Tag: indie author life
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The Right Way to Choose a Pen Name as an Author
Choosing a pen name feels deceptively simple at first. You sit down thinking:“How hard can it be to pick a fake name?” Three hours later, you’re spiraling because every combination either sounds like a Victorian ghost, a law firm, or someone who absolutely sells scented candles on Instagram while posting about moon water. Which honestly…
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The Indie Author Myth Nobody Talks About
One of the biggest lies floating around the indie author world is that success happens quickly if you “just stay consistent.” Technically? Consistency matters. But social media has turned publishing into this strange performance where authors feel pressured to act like every preorder is selling out stadiums while privately eating shredded cheese at midnight wondering…
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The Rise of Cozy Dark Romance
A few years ago, dark romance was all sharp edges. Danger. Obsession. Morally questionable men who looked at laws more like creative suggestions. The fantasy was intensity above all else. And readers still love that. But something interesting has happened recently inside romance spaces, especially on BookTok and Kindle Unlimited. Dark romance has softened emotionally…
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What My Writing Process Actually Looks Like
People sometimes imagine authors writing in beautiful candlelit silence while inspiration floats gently through the room like a Jane Austen ghost carrying emotional support tea. I regret to inform you this is largely propaganda. My actual writing life usually involves: Especially writing romance….. Because good romance isn’t really about kissing scenes or attractive people dramatically…
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5 Romance Books That Understand Curvy Women Deserve Epic Love Too
There’s something deeply exhausting about reading romance as a curvy woman and realizing the heroine’s entire personality is “surprised a man likes her.” Like. Please. We are tired. Romance readers deserve stories where curvy women are desired openly, loved loudly, and treated like the main character from page one instead of a self-esteem recovery project…
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Why Plus-Size Romance Still Matters
There’s something deeply strange about the way society talks about women’s bodies. Women are expected to love themselves, but not too loudly. Be confident, but not visible. Be desirable, but only within very specific rules created by industries that profit from insecurity. And romance books? For a very long time, they reflected that. The heroine…
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A Small Change to the Daily Romance Stories (And What’s Coming Next)
After months of sending daily romance stories directly to inboxes, I’ve decided to make a small change to how things will work moving forward. Don’t panic. The fictional men are not being taken away from you…. The stories are staying. But instead of receiving them automatically by email every day, the daily short romances will…
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Why Readers Crave Emotionally Safe Men in Romance Right Now
There was a time when romance heroes were emotionally unavailable billionaires who communicated exclusively through jaw clenching, property ownership, and the occasional helicopter ride. To be fair, many of them still are. But something has shifted in romance over the last few years, and readers feel it immediately. You can see it all over BookTok,…
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It’s None of Your Business: The Indie Author’s Guide to Posting Anyway
Trying to please everyone online is how authors disappear. Your job isn’t universal approval. It’s creating boldly so the right readers can find you. Post anyway. Your people are out there. #IndieAuthor #BookMarketing #WitchyAuthor #AmWriting
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Things I Thought Would Happen When I Became an Author (And What Actually Happened)
When I decided to become an author, I had a very clear vision of how things would go. It was elegant. Effortless. Slightly cinematic. I would write a book. People would read it. They would love it. And then, naturally, my life would transform into a quiet montage of coffee, creativity, and passive income. Simple.…
Sonia M. Rompoti, MSc, Bsc 