Romance Author Romi Moondi joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss zigzags and backtracks, amassing over a hundred rejections, signing with the wrong agent, self-publishing, the tyranny of best of lists, feeling responsible for representing your entire community, the one soundtrack she has to listen to for every book, and the friends who’ve been with her through it all.
Romi Moondi is a Canadian author whose 2022 diverse contemporary romance, 24 Hours in Paris, received a Publishers Weekly starred review and was the Publishers Weekly 2022 #1 Summer Romance Read. 24 Hours in Italy, the follow up to 24 Hours in Paris, also received a Publishers Weekly starred review and will be released on July 18th, 2023.
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Young Adult Author Crystal Maldonado and Writing for the Vibes
Book Club Fiction Jessica Strawser and Taking a Pause
Young Adult Author Carolyn Tara O’Neil and a Passion for Settings
Young Adult Author Margie Fuston and Proving Vampires are Real
Science-Fiction Author Jackson Ford and the Secret First Draft
Young Adult Author Sarah Dass and the Pressure of Representation
Book Club Fiction Author Lyn Liao Butler and Too Much Query Personalization
Nonfiction Author Jessica P. Pryde and a Dare from Daniel José Older
Young Adult Author Lauren James and the Ten-Year Gap Year
Middle Grade Author Payal Doshi and the Joy of Writing a Single Scene
Middle Grade Author Meera Trehan and Falling Asleep on Page 75
Horror Author Cynthia Pelayo and Your Person Versus Your Persona
Fantasy Author David R. Slayton and the Two Hardest Publishing Decisions
Middle Grade Author Shakirah Bourne and the Email That Will Change Your Life
Middle Grade Author Maria Frazer and Not Quitting Your Day Job
Young Adult Author Derek Milman and the Last Pre-Pandemic Book Tour
Sci-Fi Thriller Author Rob Hart and Managing Expectations
Young Adult Author Heidi Heilig and the Joy in Receiving Critique
Disney Author Mari Mancusi and the Longing to Go Into the Unknown
Literary Fiction Author Kirthana Ramisetti and the Twenty-Year Overnight Success
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