Victoria Jane welcomes Maggie Hoopis to discuss her debut novel "Grace of Dragons," a genre-blending Western romantasy featuring dragons instead of horses and a strong female lead who knows exactly who she is.

• "Grace of Dragons" combines Western elements with fantasy and romance
• Maggie created the book as a "palette cleanser" between heavier reads
• Writing process influenced by Rebecca Ross's Writer's Conservatory class
• Character-driven plotting and improv techniques shape Maggie's storytelling approach
• Balancing motherhood and writing requires flexibility rather than rigid routines
• "Quilting" approach to writing - working on different parts as inspiration strikes
• Working with a PA helps manage the marketing side of indie publishing
• Community support crucial for navigating imposter syndrome
• Second book coming fall 2024 - an interconnected standalone following side characters
• Independent publishing allows quicker response to reader interests than traditional route

Find Grace of Dragons on Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, or through Ingram Spark retailers. Connect with Maggie on Instagram @maggiehoopis.author or visit maggiehoopis.com for signed copies and merchandise.

Book Blurb: Grace of Dragons

A blizzard is blowing into the Old West. Are you fierce enough to brave the storm?

Grace of Dragons is an Adult Western Romantasy full of adventure, snark, spice, tenderness, a brazen FMC, and dragons!  In this captivating tale of self-discovery, empowerment, and sweeping romance, Grace will be pushed to her limits as she grapples with the transformative powers of loss, grief, and love.

Author bio: Maggie grew up with a strong love of reading. Her dream of writing has been fueled by the support and inspiration of fellow beta readers. She co-founded the Indie Romantasy Reads Book of the Month Club, which focuses on championing indie literature and fostering a deeper connection between readers and writers. She lives in Illinois with her husband, daughter, and Duck Tolling Retriever, who lovingly support her in her endeavors.

LINKS:
Instagram: @maggiehoopis.author

Author Website: https://www.maggiehoopis.com/

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ 1:1 monthly support Writer's Haven: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Victoria welcomes Jasmine C Caldwell to discuss her eleven published books and her mission to flip tired romance tropes on their head. Jasmine shares how frustration with the "nerdy girl makeover" narrative inspired her Geek Girl Squad series featuring confident women with their own fandoms who expect men to prove they're "nerdy enough" to date them.

• Writing romance for "geeks and nerds" across multiple subgenres including contemporary, fantasy, and romantic suspense
• Creating characters who embrace their authentic interests rather than changing to find love
• How Jasmine incorporates different fandoms (anime, D&D, comics, video games) into her storytelling
• The advantages of self-publishing, especially for authors who value creative control
• Navigating cover design and finding the right publishing partners as an indie author
• Marketing strategies including illustrated covers that accurately represent character descriptions
• How life events and personal challenges influenced Jasmine's publishing journey
• Writing advice: "Write what you want to write and worry about marketing later"

Author Bio:

Jasmine is a lover of all things romance. When she’s not reading or writing, you can find her baking or playing board games with her friends and family. She lives in Pennsylvania with her patient husband and too many books.

Series Blurb for The Geek Girl Squad:

Introducing the Geek Girl Squad! They’re smart, they’re sweet, and they’d burn the world down for each other. Best friends since college, they find themselves navigating the rough waters of adulthood, career, and love. Read the whole series to find out how romance finds each of them!

Thief's Bodyguard:

She's the one night stand he can't forget. Now he's her bodyguard, and she's keeping a secret that could get them both killed.

Links:

https://www.jasmineccaldwell.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jasmineccaldwell

https://www.instagram.com/jccaldwellromance/

https://www.tiktok.com/@jasminecaldwell701

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ 1:1 monthly support Writer's Haven: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Friends this episode is full of wisdom! Grab an iced coffee and get your steps in.

J.M Frey shares the extraordinary journey of her latest novel "Time and Tide," a sapphic Regency romance that made the New York Times Best Romance Books of the Year list after a 16-year path to publication.

