Leonie Mack

Tag: books

  • What to write next…

    I was that kid who, at nine years old, said I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I wrote a mostly-finished sci-fi fantasy when I was fifteen (okay, I didn’t quite finish it, which probably says something about the psychology of writing). I wrote my first romcom at twenty-one (it has some…

  • ANOTHER Publication Day

    This year has been a wild ride, with three books out in quick succession, plus one getting a paperback print run within those same months. On top of all of that, I’m back ‘home’ in Australia for the first time in seven years. It’s been a lot to process. Well, today is the third of…

  • Why ‘RomCom’ can be a reductive word…

    I’ve seen it lots of times from readers on social media: ‘Why is this book called a RomCom? I didn’t think it was very funny.’ Or the opposite: ‘This book was so funny, but I didn’t feel the chemistry between the love interests.’ Why the current obsession with coupling romance with comedy? Obviously, it does…

  • A Feb 29 proposal gone wrong…

    Imagine you’re a wedding planner and your clients are adventure enthusiasts who want to get married at the top of a mountain in Italy. You’re out of your depth; you suggest to your boss that the agency could perhaps work with an adventure travel partner on this one. Then when you turn up to the…

  • Why two publishers?

    Now the news is out that I have two sports romcoms coming with Bedford Square Publishers, as well as my travel romances continuing to be published with Boldwood, I thought I’d take a moment to explain what led to this situation. It’s something of a natural experiment, as the two publishers have opposite approaches to…

  • Cover Reveal for Head Over Wheels

    It’s just three months and one day until Head Over Wheels!! I’m calling it the ‘Grand Départ’ like the Tour de France haha. So here is the beautiful cover! For some more background on the cover development, read on. I am utterly thrilled with the cover for Head Over Wheels. My publisher engaged the extremely…

  • Announcing Head Over Wheels

    The news is out! As well as my destination romances, I’m also writing spicy sports romcom. Sports is one of my favourite subgenres of romance to read, because of the jeopardy, the high-stakes win or lose situations and the big… egos (haha). After getting hooked on the Tour de France and then World Tour road…

  • Free Promo Novella

    As I’ve got an exciting pivot coming in 2025, I decided to start the year with a bang – including a rather literal one – in the form of a free promotional novella for subscribers to my Substack newsletter! I got it all ready yesterday and it was distracting me from the next important draft…

  • 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…

  • 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…