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.