• From idea to New York Times recognition: how a visit to the Jane Austen Center sparked a time-slip romance concept
• Why traditional publishing requires patience—Time and Tide went through 17+ drafts before publication
• Fan fiction as valuable training ground for developing voice, taking critique, and understanding story structure
• After 327 rejections on her newest manuscript, why Frey is embracing self-publishing
• The importance of finding joy in writing again when creativity becomes a commodity
• How returning to fan fiction helped reignite creative passion and productivity

Check out Time and Tide from Wattpad Books, distributed by Penguin Random House Canada, and visit jmfry.net to explore all of Jess's books, including her worldbuilding guide for fantasy writers.

Bio:

J.M. Frey is an author, voice actor, and lapsed academic. She writes queer speculative fiction and fantasy, both fabulist cozy romances and high fantasy epics. Her life’s ambition is to step foot on every continent – only three left! She lives in Toronto where she is surrounded by houseplants, because she is allergic to anything with fur. She is also allergic to chocolate. But not wine.

TIME AND TIDE: New York Times Best Romance Books of 2024

Just a twenty-first century gal with nineteenth-century problems…

When Sam’s plane crashes catastrophically over the Atlantic, it defies all odds for Sam to be the sole survivor, but it seems impossible that she’s rescued by a warship in 1805. With a dashing sea captain as her guide, she begins to find her footing in a world she’d only seen in movies.

Then Sam is betrayed. At the mercy of the men and morals of the time and without the means to survive on her own, she’s left with no choice but to throw herself on the charity of the captain’s sisters. She resigns herself to a quiet life of forever hiding her true self. What she doesn’t expect is that her new landlady is Margaret Goodenough—the world famous author whose yet-to-be-completed novel will contain the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature, and a clever woman. Clever enough to know her new companion has a secret.

As the two women grow ever closer, Sam must tread the tenuous line between finding her own happiness in a place where she doesn’t think she’ll ever fit in, and possibly accidentally changing the course of history.

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ 1:1 monthly support Writer's Haven: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane E

Victoria Jane welcomes fantasy and contemporary romance author KC Harper to discuss her publishing journey and creative process. Casey shares insider perspectives on traditional publishing, genre-switching, and character development techniques while revealing both the rewards and challenges of the author life.

• From voracious reader to published author after a simple challenge from her husband
• Working with an editorial agent who helps polish manuscripts before submission
• The terrifying acquisition process where "money people" decide a book's fate 
• Switching genres provides creative refreshment from complex world-building
• Reading your own manuscript 6,000 times before publication
• Creating characters with unique dialogue patterns and body language
• The importance of finding critique partners who understand genre conventions
• Learning to differentiate between helpful critique and unhelpful criticism

Author bio:
K.C. Harper grew up on Canada's east coast and spends her time plotting to destroy the happiness of her characters. She’s an avid reader, developmental editor, and a full-time human servant to a 4.5 lb teacup Chihuahua. She's represented by Helen Lane at the Ki Literary Agency.

Book blurb:

Loving Kane nearly destroyed Briar once . . . now that he’s alpha, he could be her end. 

Briar’s life collapsed the day Kane abandoned her four years ago, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. Now, she needs his help. She has one shot to save her V-addicted brother, as long as she can solve a series of murders plaguing the city. It’ll mean diving head first into the political minefield of the supernatural elite and going head-to-head with the new alpha. He’s dangerous, he’s devastating, and he just so happens to be the man who obliterated her world all those years ago. 

The deal: fake being his mate to solve the case.

The cost: everything.

As catastrophe looms and old passions ignite, Briar is faced with the impossible choice between loyalty and love. While the killer is watching and waiting to strike.

Links:

To keep up on my publishing related news or purchase my books, people can sign up for my (semi-frequent) newsletter at my website:

www.kcharper.com

https://linktr.ee/kcharperauthor

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Collaboration can be a powerful catalyst for creativity, as Amanda and Lisa Marie share in this episode about their journey of writing a book together. They delve into the dynamics of co-authoring, navigating marketing challenges, and the importance of supporting each other in both writing and in-person events.

