Loyalty Bookstores virtual event - June 30

I’ll be chatting with Shauna Robinson, author of Must Love Books, on June 30 at 8 pm ET in an event hosted by Loyalty Bookstores! It will be virtual via Crowdcast. Click here to register for the event with a donation of any amount of your choice, or you can order the book to be added to the event's registration list. Donations will go to Partners in Abortion Care. There will also be an option to buy The Stand-In during the event. More information here.

Essays

For the launch of The Stand-In, I wrote two essays you can find online. A third, about writing about mental health, should be coming soon.

• The literary value of a good list - LitHub (about how I use lists)

• Place in Story - Bad Form Review (about creating setting)

The Stand-In hits 20,000 ratings on Audible

This week, The Stand-In reached 20,000 ratings on Audible.com and re-entered the Top 50 of Audible’s Top Plus listens list. Thank you to everyone who rated and reviewed! You play a huge role in helping others to find The Stand-In. The book was also listed on POPSUGAR’s recent 92 Romance Novels to Spice Up Your Summer list.