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Out of my Hands
ALT: I don’t have endometriosis. But Ellie Hayes does. As an author, you never know what readers will take away from your book. You know what you'd like them to get from the story, and you might even have a goal in mind when you start writing, but once the book is out in the world, you no longer have any control over that. When A Certain Appeal released in 2021, I was lucky to chat with a few online book clubs that selected ACA not long after my pub date. I joined their Zo

Vanessa King
3 hours ago6 min read


Long Time, No...Communication Whatsoever: An Author's Apology for Failing to Update You on an Exciting Development
Sometimes, when your child is at summer camp (she’s 19 days into a 30 day sleep-away experience and have we received a single letter? No)...

Vanessa King
Jul 31, 20253 min read


A Cover Reveal: One Year Later
A year ago today, I was in the basement of our place in Boulder, trying desperately to perform a cheeky, consistently in-frame glove peel...

Vanessa King
Mar 13, 20224 min read


"What's next for you?"
As a new author with a single book deal, there is only one question more daunting than, “What’s next for you?” That would be “How is your...

Vanessa King
Jan 13, 20226 min read


A Year Between the Ears: 2021 in Audiobooks
As mentioned across multiple formats, I'm an unrepentant audiobook nerd. It's been a lifelong love, from my days of waiting for...

Vanessa King
Dec 8, 20217 min read


I am a beautiful, naive, sophisticated newborn baby
I'm having a writerly existential crisis. Or maybe it's a readerly one? In any case, I've arrived at it courtesy of an interview I did...

Vanessa King
Oct 19, 20215 min read


Inspiration & Blunt Force Trauma: Happy 9th Anniversary of the Day I Held That Lady's Scalp Together
I'm going to have to deal with that. It's the thought I have when I see the metal frame come free from the cat hospital on the corner of...

Vanessa King
Jun 7, 20215 min read


The Cover Story
Before A CERTAIN APPEAL, my only experience with the book cover process was secondhand, via another gal in the book club I was in while...

Vanessa King
Mar 15, 20216 min read


An Annotated Query
In October 2020, I headed up a feedback group for Camp RevPit, an online writing "camp" run by volunteer alumni of ReviseResub contests....

Vanessa King
Jan 7, 20215 min read
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