• Exploring the process of co-writing and its benefits  
• Discussing their unique characters and different writing perspectives  
• How their Twilight fandom turned into a writing partnership  
• Challenges and joys of marketing as indie authors  
• Balancing writing with family life and personal commitments  
• Embracing vulnerability in in-person events as authors  
• The importance of patience and persistence in the writing journey  

Blurb:

Pressured by her looming deadline and an unfinished romance manuscript, author Molly Covington applies her immersive research skills and goes all in. She hires a male companion for inspiration during three days of research in Las Vegas.

Enter sexy, confident Jared Washington—an extreme sports enthusiast and relationship skeptic who moonlights as a Plus One male companion. Molly’s contract puts him within arm’s reach of buying his own business and making his dreams come true.

The chemistry between her and Jared is surprisingly easy. Before their Vegas rendezvous comes to an end, one of them will need to lay all their cards on the table to discover if they’ll be lucky in love.

Author bio:

Amanda and Lisa-Marie are an award-winning, co-writing team of best friends who share imaginary worlds, including a short story, Shivers, published in Moments Between. Lisa Marie Potter (BIPOC) is a mom of four who grew up in Nottingham, England, and now resides in Alaska with her husband and golden retriever. Amanda Nelson grew up in Maryland and moved to Arizona, where she attended college and currently lives with her husband and four kids. Both women are hopeless romantics, but Lisa-Marie enjoys suspense novels, while Amanda's second go-to genre is romancy. The duo also review books on their socials, hike the Olympic National Park, and fight over the same fictional crushes.

Links:
Website: NELSON POTTER 

Amazon: https://a.co/d/cUEN9tf  or Barnes & Noble Men in Books Aren't Better by Amanda Nelson | eBook | Barnes & Noble®

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE
📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

What if storytelling could be your path to healing and transformation? Amy's candid revelations about how writing has been her therapeutic outlet highlight the profound cathartic power of storytelling, and she offers insights into her prolific year, which also saw the release of "The Assist," a spicy soccer romance, and a novella within the Teleosis universe.

We also discuss the unique perspectives that neurodivergent individuals bring to the storytelling process, enriching it with their distinct voices. As indie authors often bear the marketing mantle alone, Amy shares practical advice on building meaningful connections over mere sales and finding authenticity in social media outreach. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amy Vogel is an author and women's book coach. Her fiction books are themed for feminine empowerment, offering readers a fresh perspective on what it means to be a woman. Through her nonfiction works, she provides practical tools for healing and finding hope. As an entrepreneur and coach, Amy is dedicated to empowering women to share their stories, helping them cast a vision for a better world by turning their publishing dreams into reality.

Teleosis - Teleosis is a sweeping tale of magic, passion, and second chances in a unique urban fantasy setting. When Inira’s destiny as High Priestess crumbles, she must rise from the wreckage to face ancient enemies, betrayal, and her own darkness. Packed with action, intrigue, and hope, Teleosis will leave you inspired and believing in transformation.

 The Assist - The Assist is a contemporary later in life sports romance full of love, healing, and the courage to seize happiness when it unexpectedly comes knocking. Find your own vision for a happily ever after as you witness Carrie and Conner find theirs.

Feminine Rising - Feminine Rising is a historical fantasy novella blending mysticism, love, and epic resistance. Follow Adia, a First Century B.C. heroine, as she defies oppressors, saves her people, and claims her destiny through divine power, love, and resilience. Spicy, empowering, unforgettable.

Come to Me – In a world of chaos and pain, Come to Me offers solace and healing through daily reflections and simple spiritual practices. This devotional guides you to peace, renewed vision, and spiritual growth. Begin your journey to wholeness—find hope, clarity, and purpose every day.

