Show Notes
When Rachael and I were offered the chance to have Lyla Sage as a guest on the podcast, we said yes straightaway. While our focus is Australian books and authors, Lyla has created something special in her Rebel Blue Ranch series and new novel Soul Searching, which kicks off the new series Sweetwater Peak. The writing is first and foremost, and she’s a great writer. But there’s also ‘the package’ - the covers that she envisaged herself and worked on with a designer, to create and convey the world that she wanted to tell readers about.
Lyla was about to leave for her North American tour when we spoke to her. She very generously gave us an hour - a not inconsiderable amount of time for an author who is about to tour.
It was a tremendous pleasure to talk to Lyla about ghosts, music, cover design and writing practice, amongst other things. She self-published Done and Dusted, the first book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, so we also talked to her about that experience and how she came to be traditionally published. If you weren’t already a fan of Lyla’s books before you listen to this, we think you will be. She was fantastic (more about her and Soul Searching below).
NB: This is an audio-only interview, so while we have it on YouTube in case you like to listen there, you will not find video with it. Also, I had a cold, so you’ll hear me sounding suboptimal - but Rach is in top form!
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ABOUT LYLA SAGE Lyla Sage lives in the Wild West with her loyal companion, a sweet, old, blind rescue pitbull. She writes romance that feels like her favourite things: sunshine and big blue skies. She is the author of four books in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, Lost and Lassoed and Wild and Wrangled. Her latest book is Soul Searching, the first in the Sweetwater Peak series. When she's not writing, she's reading.
ABOUT SOUL SEARCHING The No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a stirring Western romance about a new-to-town upholsterer, a photographer whose life has come to a halt, and the supernatural forces that bring them together.
Home is where the heart is - and this one is haunted.
Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents' antique shop, she doesn't have a choice. At least, that's what she tells her family.
They don't need to know she's lost her job and is out of money. Or that the ghosts that have always been her companions have recently gone silent.
Brady Cooper is absolutely fine. Seriously, there's no secret reason why he decided to uproot his life and suddenly move to Sweetwater Peak. He just needed a change of pace. At least, that's what he tells himself.
But when he agrees to let Collins stay in his spare room, he doesn't realize that she constantly talks to thin air or that she looks like that. Good thing their arrangement is only temporary. Right? For more information about Rachael Johns: https://www.rachaeljohns.com
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