paranormalromance

We talk about Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost.  This is a paranormal romance with a heroine with mysterious electrical powers, a sexy protective vampire "prince" (don't call him Dracula!), and an ancient grudge.

I'm so excited to bring you the WONDERFUL Juliette Cross in this episode - she is a multi-published author of fantasy, paranormal, and contemporary romance.

We're grabbing a cuppa and chatting about Juliette's career, indie romance author life, her incredible (and recently completed STAY A SPELL series) and so much more...

https://juliettecross.com/

 https://www.patreon.com/juliettecrossauthor

 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliettecrossauthor/

TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@juliettecrossauthor

Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/370204226437408/

Pinterest: https://pin.it/6ycayM2

Start reading here: https://a.co/d/3jH29m2

From STAY A SPELL Book 1: What's the worst thing that can happen to a werewolf? Unable to shift for three months, Mateo Cruz knows all too well. His wolf has taken up residence in his head, taunting him night and day with vividly violent and carnal thoughts. Convinced he's cursed, he needs the help of a powerful witch before he literally goes insane. Evie Savoie has always obeyed the house rules of her coven--no werewolves. They're known for being moody and volatile. So, when a distempered, dangerous werewolf strolls in the bar and almost strangles one of her late-night customers, she's ready to bounce him through the door. But the desperation in his eyes when he begs her to help him softens her heart and convinces her to bend the rules. What Evie doesn't know is that Mateo's wolf has a mind of his own. And now that she's in his sights, he wants only one thing. Her.

In this episode, we heard from Arizona Tape, author of dozens of books across multiple series, and collaborative writer on many more! We learned about Arizona’s journey to becoming a full-time writer, heard more about her solo and her collaborative writing processes, asked after her favourite manga and anime series, and got some great advice for emerging writers.

We also chatted about LGBTQ+ representation, readers seeing themselves represented in Arizona’s books, and why Arizona wanted to write books that her younger self was never able to find. We had a wonderful conversation with Arizona and can’t wait to see what she writes next!

Be sure to visit Arizona's website, sign up for her author newsletter, and follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

Welcome to Successful Witches … a podcast for Indie Romance lovers and writers where we’re obsessed with Spice + Smut + Happily Ever Afters

Please welcome in to the podcast my dear friend and fellow smutty-book-witch, Nicole Middleton PLUS our beloved Lazz @walnutwednesday who is my right hand woman slash PA and all round sanity keeper

This is our regular segment where we’ll be coming in with our spiiicccyyyyy book recommendations, with us essentially raving about a book we’ve both loved!

We decided our chaotic WhatsApp messages to each other screaming about the books we were both reading should really be recorded… and now we’re here gracing you all with our obsession for indie romance… you’re welcome 😉

***OUR RECOMMENDED SPICY READ THIS WEEK***

THE QUEEN'S TEMPTATION - by Elliott Rose (oh, hey! That's me!)

(Nocturnal Hearts series - Book Three)

Each book in this paranormal-dark fantasy romance series is a standalone, but interconnected with characters popping up in each book.

Book releases JUNE 4th!

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Witch MMC/Fae FMC

Forbidden Romance

Age gap

He’s her Bodyguard/She’s the Queen

Fated Mates

Fake relationship (of sorts)

Forced proximity

This 'agreement' between us has an expiry date

Ancient curse

PRE-ORDER HERE: https://a.co/d/6hIt01e

ADD TO GOODREADS: https://bit.ly/42f4ExF

Find Elliott Rose online at https://www.elliottroseauthor.com

***TWs: As with any book we recommend on the Podcast, please make sure to check any content warnings beforehand - this book is a paranormal dark fantasy romance with lots of explicit s-x... as with all the books we rec, there will be usually be MMC unalivers you’ll grow to love, and in many cases there will be dark elements explored such as dubious consent, power dynamics, k!nk exploration and more.

FYI, witches - these are not reviews or book ratings! So don’t expect us to give you a ‘scale’ or anything like that. Everyone’s book rating system is subjective and we’re just here to share our love of Indie Romance. Any book we recommend on Successful Witches is one we have both read, loved, and want to rave about endlessly. Contents will most definitely be HOT. They are all extra spiccyyyyyyyyy with wide open door explicit 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Find the podcast everywhere on socials: @successful.witches

Elliott Rose is on Booktok and Bookstagram @elliottroseauthor

Nicole Middleton is on IG & TT @nicolefuckingmiddleton

and our special guest this week, Lazz, is on IG & TT @walnutwednesday

Books That Make You Feel a Metaphysical Pull to the 19th Century

Immigrants lived in a place called the Bowery, women could so easily be institutionalized, and the wealthy elite dominated everything. It was also a time of hope -- and of magic.

And thus, the Gilded-stage is set for Anika Savoy’s “The Ghost in Her”, a novel that is part historical fiction, part fairy tale, part paranormal romance and much more.

As an attorney and award-winning author who’s always felt a supernatural pull, Anika is healthy skeptic who cannot deny her own near-death experience, which created a pivotal shift in her life and writing.

An avid explorer, her adventures (and her research) have taken her to places such as Blackwell’s Island, the deep trenches of her own past as well as into the chance path of a gentleman who gifted her an incredible cookbook.

Find out more on Books That Make You. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

We chat about our reactions to the Passionflix movie adaptation of Torn, the second book in Jennifer L. Armentrout's Wicked trilogy.  We talk about the acting, plot gaps, and how closely the movie follows the original book.  Plus, full-size Tink and baby DIXON!!!

Emilia Rose is an international bestselling author of steamy paranormal romance. With over 18 million story views online, Emilia loves creating the newest and sexiest paranormal romances for her fans.