LINKS

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Step into the shadowy world of horror writing as Rami Unger takes us on his spine-chilling journey from a young Stephen King enthusiast to a master of the macabre. Discover how a fateful encounter with "It" at the age of 11 ignited his passion for horror, setting him on the path to becoming a celebrated author. With his upcoming book, "Symphony for Walpurgis," on the horizon, listen to Rami's reflections on the rewarding experience of hearing from fans who are thrilled, yet delightfully unnerved by his work.

Beyond the pages, we explore innovative strategies for marketing books in today's world, moving past the saturated sphere of social media. Join us as we uncover the power of word-of-mouth and the magic of connecting with readers through genre-specific events. From daring to engage with strangers to building a supportive network within groups like the Horror Writers Association, learn how stepping out of your comfort zone can lead to success. Whether you're an aspiring author or a fan of the horror genre, this episode promises a wealth of insights into building a thriving writing career and community.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rami Ungar is a novelist from Columbus, OH specializing in horror and dark fantasy. He has published six books, with his most recent, "Symphony for Walpurgis: A Collection," releasing May 2025. When not writing, Rami enjoys reading, following his many interests, and giving his readers the impression he's not entirely human."

Book Blurb: What’s the difference between humans and monsters? Is there a fine line, or is it more gray and blurred? Rami Ungar, author of Rose and Hannah and Other Stories, explores this question in his latest collection, Symphony for Walpurgis. From legendary cryptids to malevolent spirits and from Ohio in the 1950s to modern-day California, readers will be treated to nine terrifying stories of the weird and macabre. So settle down and be prepared. For you have bought your ticket to Symphony for Walpurgis.

LINKS

website: https://ramiungarthewriter.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RamiUngarWriter/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@rami_ungar_writer

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/ramiungarwriter.bsky.social

Instagram: @rami_ungar_writer

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rami_ungar_writer

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Join us as we chat with author Kelly Ohlert who shares her personal journey through both traditional and self-publishing. Discover the intricacies of these two paths and what it truly takes to maintain your connection with readers while juggling life's many responsibilities.

Kelly highlights the invaluable role of critique partners and the growth that stems from mutual support and honest feedback. For writers struggling to find the right routine, Kelly offers inventive strategies to weave writing into even the busiest schedules. 

About Kelly: Kelly Ohlert is a romance author, who grew up in the Chicago area. She now resides in Michigan with her husband, two daughters, and menagerie of pets. In her free time, Kelly is often found with a book or a karaoke microphone in hand.

BOOK BLURB : AN EX-CITING PROPOSITION

Two friends form a pact to date each other's exes in this adventurous ride for fans of Sarah Adams, brought to you by a mother daughter author duo.

Moxie moved to Colorado armed with a healthy distrust of others and seeking no-strings-attached adventure, but finds herself in a rut. Her job feels repetitive, she lacks close friends, and even one-night-stands aren’t exciting anymore. That is, until a boring night gets interrupted when one of her coworkers comes in, distraught over a breakup. Moxie reluctantly comforts Hannah, but they soon realize they break up with men for opposite reasons. Soon, a pact to date each other’s exes is born. After some waffling, Hannah convinces Moxie to go first, and try dating her ex, Wyatt.

Wyatt co-owns an adventure tourism company with his best friend. He and Moxie hit it off, but her distrust is quickly activated when she realizes that in an attempt to multi-task, Hannah has dragged her into a scheme to end a neighborhood feud, at the center of which are Hannah and Wyatt’s parents. Wyatt must convince the new love of his life that his feelings are real, before he loses her, and the business that is everything he ever dreamed of. Moxie must open herself up to love in all its forms, before she alienates the only friends and partner she's ever had, and digs herself so deep into her rut, she'll never find her way out.

CONNECT WITH KELLY: LINKS

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE
📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Victoria chats with Adam Bassett about his latest book release, focusing on the importance of community within the indie author space and the journey from short stories to full novels. Adam shares valuable insights on marketing, creative exploration, and the unique challenges indie authors face in the publishing world.  

