About

I’m Julia, and I write speculative fiction with a romantic twist. My writing is influenced by my love of historical eras and fondness for imagining life in new worlds. When not writing, I enjoy reading (YA everything, classic literature, and historical fiction are favorites), hiking and exploring (especially in my native state of Colorado and adopted state of Florida), and watching entirely too much television. I live in Florida with my husband, turtles, and zoo of backyard wildlife. My debut novel, Ashes Swept, was released in 2017, and I’m hoping to release another book someday soon.

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F.A.Q. Lightning Round!

Favorite Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Favorite Book Series: The Starbound Series, The Six of Crows duology, A Song of Ice and Fire
Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Leigh Bardugo, Philippa Gregory
Star Wars or Star Trek: Both, but Star Wars if pressed
Spaceship or Tallship: Tallship! But, gah, I do love a spaceship…
Favorite Foods: Potatoes, cheese, chocolate, sushi
Favorite Drink: Coffee, tea, diet Pepsi
Favorite Cuisine: Mexican and Indian
Favorite Disney Movies: Encanto, Moana, Beauty and the Beast, Robin Hood, Pete’s Dragon
Favorite Musicals: Hamilton, Chess, Les Mis
Favorite TV Shows: Bob’s Burgers, Our Flag Means Death, Shadow & Bone, LOST, TVD, The Expanse, The 100, Cobra Kai, The Curse of Oak Island, Game of Thrones, Outlander, What We Do in the Shadows

Currently Reading:

Becoming Lili by Julia Blake
Inner Demons by Sarra Cannon

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For today's #selfpromotesunday , Here's a little teaser for my fantasy WIP, code name "TLB." I can't wait to share it with you all! Spring has (sort of) arrived in the Northern Hemisphere... though we skipped straight to summer here in America's wang, and I'm pretty sure some northerly folks still have snow in the forecast. Looks like fall weather is arriving in the Southern Hemisphere, in the evenings at least? I'm a little late for #indiefeaturefriday but huge congratulations to my other dear CP on the release of her short story collection, A World of Hope. I love all three of these beautiful stories so much, and I am so excited they're out in the world! 💖 I 💖 LOVE! And since all my stories feature love, I wanted some of my favorite TV couples to have a special spot on my desk. There's not enough room for them all, and some big ones are missing (let's get some Our Flag Means Death Funko Pops already!) but it makes me happy to look up and see this while I'm writing! (Jamie & Claire, Mulder & Scully, Jack & Kate.) #FebruaryRefresh challenge hosted by @writehollydavis #FebruaryRefresh challenge I'm a week late, but Happy February! It was also the first day of @writehollydavis 's #FebruaryRefresh challenge! New year, new goals: Chapter 12, December. The end of another year. When 2022 started, I thought it would be fun to do my monthly headers like chapter headers. And I did... there are just some chapters missing. This year wasn't the story I expected it to be. It was more busy, more stressful, more sad. I didn't get TLB out... didn't even finish the first draft. I've spent a lot of days doubting myself as a writer, wondering if I've lost my author cred and wondering if I'll ever get it back. But 2023 is a new story waiting to be written, so I'll try again and see what happens. Happy December, everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous year! 💖
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“I Don’t Read YA…”

One of my bookish pet peeves is when people proudly declare that they don’t read a particular genre or type of fiction. “I don’t read romance/YA/comic books/memoirs/…” Weird flex, but okay?

by juliajsimpson