Leonie Mack

Tag: publishing

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Crisis of Confidence (and other frustrations)

    Writing books and more specifically getting them published is an activity that exposes the author to all sorts of things they might not have prepared themselves for. Books then belong to readers in a way (or at least readers get that impression), where reader expectations meet market complexity and then I get lost in my…