• Adam shares the evolution of his latest book from a short story collection  
• The significance of community and author connections  
• Creative experimentation in exploring various genres  
• Insights on effective marketing strategies for indie authors  
• Reflections on personal growth through reading and writing  
• Encouragement for new authors to grow from feedback and experience  
• Community-building as a pathway to reader engagement

AUTHOR BIO

Adam (he/him) is a UX / UI designer, illustrator and the author of Digital Extremities and Animus Paradox. Other short fiction of his has been published in Nature Erupts, Blooms of Dawn, and select issues of Worldbuilding Magazine.

More information available on my website.

BOOK BLURB

There's a thief on the loose. The Tigres excel at tipping the scales in their favor, be it through bribes, politics, or blood. They unofficially run Viterbo, Italy—and somebody stole from them.

Private investigators David and Mafalda De Campo have been hired to help find the thief. They're in it for the money, but the Tigres just want to make a statement.

Meanwhile, the Heredes have returned: ruthless idealists and revolutionaries. It’s not clear what they’re up to, but they keep getting in the way.

The De Campos will need to decide how far they're willing to go for this job and the Tigres. Viterbo may soon become a battlefield, and one wrong move could set it aflame.

More information available on Goodreads.

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE

📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial

Tom Tracy shares how his journey as a self-published children's book author has been driven by a desire for representation and authenticity in children's literature. He emphasizes the importance of community and emotional connectivity in storytelling, along with practical marketing strategies for independent authors.  

• Importance of representation in children's books  
• The impact of personal connection on storytelling  
• Strategies for marketing as a self-published author  
• Incorporating emotional development techniques in writing  
• The power of community in supporting indie authors

Tom was born and raised in Southern New Jersey.  Growing up in rural America, Tom has a deep sense of community - when our families, neighbors, farmers, local businesses, and organizations all work in concert to support one another, it strengthens us individually and collectively.  Tom relishes opportunities to develop meaningful relationships with his local community.  

He and his husband have been together for nearly 15 years and married for 10.  They have two young daughters who help their dads stay in touch with all things 21st century. 

As a gay dad and a father of BIPOC daughters, Tom is committed to advancing children’s stories that are inclusive of diverse families, who have been historically under-represented in children's books.  Professionally, Tom is a NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked with at-risk youth and individuals living with mental illness for most of his career.  Through that work, he has come to appreciate the importance of sharing one's lived experience with others through story-telling.  He hopes his kids’ books help others feel more seen and valued. 

Wonderfully You: An Ode to Adoption Book Blurb:

Wonderfully You is a love note to children who've been adopted in this heartfelt story that showcases family creation through the experience of transracial adoption.  The reader is invited to experience the adoption journey through melodic rhyming narrative, which is complemented by beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations.  Personal connection to adoption isn't necessary to feel the warmth and love that is the central message of this book.  It is a perfect read along for kids, grandkids, classrooms, those touched by adoption, and individuals looking for books that portray diverse families.

Links:

Tom Tracy Books Homepage:  https://www.tomtracybooks.com

 All my social links:  https://micro.page/tomtracybooks

About Victoria:

Hey there, I’m Victoria! As a writer and developmental editor, I specialize in helping busy writers bring their publishing dreams to life without the overwhelm. Editing doesn’t have to feel like pulling teeth—it's the magic that transforms your story from “meh” to masterpiece!

Here’s how I can help:
📖 FREE Manuscript Prep Workbook: Take the stress out of editing with simple steps to organize your revisions.
Grab it HERE
📝 Developmental Editing: Get expert feedback that elevates your manuscript, strengthens your story, and polishes your characters.
✍️ Creativity Coaching sessions: Revitalize your creativity, map out your novel, and unleash your authentic voice.

Your story deserves to shine, and I’m here to make it happen. Let’s turn your writing dreams into a reality!

📱 IG: @editsbyvictoria
🌐 LINKS: Victoria Jane Editorial