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January 18, 2023

An Ocean of Stars Paperback Giveaway!

Hello, hello, and welcome to launch week, people! No going back now, we’re in it for the long haul! And I’m kicking off the blog tour with a paperback giveaway of An Ocean of Stars! Woo! Before I share the details of the giveaway, however, I need to share the details of the blog tour!…

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January 11, 2023

Spice vs No Spice in Romance Books: An Author’s Deep Dive

So, recently on Instagram, I sort of offhandedly said in a post caption that I could go on a whole rant about the spice vs no spice in romance books debate, but that I wouldn’t for the sake of time. Well, I may not have the time or space for such a discussion in an…

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November 29, 2022

Books With Stars in the Title: A Weirdly Specific Gift Guide

Stars. Those things in the sky that twinkle. Big balls of gas burning millions of miles away. Sometimes they fall. Sometimes they cross. Other times they strike you, for some reason. And sometimes… lots of times… stars appear in book titles. All right, I’m being facetious, but it is true. Entrenched the the book industry…

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June 27, 2022

Meet the Characters of The Last Celestials

Evidently, my blog is the place to impose my book and its contents upon you, my dear, unsuspecting reader. Welcome to the world of authorpreneurship! Now, get ready to meet the characters of The Last Celestials whether you asked for it or not! So, I did a series of “meet the characters” or “character mood…

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May 9, 2022

Book Review: No More Secrets, Alec Brock by Larissa Lopes

The trilogy is COMPLETE! Welcome to my book review for the third and final book in the Alec Brock series by Larissa Lopes: No More Secrets, Alec Brock! I told my story of how I got involved with this series launch in my review of the first book, so I won’t repeat it here, but…

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January 14, 2022

The Last Celestials Cover Reveal!

It’s finally here, the cover reveal for The Last Celestials by Becca Mionis… which, yes, is me. It feels weird to say it like that, but it’s for SEO, okay?! Not too long ago, I announced that I was publishing a book, and now we are exactly a month out from publication day! So much…

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July 30, 2020

Book Review: No More Lies, Alec Brock by Larissa Lopes

Welcome to my book review for No More Lies, Alec Brock by Larissa Lopes, Book 2 in the Alec Brock series!

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June 27, 2020

Guest Post: What Does It Take to Get Published?

A guest post by Larissa Lopes, author of the Alec Brock series!

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March 18, 2020

Why You Should Read All My Love, Alec Brock by Larissa Lopes (Book Review)

“Every fangirl’s dream… and nightmare.” A book review of All My Love, Alec Brock by Larissa Lopes!

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February 26, 2020

Sea Glass: A Short Story

I posted another short story on the blog because that’s a thing people do. It’s about a mermaid, kind of.

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