Emilia shares how she started by releasing her work for free on Wattpad and other serial platforms, and building a ravenous audience there. At that time she didn’t have the resources to invest and ads, covers or professional editing and thus her subscription-publishing concept was born: her fans on Wattpad could access one chapter extra per week through her Patreon and read it before anyone else. That snowballed quickly and Emilia was able to grow over six figures/year very quickly through this model. Then she was able to be able to afford professional covers, editing and advertising for  the books she would later publish wide.

We were inspired by Emilia’s success and entrepreneurial approach to self-publishing in a slightly different way to the “usual”, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy this episode!

Find Emilia at:

https://www.emiliarosewriting.com/

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⭐ Join us at the $10 tier, and you'll be invited to our private Self-Publishing Mastermind group for authors, where we discuss all things self-publishing, marketing and writing PLUS answer all your questions. Come on in and join us, we'd love to see you there!

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Episode 121 / Daniela Romero, new-adult and paranormal romance author, joins us to talk about why it’s important for readers to have books and characters that reflect their experiences and how authors can write diverse characters. We also delve into Daniela’s principle of having many streams of income, so that if one stream wanes her overall revenue isn’t impacted. She tell us how she’s creating multiple streams of income through merchandise, book boxes, and Pateron.

Intro links: 

Inkers Con

Show notes:

• How Daniela went from book blogger to author
• Why she wishes she knew more about story structure and how she learned about it
• How Daniela uses preorders to increase her production
• Why she writes diverse characters and her tips on how authors can write diverse characters in their novels in a way that’s satisfying to readers
• How she uses book boxes, merchandising, and Patreon to create multiple streams of income 
• What Daniela wishes she’d known about creating a subscription book box
• Her tips for pricing tiers on Patreon
• Why she focuses on one big takeaway from the conferences she attends and how that has shaped her business

Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com.

Links: 

Daniela’s website: Daniela Rom

🚀 Jami’s Launch Plan https://www.jamialbright.com/authorservices

❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5

🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/

📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/

The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast
Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainians https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9QQhmcpa_dlxQY-GEqBiIbIZk-_J1MgQX_BxLI3F84/edit?usp=sharing

For links to the books mentioned, click here:
https://amzn.to/3BUxPtA 

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Episode 077 / Genevieve Jack, paranormal romance, fantasy, and urban fantasy author, shares how writing and releasing three to four books a year has created a sustainable career. We also cover branding, writing series arcs as well as book arcs, and tips for going wide. 

Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com.

Links: 

www.genevievejack.com

The Creative Penn Podcast about writing humor

Anne R. Allen’s blog post about writing rules and writing fashions

Learning to Reverse Engineer a Novel with Cecelia Mecca

Cherry Adair

Twitter: @Genevieve_Jack

Instagram: @authorGenevieveJack

Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorGenevieveJack

The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes 

Jami’s Launch Plan

Sara’s Book Release Timeline Checklist

🚀 Jami’s Launch Plan https://www.jamialbright.com/authorservices

❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5

🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/

📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/

The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast
Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainians https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9QQhmcpa_dlxQY-GEqBiIbIZk-_J1MgQX_BxLI3F84/edit?usp=sharing

Big Cats were a hot topic in 2020, but in 2021, Romance Author VK Tritschler is making them even hotter in her new Paranormal Romance. 

VK also writes in many genres, including Chic-Lit, Rom-Com, Romantic Suspense and Paranormal Romance. In this episode, we talk about: 

• Developing Characters who need empathy and struggle with mental health 
• Her psychology background and why it helps her build characters (and how it is a catch 22) 
• Creative Writing programs 
• Were-panthers 
• Plot Poker to help spark ideas 
• How she got started with Romance writing and why she is genre jumping 
• Why she started her Author blog 

Follow VK Tritschler: www.vktritschler.com 

Writers! Start your podcasting journey with our free videos: www.savvy-creative.com 

For links to the books mentioned, click here:
https://bit.ly/2ZpXkAN 

Follow The Fangover:

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https://www.instagram.com/thefangover/ 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefangover/ 

Our Blogs:

https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/ 
https://ideallyinspiredreviews.com/ 

For links to the books mentioned, click here:
https://bit.ly/3jz4mwi

Follow The Fangover:

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https://ideallyinspiredreviews.com/ 

We interrupt our regular scheduled programming to announce we are co-hosting a readalong of the Experiment in Terror series by Karina Halle and would love it if you guys join us.  This series is perfect to read this time of year. 

Find the schedule and join the Chat! All the links can be found at

http://readexperimentinterror.com

Bestselling mother-daughter author duo, PC Cast and Kristin Cast, join us on the podcast this week. PC and Kristin tell us how they got their start writing and what prompted them to start working together, what their co-writing process looks like and how their individual writing practices differ, and they discuss the evolution of YA as a genre and where they see publishing going next. 

Learn more about this episode!

Books Mentioned:

DON'T HEX AND DRIVE: https://amzn.to/3auLglk 
INTO THE FIRE: http://amzn.to/2jzpjGX 
CLEAN SWEEP: http://amzn.to/2r75dZY 

Follow The Fangover:

http://thefangover.com 
https://www.instagram.com/thefangover/ 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefangover/ 

Our Blogs:

https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/ 
https://ideallyinspiredreviews.com/ 

Books Mentioned:

SERPENT & DOVE: https://amzn.to/2LNpaBc 
BOUND BY FLAMES: http://amzn.to/2jI2zoc 
DON'T HEX AND DRIVE: https://amzn.to/3auLglk 

Follow The Fangover:

http://thefangover.com 
https://www.instagram.com/thefangover/ 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefangover/ 

Our Blogs:

https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/ 
https://ideallyinspiredreviews.com/