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The 2024 Paris Olympics will be iconic. Beautiful location. Pumped up athletes. And NO pandemic restrictions! ”Dying to Ask: The Road to Paris” tells the backstories of athletes, coaches and people behind the scenes who get Team USA to the top of the podium. Join 11-time Olympic reporter Deirdre Fitzpatrick and the Hearst Olympic Team to get inspired and maybe add a little Olympic edge to your life.
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
The Power Of The Happily Ever After With Brenda Novak
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Brenda Novak is the queen of the HEA. Happily ever after. And, she wouldn't have it any other way.
"We've been through some rough years for sure. I think that that is just so enjoyable to see two people overcome whatever challenges they face to find a happy ever after," says Novak.
Novak will publish The Seaside Library, her 75th book, in April. She's known primarily as a romance novelist. But, in recent years, she's pivoted to writing romantic suspense and women's fiction.
The Seaside Library is the perfect beach read. And, she'll kick off a two month tour in an Airstream trailer retrofitted to function as a bookstore and coffee shop on wheels. Check out her "bookstream" here.
Novak's introduction to writing sounds like one of her plot twists. She was working as a loan officer and caught her babysitter drugging her kid with cough syrup.
She looked around for a job she could do at home and settled on writing books. She had no experience. But, she had an incredible imagination and work ethic.
Novak quickly realized she'd need to publish frequently to make the money she needed and settled on the romance genre.
She's averaged three novels a year ever since and has a legendary connection with her fans. She's a mother of five and has been married for nearly 40 years to her husband Ted, her real-life happily ever after.
On this Dying to Ask:
- What it's like to have written 75 books
- How Brenda pivoted from romance to suspense and women's fiction
- Why we all need an "internal editor" and how to follow it
- What publishing has in common with Netflix
- Relationship advice from the queen of romance
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