I reached a milestone tonight, so here's a wee blog post with the news from Leonie Mackville. I've been trying not to look too much at the progress of Snow Days because the early days of a book are always a bit fraught for me, with reviews and unpredictable sales. Given almost all of my … Continue reading Working ahead
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Snow Days With You has been reduced to 99p/99c on Amazon and is reduced in Australia and Canada as well! To celebrate, I made Luna's calendar of competence, as joked about in the book. I had so much fun putting this together so I hope you all like it! https://www.tiktok.com/@leoniejmack/video/7299777680067628321
In this crazy old carousel that is a writing career these days, book seven is out today!! Part of me still wants to be shouting about a Taste of Italian Sunshine (I still listen to some of the songs on the playlist). Part of me still wants to shout about My Christmas Number One (I … Continue reading Publication Day!
Although I had an interesting time weaving in a mystery sub-plot in Snow Days With You, it's the romance that's at the heart and it is all connected to that romance as the story progresses. Each time I write, the characters take me on a new journey and with Luna and Yannick it was fun … Continue reading One Week Until Luna and Yannick!
As a romance author, writing about a sexual relationship is something I do with each book and it's therefore something I have to think carefully about in a variety of contexts and discourses - the wider cultural context, readers and market. I have always read steamy books and my earliest attempts to write were also … Continue reading The Heat Level Conundrum
While in Snow Days With You you'll find my usual escapist romance with characters you get to know deeply and a setting to take you out of the everyday, there's something special from real life that inspired the story: the elite mountain rescue squadron of the French Gendarmerie Nationale, the PGHM. It stands for the … Continue reading Inspiration for Snow Days: What is the PGHM?
The eagle-eyed among you have already noticed that Snow Days is up on Netgalley, available for reviewers and early readers! The short period between Netgalley release and general release is a particularly special period in the life cycle of a book. The cover of Snow Days with You with wintery background The relationship between readers … Continue reading Snow Days With You is on its way!
As usual I'm working ahead, promoting one book, editing another and drafting the next! While I'm beyond excited with how well a Taste of Italian Sunshine is doing in the Kindle charts, I'm probably even happier about finishing a first draft. I love the drafting stage - being immersed in the book universe, using every … Continue reading First Draft Unlocked!
Concepts of gender in romance fiction are complex enough that people can write (and have written) PhDs on the topic. When an author sits down to write a love story, they are bringing an enormous amount of cultural baggage with them that is important at the very least to acknowledge. They bring their own gender … Continue reading Writing Men in Romance
I've sent off the copy edits for Snow Days With You and the proofread will also be done within two weeks, meaning early readers will start to meet Luna and Yannick in just a couple more weeks! The cover of 'Snow Days With You', showing a couple embracing with a ski resort and high mountain … Continue reading Snow Days is getting real!
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