Posted on February 2, 2022 by juliajsimpson
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? I firmly believe people should read–and not read–whatever they want without judgement from… Continue Reading ““I Don’t Read YA…””
Category: UncategorizedTags: am reading, bookish, bookish pet peeves, books, fiction, reading, YA, ya books, young adult fiction
Posted on January 30, 2018 by juliajsimpson
I missed it, but there was a conversation on Twitter last week about whether or not to include college-age protagonists in the Young Adult category. From the sound of it, people were evenly split–and since this is something I was already pondering, I know… Continue Reading “Re-Defining New Adult”
Posted on January 8, 2018 by juliajsimpson
After the release of Ashes Swept, I was surprised by how many readers said they were excited for the sequel and asked when it would be out. This caught me completely off-guard, because Ashes Swept was always meant to be a stand-alone novel. The… Continue Reading “Why I’m Not Writing a Sequel to Ashes Swept”
Category: UncategorizedTags: amwriting, author, books, fiction, fiction writing, indiepub, kindle, monday blogs, na, publishing, reading, romance, speculative fiction, stories, storytelling, writer, writer life, writing
Posted on January 1, 2018 by juliajsimpson
Looking Back at 2017 Sitting here at my desk, contemplating this post, I’m finding it hard to believe another year has gone by. One year ago, I was knee-deep in editing Ashes Swept with the help of my CPs, Shannon and Ely. It had been… Continue Reading “Looking Back and Looking Ahead”
Category: UncategorizedTags: 2018, amediting, amwriting, author, author life, books, fiction, new year, publishing, writer, writer life, writing
Posted on December 14, 2017 by juliajsimpson
In a recent interview with The Washington Post, Hillary Clinton said: “The whole romance novel industry is about women being grabbed and thrown on a horse and ridden off into the distance.” I laughed when I first read that. Then I grumbled. And then… Continue Reading “Horseback Kidnappings, Apparently?”