Episode 102: From romance to thrillers with author Adele Royce

Today on Get Writing, I’m welcoming a new friend to the podcast - author Adele Royce.

She’s a romance author turned thriller writer and she has a fun story to tell—she took her years working as an advertising and PR exec on the Las Vegas strip and turned the experiences into her latest novel, Summer’s Blood.

It’s a thriller that tackles not only murder, but family dysfunction and workplace conflict - two themes that I also love to not only read about, but add into my own books!

Adele holds a BA in English from Arizona State University, where she graduated magna cum laude. Her published novels include Camera Ready, Princess Smile, and For Position Only, which was a BookLife by Publishers Weekly Editor’s Pick. She is currently working on the sequel to Summer's Blood featuring the next generation of the Keller/Van Ness family, as well as Deadly Sins, a collection of short stories.

We covered the entire writer’s journey - from finding her way to writing, the pivot from romance books to thrillers, her process and her publishing journey.

We talked about:

• Why she pivoted from romance to thriller - and her newfound delight in killing people (in

books only of course!)

• Her experiences doing PR in Las Vegas and how they shaped her work

• Her publishing journey, from small press to self-published

• How she gets past writer’s block

And so much more.

Adele was a delight - I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I do!

You can find more about Adele here: https://adeleroyce.com/

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