Hey there word nerds! Today I’m speaking with Elisabeth Barrett, a romance author living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Elisabeth spends her days teaching, editing, writing sexy contemporary romance, and enjoying time with her sometimes-bearded husband and three spirited kids. She is constantly perfecting that juggling act between home/work/writing, but in her free time she loves to hike open space preserves, grow orchids, bake sweet things her husband won't eat, and sing in grand choruses.

Her latest book Anywhere You Are is out now from Random House and she also has an indie published West Coast Holiday Series box set that is out just in time for the holidays.

  In this episode we discuss:

• Crafting a series for the Romance genre and all the considerations that go with sustaining a story across multiple books.
• Different ways that series can play out. In Romance, one of the big trends is having series consist of “companion novels” focusing on a different romantic couple in each one.
• How characters can change over the course of a series, and how to adapt the story as your characters grow and evolve.
• Finding that work/life balance, especially when you have a family or a “day job” that compete with writing for your attention.

Plus, Elisabeth Barrett’s #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/125