Adam of My Eye Update 🍎

✨ ONE YEAR OF BELLE ✨ The Belle of Linley Cottage has officially been out for one year. A year of strawberry kisses, Barry stickers and reading dates at the lighthouse 🍓🧸📖 Zach and Belle’s story is just the being of a longer journey for me so thank you all who are here right now at the start

I’m 21 away from 300 sales on my debut novel 🥰

If I get 26 more sales by the 18th, then I will have sold 300 copies of my book by its first birthday 🥹🫶🏾✨

The money I would pay for a “don’t show horror movie trailers” button 🥹

I just read some of the fanfiction I wrote back in high school, and 🫣 Let’s just say, I’ve improved so much as a writer 😅

Just a reminder for the authors who are feeling hopeless about their marketing A pin I made at the end of April to promote my debut just started getting thousands of views, clicks and hundreds of saves… at the end of August You’ll find your audience eventually, it just takes time 🫶🏾

That moment when you clean your glasses and realize that you’ve been looking through filth for two days 😅

Happy Ten Months to my First Book Baby 👒

I officially hit 10 book sales this month 🥳

When They’re Annoyed at First Sight to Lovers ✨ . . If you never heard of this trope before, it’s a distant cousin of enemies to lovers where the two main characters do not vibe with each other at first but over time they build a sweet bond and they learn how much they have in common ☺️

A win is a win… I guess 🙂‍↕️

Meet Kit Akiyama 🍎🍁🧺 She’s a hopeless romantic who loves love but she doesn’t really think it’s gonna happen for her. ✨ To get a better idea of who Kit is, go check The Belle of Linley Cottage and follow for updates on her book, The Adam of My Eye 🍿

Don’t mind me, just obsessing over this poster I made for my book 🤭 Www.Authorjjwrites.Com/the-belle-of-linley-cottage

One of the fun parts of writing is when you get to create fun new locations. Making a diner spot for my next book and I’m obsessed with it 🥞🍔🍦

Writing your second book is constantly looking back at your debut and wondering how you did this the first time 🙃 Sophomore Slump is hitting hard

Sensitivity Reader Needed Upcoming release, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming." What is a sensitivity reader? A sensitivity reader is someone who comes from a marginalized group whose experiences differ from your own.

Given the current weather in Maryland, I don’t think I put enough rainy days in my book ⛈️😂

Did You Hear!?! The Belle of Linley Cottage ebook is on sale! In collaboration with @indieauthorscentral Summer Heat Romance event, you can get the ebook for 2.99 until the end of the week and you can stuff your kindle with a bunch of indie romances! Visit Indie Authors Central for a full list 🥰✨🔥

I am this close 🤏🏾 to adding a Hannah Montana song to my next book’s playlist

If you write your book blurb and you look at it and go “wait, I want to read that book” then you did it right 🫶🏾

Earth Day book recommendation

I just hit 30 subscribers on my Author YouTube channel 🤗🎉✨🫶🏾

Being an author is being both amazed and horrified by your own writing 🫣

Does anybody want to read a small town romance between two book lovers where their first date is a reading date where they read each other’s book recommendations? There are also a lot of Bookstagram references too 📖 If so, The Belle of Linley Cottage is available to read right now 🫶🏾

One of my favorite parts of being an author is curating stuff for my book. Narrowing down the songs for the playlist was tough but I was able to make a journey through music and it felt like making a movie soundtrack. So much fun 🥰

Being an author is getting character art done long before you finish the book 😂

Reminder to Authors struggling to figure out marketing ideas If you’re scrolling & find a piece of content that makes you want to get a book, save that idea for later in a folder When you’re stuck, go through that folder & you’ll find a bunch of ideas that you can tailor to your own book 📖

✨ GIVEAWAY ALERT ✨ Feeling Lucky? 🍀 In honor of hitting 1000 followers on Threads, I will be giving away FIVE bookish bundles of my debut novel, The Belle of Linley Cottage 💚 The bundle includes: 📖 A Signed Copy of the Novel 🌅 A Lillet Postcard 🧸 Three Stickers 🖼️ A Character Art Print

Something exciting is happening tomorrow 🤩 Feeling lucky 🍀🤭

In other news, I got 20 subscribers on my author YouTube 🥰

Did you know my book is on Bookshop. Org? Cause I didn’t 😂 If you’re looking for a cozy small town opposites attract romance with Studio Ghibli vibes and a sprinkle of spice, check out The Belle of Linley Cottage 👒🍨💚 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Happy Pi Day Everyone 🥧 Did anyone else have competitions to see how many digits of Pi they could memorize or was that just at my high school 😂

Alright so the cloud came out during the peak 🩸🪱 lunar eclipse so I couldn’t see it but my mom got a pretty good pic earlier in the evening

Staying up to see the 🩸🪱 moon is easy when Spring Forward already messed up your sleeping schedule ☺️

Getting an eyelash in your eye is the worst 🥹

Things I’ve noticed readers loving my debut 💚 The Cover (Invest in a Good Cover Artist) 💚 No Third Act Breakup (Readers love this) 💚 It takes place in Maryland (State Pride🦀) 💚 Good Anxiety Rep (All from my own head😚) 💚 Lovable Characters (Esp. Belle, Kit & Beau) 💚 Cozy Vibes ✨

Did y’all know h2o: just add water is turning 19 this year? Cause I didn’t 🥹

Hey Kobo Plus Readers! ✨💚 If you are looking for a new romance to read, my small town romance is available right now! It’s a cozy read between two book lovers with strong family dynamics, great mental health rep & a lovable & diverse group of characters. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Building a Botanical Garden in the Sims and eating Mac and Cheese and my mom brought me cake 💅🏾🧸🎀🍰 Happy International Women’s Day to me 🥰

It’s official! The Belle of Linley Cottage has sold 100 copies!! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has gotten my debut! Whether that be digitally or physically (hopefully one day, audio form)! It means the world to me to see other people enjoy this book & I hope you join for more 🥰 Here’s to 100 more 🥳

Late Night Victories 🏆 🧾 Made my February Invoice 🧽 Cleaned my Bathroom 🧺 Folded and Hung a Huge Laundry Pile Feeling pretty good at adulting right now 🤗

Every time I reread my debut I find a typo 🥲

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I got another rating on StoryGraph 🤩

Hey readers I’m trying to reach the goal of selling 100 copies of my debut and I’m 3 sales away from reaching this goal! If you’ve been looking for a cozy small town romance that feels like a Studio Ghibli movie, please check this out! www.authorjjwrites.com/the-belle-of-linley-cottage

Hey, how about we not boycott Kindle Unlimited authors?!!!. You know the authors that are mostly BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors?

I love color coding plot lines in my chapter treatment ☺️

Saving up so many stock photos right now for future promo and I’ve finally found some good ones for Kit and Adam individually. Sadly, couple photos are hard 🥲