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October Newsletter: Book 4, Soulful Romance, and Why Stories Matter
September was wonderful. A great day at the Smuttastic Book Fair in St. George We received much-needed rain here in our desert state, which always feels like a gift. I also attended a book fair down in St. George that was a great success. I was thrilled to sell quite a few complete sets of my series and even got to offer Book 4 of the Somewhere Aching series as a pre-release. Overall, September brought a lot of exciting wins. Of course, life always likes to keep things intere

Tanya Madsen
Oct 44 min read


When Everything Breaks at Once (And You Still Have to Keep Going)
What the actual #%*¥.L Seriously, UPS? Seriously? Why is everything so hard right now?
This past week has felt like a cosmic joke with terrible timing. My shipment of books for an upcoming book fair arrived soaked—UPS left the boxes sitting in a puddle on my porch. Half the inventory? Ruined.

Tanya Madsen
Aug 302 min read


Hold the Pen: The Art of Editing Without Losing Your Soul
I spent the Fourth of July weekend at my mountain property, soaking in the quiet. We visited the Little Grand Canyon—Utah’s spectacular hidden gem—and I wasted hours lolling around, staring at the sky. It was supposed to be a decompression weekend. Did I decompress? Not really. Because I knew what waited for me when I got home: The final edit of Book Four.

Tanya Madsen
Jul 124 min read
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