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Book Journey: J. Morgyn White
I got a chance to speak to our 2019 alum, Joanne Morgyn White, who writes at J. Morgyn White, and was so impressed by how prolific and tenacious she is! We talked about the many books she’s written (17!) and how after signing with an agent and going out on submission, she decided to self-publish. Fans of Dungeons & Dragons as well as Magic: The Gathering, will be particularly interested in Joanne’s role in helping price the cards when the collectibles were first created!
J. Morgyn White is the author of Too Cursed to Kiss and the forthcoming Demons for Breakfast. She is the award-winning founder of SCRYE Magazine and former editor of Fork & Bottle, where she specialized in artisan cheese and biodynamic wines—two passions that sometimes sneak into her fiction. Her stories have earned recognition from the Daphne du Maurier and Olive Woolley Burt Awards, multiple Claymore finals, and in 2023 she was named Best New Writer at Futurescapes. She’s a proud alumna of the Northern California Writers’ Retreat and a member of WFWA, HWA, ITW, and HNS. When she’s not plotting monsters or rewriting time, she can be found treasure-hunting vintage jewelry, nurturing heirloom vegetables, or testing obscure indie perfumes that smell like witch’s forest walks and forgotten libraries.
White lives in Northern California wine country with her game-designing husband, their son, and two mischievous Bengal cats. She’s always hunting dragons—and writing the kind of stories that kiss like curses and bite like fate.
About Too Cursed To Kiss: Harlan Madson just wanted a quick payday. Instead, the job ends with her ex dead, the murder weapon in her hands, and a poison searing through her veins. Enter Waldemar Forndaur: aggravatingly hot, suspiciously powerful, and unable to touch Harlan without setting off a death curse. He saves her life, then ruins it with a single truth. And now the hunters are coming. Chased by ruthless reality-warping monsters and haunted by secrets, Harlan and Wald must survive long enough to clear her name, reverse the curse, and maybe, finally, figure out what the hell is going on between them. Rewriting time doesn’t just change the future, it rewrites who you are. Dark, romantic, and twisted with shadow-soaked magic, packed with wicked humor, scorching chemistry, and a heroine who claws her way to power one mistake at a time.
Buy Joanne’s debut on Etsy!
I hope you enjoy our conversation!
Many thanks for reading and listening,
Heather
founder + director, Northern California Writers’ Retreat
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit norcalwritersretreat.substack.com
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By Northern California Writers' RetreatI got a chance to speak to our 2019 alum, Joanne Morgyn White, who writes at J. Morgyn White, and was so impressed by how prolific and tenacious she is! We talked about the many books she’s written (17!) and how after signing with an agent and going out on submission, she decided to self-publish. Fans of Dungeons & Dragons as well as Magic: The Gathering, will be particularly interested in Joanne’s role in helping price the cards when the collectibles were first created!
J. Morgyn White is the author of Too Cursed to Kiss and the forthcoming Demons for Breakfast. She is the award-winning founder of SCRYE Magazine and former editor of Fork & Bottle, where she specialized in artisan cheese and biodynamic wines—two passions that sometimes sneak into her fiction. Her stories have earned recognition from the Daphne du Maurier and Olive Woolley Burt Awards, multiple Claymore finals, and in 2023 she was named Best New Writer at Futurescapes. She’s a proud alumna of the Northern California Writers’ Retreat and a member of WFWA, HWA, ITW, and HNS. When she’s not plotting monsters or rewriting time, she can be found treasure-hunting vintage jewelry, nurturing heirloom vegetables, or testing obscure indie perfumes that smell like witch’s forest walks and forgotten libraries.
White lives in Northern California wine country with her game-designing husband, their son, and two mischievous Bengal cats. She’s always hunting dragons—and writing the kind of stories that kiss like curses and bite like fate.
About Too Cursed To Kiss: Harlan Madson just wanted a quick payday. Instead, the job ends with her ex dead, the murder weapon in her hands, and a poison searing through her veins. Enter Waldemar Forndaur: aggravatingly hot, suspiciously powerful, and unable to touch Harlan without setting off a death curse. He saves her life, then ruins it with a single truth. And now the hunters are coming. Chased by ruthless reality-warping monsters and haunted by secrets, Harlan and Wald must survive long enough to clear her name, reverse the curse, and maybe, finally, figure out what the hell is going on between them. Rewriting time doesn’t just change the future, it rewrites who you are. Dark, romantic, and twisted with shadow-soaked magic, packed with wicked humor, scorching chemistry, and a heroine who claws her way to power one mistake at a time.
Buy Joanne’s debut on Etsy!
I hope you enjoy our conversation!
Many thanks for reading and listening,
Heather
founder + director, Northern California Writers’ Retreat
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit norcalwritersretreat.substack.com