Hello, Leah Rae.

Writer. Translator. Strong ties to the old gods. Want to know what I'm writing? Take a look at #iwroteit.

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If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator (via thelovejournals)

[diehard-fangirl]

Of all the memes in all the videos I’ve made, this one memes best.

[hello-leah-rae]

Discussing timeline issues in book three. Don’t worry, we’ve got all the important things figured out.

[otome-life]

Thank you @geekwiththeglasses for the great suggestion!

[bookish]

That’s why we love antiheroes—it’s not that we love to hate them; we love to hate villains. With antiheroes, it’s that we love the release of seeing them act out what’s inside us all.

E. Lockhart on Genuine Fraud (via bookish)

[hello-leah-rae]

My co-author is the purest person ever. When it comes to words that can be innocent at face value, she never seems to know the more, erm, risque side. This means she uses them freely. It’s both hilarious and adorable.

Proof:

I had to explain that “swinger” isn’t just a term for people who are fun, flirty, and on trend. I discovered this when she casually referred to our hero in book two as a swinger.

My favorite, though, was when she thought that escorts were people you hired to go to dinner with you. Just dinner. She was genuinely shocked when I told her what people were more likely to think of.

I love her.

[hello-leah-rae]

I’M ALIIIVE!

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve been around. Well, aside from popping in to serial-like Starship Promise posts. I have a problem.

So, I figured it was about time for an update!

I semi-recently wrapped up Season 1 of Antares Fairchild for Lovestruck’s Starship Promise. If you haven’t seen the announcement via their Twitter yet, I’m happy to say that he’ll be getting a season two in November! I’m also currently wrapping up Season 3 of my favorite secret softy, Jaxon Silva. :)

In non-Lovestruck news, I’ve been co-authoring a Paranormal Romance series under the pen name Moira Byrne. We’ve had an amazing response from our beta readers and editor so far, so we’re excited (and I’m very, very nauseous) for our first release on October 24th. 

Shameless plug: You can pre-order The Shifter’s Future Mate on Amazon right now for the low price of 99 cents.

Thanks for reading and keep on doing you, my fellow awkward people making their way through the world. I’ll try to not disappear into my work again, but—let’s be real, I’m lying. Monday is going to roll around and I’ll be gone. I’m hopeless. Don’t send help.

[believingfairytales]

I’ll just leave this here.

[lovestruckvoltage]

🌟 Starship Promise, Full Series coming soon! 🌟

Thank you all for reading Starship Promise, sharing your thoughts in the survey, and thank you too for all the posts and discussions we’ve been seeing! Your support means everything and we are happy to share good news:

Starship Promise will continue as a full series in August!

In just a few more weeks, Jaxon and Orion will continue their adventures in Season 2. After that, we will release Season 1 for two more characters (yes, including Nova).

Thank you again for making our first pilot series a success - stay tuned for the next one later this year!

- Lovestruck

[mihodrawsblog]

I drew a thing finally!

Starship Promise MC and Comet being awkward together

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The Southern Standard, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, August 24, 1878 

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Starship Promise Survey!

Now that Orion and Jaxon have seen their Season 1 finales, it’s time to hear what you had to think! Take the short survey and share your thoughts here (or tap the banner in Lovestruck)

We’re keeping the survey up for just a couple of days, so don’t delay!

[crazedpeanut]

It’s Space Explorer Comet! 

from @lovestruckvoltage‘s newest story Starship Promise!

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:3

[ariassong]

Thats true. He’s certainly stolen mine.

[lovestruckvoltage]

Lovestruck 6/29 New Releases:

Starship Promise: Jaxon Silva Season 1, Episodes  10 ~ 12

He’s the legendary Jaxon Silva, the ultimate bounty hunter. He has a charm that can sway anyone, and his ego is big enough to share with the entire galaxy. But can you discover what’s behind that confident mask? 

Speakeasy Tonight: Neil Dresner Season 1, Episodes 1 ~ 4

Despite his sarcastic tone and utter bluntness,  Neil cares enough about people to believe that their lives are worth saving… which will come in handy when customers at the Ice Box start getting poisoned!

Love & Legends: Saerys Season 2, Episodes 7 ~ 9

Saerys’ power as a true demon is incredible and unstoppable, but he trusts you to help him control it. If the Witch Queen decides he would be better kept as her pet, will you be able to make the ultimate choice in saving him? 

Gangsters in Love: Aurora James Season 4, Episodes 4 ~ 6

You and Aurora have been raising Stella as your own daughter for 10 happy years! But can you keep the family together when your rebellious 16 year old finds herself caught in the middle of a gang war?

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It’s cereal time for Comet

[neildresner]

i would die for you, comet

[lovestruckvoltage]

Comet offers you a piece of cereal in thanks 

[libraford]

On the subject of shitty romance novels:

I attempted to make a terribly cliched romance novel once because I thought that it would make a lot of money to pander to a particular audience and do you want to know what I found from that experiment?

I liked writing it. 

Oh my gods. 

Once I put myself to work, once I had the characters and the plot developed, once I took a step back and found where I could put my own cleverness into it- I fucking loved it!

Like, I was looking at it from the standpoint of ‘anyone can write a love story. Yeah, anyone can- but why would you do something if you didn’t enjoy it? 

And some people really enjoy cookie-cutter romance novels and some people enjoy erotica about time-traveling vikings and some people enjoy fluffy romance novels that make them feel good. 

I once knew an author who wrote romance novels because he thought it would make him money. He was shocked, shocked, to find that he wasn’t an immediate best-seller.  

People can tell if your heart’s not in it. It is plain on the paper that you did not enjoy one second of the creative process of this piece.  Romance presents all the same challenges as any other creative piece and if you’re going in with the attitude that it ain’t, you’re gonna make a shitty novel.