In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with Staci Hicks and talks about Staci's journey to opening Romance-Landia, her online bookstore!

Staci shares how she got the idea for her indie author, romance-only bookstore, her ideas for a mobile version of the store, and her vision for a brick-and-mortar. We also talk marketing, salt mine book clubs, and organizing a signing!

Thanks for listening! Stay till the end for an update on our pod schedule! Until next year...

You can find more info on Romance-Landia on instagram @romancelandia-bookstore and on the website, www.romance-landia.com!

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, reunites with bestie Sierra Spencer and talks about Sierra's WIP, Something's Witchy!

Tune in and feel heard if you've ever: switched your WIP because the story demanded it, pondered the function of a prologue, struggled to hone in on a trope, or thought, what is a book?

Thanks for listening! Until our next chapter...

You can find more info on Sierra's WIP @sierraspencerbooks and get signed copies of Model Behavior on her website, www.sierraspencer.com

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with Jenna Rogers and talks about Jenna's debut novel, Where the Sun Lights the Shadows!

Jenna wrote her first book after a boy in her dream told her to! Where the Sun Lights the Shadows came to be in just 2 short months after that. Jenna talks about her experience writing, working with an editor, Love on the Oregon Trial, the life of an accountant turned writer and more!

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You can find more info on Jenna's debut novel on instagram @jennarogersbooks and on her website, www.jennarogersbooks.com. You can read Where the Sun Lights the Shadows on Amazon and KU and add Jenna's upcoming book, Putting Down Roots, to your Goodreads TBR! 

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with Kat Summers and talks about Kat's newest release, Broken Chords!

Kat is a jack-of-all-trades author— she writes athletes, musicians, and now blue-collar book boyfriends! She shares how her marketing background has helped her as an author, names that pass the moan test, and her experience collabing on a novella series! Tune in to catch glimpses of the web Kat weaves throughout all of her books! 

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You can find more info on Kat Summers's work on instagram @katsummerswrites and on her website, www.katsummerswriters.com. Go read Broken Chords on Kindle and preorder her upcoming novella, A Naughty List for Christmas. 

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with L.V. Oaks and talks about her upcoming release, A Peony For Your Claws! 

L.V. gives us some behind-the-scenes on her first book, All is Fair in Love and Theatre, including how she got her battle scar from role-playing a man and how she got the idea for her new book. She also talks about being an Italian writer writing English characters and appealing to American readers, her love for Fantasy, and her plans for the future!

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You can find more info on L.V.'s work on instagram @lvoaksauthor. You can read All is Fair in Love and Theatre on Kindle and receive a signed copy by visiting L.V.'s bio! And keep your eyes out for A Peony For Your Claws on September 4th!

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with Ryan Marie and talks about Ryan's new novella and Book 1 in the Men of Havoc series, Big Pucking Deal!

Ryan has published novellas and novels that are painful and pretty, sporty and corporate, and they all have one thing in common — the heat. Ryan talks about how she manages plot and spice, how she picks her characters, and the joys and friendships the book community has brought her. Lauren and Ryan brainstorm ideas for podcast guests and a new sport (it's golf but timed and shirtless). 

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You can find more info on Ryan Marie's series and her other work at @author.ryanmarie and on her website, www.authorryanmarie.com. You can read Big Pucking Deal on Kindle and receive a signed copy of her books Ryan's website!

In today's mini-sode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with author and book coach, Dani Abernathy, to discuss the 6 most common writing hurdles and tips for overcoming them. Dani coaches using a Story Tree Method, with authors as the roots, to show authors how they can embrace themselves and grow their stories. Take a listen!

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with Abby Greyson and talks about Abby's newest book in a 3-book series, I'd Never Date My Best Friend...Again.

In addition to Abby's love for the friends-to-lovers trope, we chat about the vulnerability of being an author while keeping your characters clothed, tips for designing your own book cover, and why 2 editors are better than one! Tune in for all that and more, including a little Fall treat announcement ❤️

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You can find more info on Abby Greyson and her books on instagram @authorabbygreyson and on her website, www.abbygreyson.com. 

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with Tracy Baack and talks about Tracy's debut novel, Love and Other Goals!

Tracy started writing her first book in July of 2023. What started out as ideas in a notebook turned into a full manuscript several months later! Lana and Mateo, the main characters in Tracy's book, are college seniors trying to plan their professional and romantic futures together and I promise you will not stop thinking about them long after the story is over. If you haven't already go snag a copy of Love and Other Goals. Peep the cover, commissioned by our very own ABF video editor and illustrator, Parker!

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You can find more info on Tracy Baack's debut novel on instagram @authortracybaack and on her website, www.tracybaack.com. You can read Love and Other Goals on Kindle and receive a signed copy by visiting Tracy's insta bio!

In today's episode of Author's Best Friend, our host, Lauren, meets with SK Horton and talks about SK's debut novel, The Concealed

SK is a full-time physician and a full-time YA Romantasy writer! After 10 years of drafting and brainstorming in the shower, her debut novel, The Concealed, was released on June 11th! The story follows a young woman named Cate as she embarks on her journey to university in England. When she arrives she shortly finds out the fate that awaits her is out of this world (literally). Tune in to hear SK’s journey to navigating the world of YA writing and marketing a YA novel as well as her plans for future works, including a Murder Mystery!

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You can find more info on SK's debut novel on Instagram @authorskhorton, and you can order it now by visiting her website! skhortonauthor.com