HeyJaredLeonie Mack
Drinking coffee, writing (and reading) fiction, learning languages, riding a bicycle...
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Can I tell you a secret? (opens the original)
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Nothing makes me happier than sitting down for a full day of writing, exploring my characters and setting and crafting a plot for them to develop. But writer’s block does exist! I feel it every time I open up this newsletter to pass on my news, even when I have exciting stuff to tell you!I’ve been sitting at this screen for five minutes, not sure how to start this newsletter. When I’m in character, creating an exciting story, the words tend to flow fairly well (some books are easier than others)
Ready for Bingeing! (opens the original)
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I FINISHED THE SERIES! Italy and Forever is out today.What a journey it’s been, from Lake Garda last year, to piles of snow and mistletoe in Austria in winter, sun-baked Elba in summer and now South Tyrol in autumn, circling back to where we started.All four of these books were planned in advance, along with the links
The Weirdest Weekend (opens the original)
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Although I’m firmly a Millennial (and an elder one at that, I must admit), there is one way in which I identify with my Gen Z friends - a certain slice of them at least. Sometimes you need to just be analogue. There are key moments in my life where the pressure to take photos and record everything weighs heavily and I’d prefer to just be present. My head is spinning enough as it is, working hard to process all the social chitchat and catch-ups with friends that are so important too me, but inevi
Books, Buddies and (far too much) Bog! (opens the original)
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The reality of being an author is less than glamorous: sitting at home in comfy (i.e. barely presentable) clothes, maybe with washed hair, maybe not if the characters are screaming at me to be written; copious snacks for editing and two dog walks per day to keep me sane. But once a year I head to the UK to ‘be an author’ (whatever that means) and while that reality also isn’t as glamorous as you’d think, it is incredibly thrilling to go and see my books on the shelves (and occasionally sign them
Did you guess it? (opens the original)
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I’ve never written a long series, because as a travel romance writer, it’s important that each book is a standalone romance with a central couple and that the setting is new and different. As a reader, I love a series with recurring characters, where each book has a new central couple, but with characters from previous books in a secondary role and I was keen to try that kind of series, but what concept could give me the possibility of lots of different destinations?Then I hit upon the idea of a
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