October Newsletter! 👻📚
Do you know what day it is?
It's my baby nephew's first birthday!!! But also...it's exactly SIX MONTHS until LOVE FROM SCRATCH is out in the world!!!!!! This is in no way more important than my nephew's life, but also might be more relevant to the subscribers to this newsletter. If you would like to help me in my efforts to be a supportive aunt and maybe buy him better birthday gifts in the future...
What I'm Writing
Right now, it's alllll about revisions for my second book, NOT HERE TO STAY FRIENDS! This one doesn't come out until spring 2023, which might seem like it's an eternity away at the moment, but in book world, it's soooon(-ish). I received my first edit letter for this book earlier last month, and not to be a total weenie editor groupie or anything, but my editor's feedback is just the BEST?? I feel so much anxiety about reading anyone's feedback on my writing, but with an editor, there's an extra level of "omg this person is an Industry Professional who has the power to Break My Soul (And Also Career) if she so chooses!" But then I read her edit letters and in-manuscript comments and they feel like getting a warm hug of both effusive praise for the book and my writing as it already exists AND so many ideas I never would have thought of for making it better. I mean! How does she do it!! This is a Hannah Hill* Appreciation Newsletter. (*still not related to me, unforch)
Anyhoo, I'm now doing the bigger revisions that the book needs—moving scenes around, strengthening certain threads in the plot, getting rid of others, adding ~tension~ and ~drama~ because this is reality TV, you know. I! Love! Revising! Quote me on that and remind me of it at some future point when I decide I've broken my book and am hating everything (which will inevitably happen again and again in my writing life, whether in this book or the next or the next) (knocking on wood in hopes of having a next, next, next book).Â
Book two isn't up for pre-order yet, but you can add it on Goodreads here!
Baby Nephew wants you to buy Love from Scratch! He just told me! Tell your friends! Make his birthday dreams come true!!!
What I'm Reading
Some of my recent favorites include:
THE BELLE AND THE BEARD by Kate Canterbary - oh my god, I have absolutely fallen down a Kate Canterbary hole with no intention of getting out. A+ adult romance series and standalones!! This is her latest release but I've also been loving the Walshes series. All very steamy, beautifully written, characters you want to root for, I'm now a die-hard Fan-terbary (I think this is what she should call her fans). Order this one here!
TWO HOUSESÂ by Suleena Bibra - this one is out TODAY!! I am reading it right now and I'm obsessed!!! It's an enemies-to-lovers romance about rival art dealers, including a modern day country house party (incredible) and so. much. WITTY BANTER. Suleena was one of my fellow Pitch Wars mentees in 2019 and it's so dang cool to watch her shine! Treat yourself to her book here.
WITH YOU FOREVER by Chloe Liese - the softest book!!! This is the latest installment in Chloe's Bergman Brothers romance series, and wow, these are all so cute and funny and big-hearted. This one takes place mostly in a cozy cabin in the Pacific Northwest woods and really made me want to wrap it around me like a sweater. Buy it here!
What Else I'm Thinking About
A year ago when my sister Brianna went into labor while taking the bar exam...then FINISHED THE TEST! And became a national news story. #neverforget
Home improvement. I've been a room-painting machine!! Except I'm not actually a machine which is why I get tired and sweaty and comically sore from using a roller. But the house is getting prettier and if the price is my body, I suppose I must pay it.
How many hours of our lives my partner and I lost to the show Younger, which we finally finished. Was it all worth it??? At this point, I cannot say yes. Thoughts and prayers for the writers responsible for season 7, as someone must have hurt them deeply.
Hoping spooky szn treats you all well!
Kaitlyn