
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A Big Bookish Week
Well it’s only Wednesday and this week has been one of the biggest in a long time. My publishing schedule and attempt to branch out in an additional direction have all culminated somehow in this week. Some of what’s going on I can share and some I can’t, but let’s just say that there’s A…
Leonie Mack 