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introducing lydia m. jupp (tell me you love me tour)

Grace A. Johnson

Jan 25
6 min

introducing lydia m. jupp (tell me you love me tour)

IT'S HERE!!! We've all been so busy during the duration of this tour, so we were unable to get Lydia's post together in time for her original date, and we decided to post on the 25th instead! This is coming in very last minute, but it's here! I am SO excited to have Lydia M. Jupp on to share about her story and a Q&A with the characters from Sarah Lawton's story Till Death Do Us Part! Without further ado, here's Lydia! Hello lovelies! Tell Me You Love Me is soon to be release

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interview with amelia cabot & her character annemarie (tell me you love me tour)

Grace A. Johnson

Jan 20
14 min

interview with amelia cabot & her character annemarie (tell me you love me tour)

Welcome to Day 4 of the Tell Me You Love Me author tour! I'm pleased to announce that one of our lovely authors has agreed to introduce herself and her main character with us today, so everyone give a round of applause to Amelia Cabot! Y'all, this girl is such an amazing writer and so full of wisdom! I know you'll love hearing from her! the interview Heyo, Amelia! Thank you so much for joining us today! I am SO excited to get into this interview, but first, please introduce y

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marketing q&a pt. 4: marketing for unpublished writers

Grace A. Johnson

Jan 13
8 min

marketing q&a pt. 4: marketing for unpublished writers

Many moons ago, I shared a series of marketing Q&A posts, and I promised a final one, which never arrived... Until today. I'm not sure if it was lack of time/being overwhelmed with other things or if it was pure procrastination, but for some reason, I never got around to answering this final round of questions until the end of December, so here we are. I hope none of y'all's questions were extremely pressing, since I made y'all wait a billion years to get the answers, but I a

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Grace A. Johnson

Oct 21, 2022
13 min

Marketing Q&A Pt. 3: Author Brand

*stares at the above graphic* OMGOSH THE FALL VIBESSSSSSSSS!!!!!! *sighs* How's it going, my lovelies? I know it's been a while since my last Marketing Q&A post (whyyyyyy am I so stinkin' behind?????), but I am SO excited to talk all about one of my favorite things (*cough* everything marketing is my favorite): AUTHOR BRANDING!!! For those of y'all who don't know, your brand is, in a nutshell, the image you (or your business) presents to the public. That's everything from yo

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Marketing Q&A Pt. 1: Social Media Marketing

Grace A. Johnson

Sep 7, 2022
13 min

Marketing Q&A Pt. 1: Social Media Marketing

Y'all, oh y'all, oh y'all! I am SO excited for this new Q&A series! Marketing is actually super fun and interesting to me (*coughs* it's literally in my blood, so...), and so I have had such a fantastic time reading and answering y'all's questions! I think these answers are a little less rambling and a lot more applicable than the answers to y'all's romance questions, thank the Lord, so hopefully this post will provide some insight and assistance for y'all as you market your

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Welcome to September! (August Wrapup + September Goals)

Grace A. Johnson

Sep 1, 2022
3 min

Welcome to September! (August Wrapup + September Goals)

Y'ALLLLL. IT'S ALMOST FALLLLL. (Yes, the rhyme was intentional. *winks*) I dunno about y'all, but DADGUM has time flown! I'll be "graduating" from "college" (quotes because I'm only getting a certification from tech school, but it kinda counts) next month. And HOPEFULLY Bound and Determined will release very, very soon! (Yes, I have a BAD update.) (Yes, I'll move on so y'all can find out what it is.) (Yes, that photo to the right is indicative of an oncoming photo dump. I was

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Romance Q&A Pt. 5: Comedy, Romance Movies, & Unintended Romance

Grace A. Johnson

Aug 29, 2022
15 min

Romance Q&A Pt. 5: Comedy, Romance Movies, & Unintended Romance

Well...there are a few painful confessions in this bunch of questions! Who knows what hard truths you might learn about yours truly! Seriously, though, I had to put some thought into these! Y'all asked some tough questions, and I hope I did them justice! (And didn't ramble too much...as per usual.) saraina's question What are your tips for pulling off non-cheesy romantic comedies (or just including those elements in stories)? Ha. Ha ha ha. Um. Saraina. I suck at comedy (pardo

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Romance Q&A Pt. 4: Love Songs, Heroines, & Christian Content

Grace A. Johnson

Aug 22, 2022
20 min

Romance Q&A Pt. 4: Love Songs, Heroines, & Christian Content

This just might be my last installment, guys! I'm out of questions now, so unless y'all have more (BRING 'EM ON!), I'll be taking a break from romancifying y'all for a while! Seriously, though, I am so excited about this mostly-final post! Kayti, Rylie, and Riley's questions were PHEMONENAL, and even though I've included my usual amount of rambling (y'all see now how I was able to write a 200k novel), I hope I've offered some helpful tips and tricks! Thank y'all again for sub

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Romance Q&A Pt. 3: Kisses, Chemistry & Why I Write Romance

Grace A. Johnson

Aug 12, 2022
17 min

Romance Q&A Pt. 3: Kisses, Chemistry & Why I Write Romance

I don't know about y'all, but I am SO excited for this installment in my Romance Q&A series! Probably because I get to talk about some of my favorite things...kisses, chemistry, God-honoring romance, and more! PLUS, if y'all read all the way through, you'll find an excerpt from Prisoner at Heart! This post is jam-packed with goodness, so I won't keep y'all waiting any longer! issabelle's questions What's the book that got you into romance? (Both reading and writing.) It was n

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Welcome to August! (July Wrapup + August Goals)

Grace A. Johnson

Aug 3, 2022
4 min

Welcome to August! (July Wrapup + August Goals)

Y’all. This is literal insanity. I’m serious. Google “what is insanity” and it will say “the fact that it is already August.” (*coughs* Joking, joking…but also not.) I just…I cannot believe it. I feel like I have accomplished absolutely nothing in the last seven months. (Let’s see, finished BAD, started an editing business, published a devotional, got Instagram…okay, okay, I take it back.) And, naturally, August is probably gonna be the busiest month yet, since we’re (1) cele

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Romance Q&A Pt. 2: Cheesiness, Subplots, & Favorite Tropes

Grace A. Johnson

Aug 1, 2022
22 min

Romance Q&A Pt. 2: Cheesiness, Subplots, & Favorite Tropes

DUDE. Y'all gave me some TOUGH questions, lemme tell ya. I had to do a LOT of thinking on these, and I still don't think my answers are good enough. In some cases, I do more rambling and make very little sense (hopefully I'm clear enough); in other cases, I wasn't sure if I even knew the answer (Faith, your questions were LEGIT), so I just did the best I could; and for the rest of them, I feel like my tips/advice are a little outside-the-box, so take what I say as a supplemen

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Romance Q&A Pt. 1: Married Couples, Subtlety, & the Importance of Romance

Grace A. Johnson

Jul 25, 2022
18 min

Romance Q&A Pt. 1: Married Couples, Subtlety, & the Importance of Romance

WHOA. Y'all, it's only been about a week since I posted my romance Q&A form...and I've already got dozens of questions! I just picked out a few questions for this post, so expect three or four more in the coming weeks! And y'all keep in mind that, uh, my answers are insanely long. Let's just say I get my Rina ramble on. *winks* So I've summed up the answer to each question in the last paragraph of my answer to keep things concise, and I've bolded the most important parts to m

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