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An update from my house…
Like a lot of families around the world, we are at home for the next few weeks. The Viking has been ordered by the military to self-isolate (because the army needs him to be healthy on command), and the kids’ school has been shut down until at least April 5. We made bread the other day. Today we’re going to try again. We played cards two nights ago, went for a walk up and down our street last night, and tonight we’re going to bust out Ticket to Ride, a board game the 8yo received for Christmas a year ago…
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Marking my five-year anniversary as a full-time writer
A friend messaged me late last night: Happy anniversary, of a sort. Me: [redacted because it wasn’t PG-13, but I thought it was the anniversary of some kind of sex, okay? I HAVE A FILTHY MIND] Her, this morning: Uh, no. Yesterday was the anniversary of you buying a MacBook and deciding to be a FT writer. ? Yes, yes it was. And Facebook didn’t remind me, so I didn’t know! But yesterday was in fact my five-year-anniversary of being a full-time writer. I love my job. I love the freedom, I love the pressure, I love the creativity, and…
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This Book is Too Hot For You To See (or so says Amazon)
Zoe Note from the future: This blog post was written a few years ago, and the screenshots of my emails were accidentally deleted in a website move. If you happen across this blog post and are interested in those email exchanges, feel free to email me at zoeyorkwrites AT gmail DOT com. This week, two of my SEALs Undone books are on sale. Fall Deep is free, and Fall Fast is 99 cents. This is a series that has been a fan favourite since I started it, and neither of these books have been discounted to these prices before, so I…
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Feeling sentimental about writing and the romance community
Two weeks ago, I went to Romancing the Capital in Ottawa. The brainchild of the wonderful Eve Langlais, this was the first romance conference I attended, and the bar is now crazy high for all future events to meet. Milly Taiden said it felt like a wedding, and it really did–catching up with distant friends, making instant connections, and coming together for a joyous celebration. Plus dancing, great food, tons of hugs, and special, meaningful moments…and lots of conversations. We talked about books we love, and writing we want do it. Publishing we’ve done and plans for the future. Some of those plans changed because of…
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What Women Can Do
All this month, women are writing about the magic of romance as part of the Read a Romance Month. My friend Shari Slade tagged me to write a blog post, and I immediately knew what my topic would be: the amazing things women can do. Individually. Collectively. Casually and with great planning. This time last year I had a single book out and was furiously editing a prequel novella. I’d already experienced the loveliness of the romance community, through the encouragement of Romance Divas and the early support of bloggers like Nadine from Hook Me Up Book Blog and Kim from Read Your Writes, among…
