Fog, streetlights, and a city that bites back—this one takes you straight into Gothic Grove, where witches and vampires fall hard and break rules even harder. I sit down with JA George, a therapist who writes before sunrise, to trace how a mafia draft transformed into a magic-soaked world and why letting the story lead can change everything. From scene-hopping chaos to Google Docs resurrection, she walks us through the tools, rituals, and brutal honesty that keep an indie series alive.
The conversation veers joyfully into genre play, too. JA opens up about a creative reset: an MMMF small-town dark cowboy romance spanning Halloween through winter, proof that switching settings can refill the well without losing voice. Expect sharp recs for spooky season reads, a one-sitting Halloween prequel (Venomous Love) with graveyard chases, and a collector’s heads-up on special editions with sprayed edges. We end on a surprising goal—nailing pole inversions without a spotter—which feels exactly right: core strength, on and off the page.
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