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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Thriller Author Ashley Winstead and Eating Ice Cream in the Dark
Romance Author Ruby Barrett and the Opportunities Disguised as Failures
Romance Author Charish Reid and the Kind of Professor She’d Like to Be
Young Adult Author Kyrie McCauley and the Importance of Being Present
Mystery Author Leslie Budewitz and the Lawyer to Author Pipeline
Young Adult Author Dante Medema and the Book Auction at the End of the World
Romance Author Farah Heron and the New Year Resolution Follow-Through
Horror Author Jessica Lewis and the Korean Rap Editing Hack
Young Adult Author Annie Sullivan and the Resurrected Manuscript
Middle Grade Author Sarah McGuire and Threading the Needle of Confidence
Historical Crime Author John Copenhaver and Finding Meaning in the Process
Science Fiction Author AJ Super and the Measured Risk That Paid Off
Picture Book Author Kira Bigwood and Taking an Opposite Action
Mystery Author Kellye Garrett and Kicking the Door Open
Middle Grade Author Deva Fagan and the Long Dark Night of the Soul
Speculative Fiction Author EJ Wenstrom and Selling a Dystopian in a Dystopia
Science Fiction Author Mike Chen and the Sports Reporter to Novelist Pipeline
Thriller Author Tammy Euliano and Putting Yourself Out There
Middle Grade Author Adrianna Cuevas and the Successful Conference Pitch
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