Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas

Author•Writes as Noelle Douglas• Avid Reader • rep: @ssnow_lit_agent •THE CHRISTMAS CRUSH (Alcove 2024)

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

Once upon a time a little girl wrote a book & said: "when I grow up, I want to be a novelist."

Many years passed.

But the dream remained the same.

Now the dream has come true.

A million thanks to my agent @ssnow_lit_agent and my editor
@MARechter ❤️💚❤️💚

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

Wandering back over here to scream into the wind

With my newest book draft finished, I can't help but daydream about its future. Of the day when it can be used for generative AI and pirated.

Yes, truly, this is why I write through gruesome chronic pain after working all day

[Noreen-نورین - Order TMOSS-links in bio @noreenmughees]

#PopUpPit #agentsguide #romance #poc #LuckyPit
Will beauty that lies within equal to external? Jibran thinks so, problem is she doesn't. But he's determined to prove this to her, even if it takes an arrangement. Although she fell first, he's falling harder and faster for her.

[C. L. Stansberry 🌷 @CLStansberry]

Yep.

[Shannon Snow (NOW OPEN TO QUERIES!) @ssnow_lit_agent]

Happy to announce I’m reopened to queries! Check my #MSWL for what’s on my priority list but sneak peak: give me lots of romcom, steamy romance, psych thrillers, eerie horror, soft to medium fantasy, dark academia & space! 🫶🏻

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #amediting

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

@aamnaqureshi_ I was excited to get mine! Can't wait to read it ☺️

[AlcovePress @AlcovePress]

Check out @bnwritesnreads, author of 🎄THE CHRISTMAS CRUSH🎄 on the @LoveandLattes!

https://t.co/e0jzscUhZN

[Shannon Snow (NOW OPEN TO QUERIES!) @ssnow_lit_agent]

Check out Bethany (aka Noelle Douglas) on this podcast for her book The Christmas Crush!

#WritingCommunity #readers
#romancenovels

https://t.co/AK4oJWCKws

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

Last year I was a debut author

Now I'm just some lady

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

A lot has changed since last Christmas Eve Eve when I was crying in the basement wrapping presents alone because my family all had stomach flu

This year I'm crying upstairs not wrapping presents because I have stomach flu

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

Make a reader and a debut author happy this holiday season 🎄❤️💚

#readersoftwitter #readingcommunity #romancebooks

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

Holiday audiobook recs!! 🎧🎄

[RBmedia @RBmediaCo]

Holiday season is here! What’s better to accompany you, than a new audiobook? Hit play on these fun holiday audiobooks! https://t.co/EYIlMnPp2S

@recordedbooks @GraphicAudio @TantorAudio @HighBridgeAudio @Dreamscapeaudio @LynnAustin0 @Author_Jahquel @mscharityshane @ABelloWrites

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

I had a lovely time chatting with host Liz and authors Ashley Herring Blake, Eliana West, and Jack Strange

[AlcovePress @AlcovePress]

Check out @bnwritesnreads, author of 🎄THE CHRISTMAS CRUSH🍪 on Reader Seeks Romance's Holiday Romance episode!

https://t.co/oNAyH66jXx

[AlcovePress @AlcovePress]

Check out @bnwritesnreads, author of 🎄THE CHRISTMAS CRUSH🍪 on Reader Seeks Romance's Holiday Romance episode!

https://t.co/oNAyH66jXx

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

@SRAM003 @vickyweberbooks Congrats fellow CMA author!

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

I'm in my hibernation era

[AlcovePress @AlcovePress]

🎵On the second day of #bookrecs my true love gave to me, five holiday romances❄️!

CHRISTMAS IN FORTUNE'S COVE @VicJames101
THE CHRISTMAS CRUSH @bnwritesnreads
IT'S A FABULOUS LIFE @KellyFarmerAuth
THE CHRISTMAS SWAP @taliasamuels_
EIGHT NIGHTS TO WIN HER HEART @AuthorLBrown

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

@haleypatricia_ Sometimes I went multiple days without checking my inbox when I needed a break! It's ok to step back and agents will wait for your response 🫶🏻

[Joel Brigham @joelbrigham]

One of the most common bits of feedback I provide when critiquing a query letter is the following:

SELL your story. Don't TELL your story.

Instinctually, we want to provide the ins and outs of our story, but that's what the synopsis is for. Your query is an advertisement.

🧵

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

What I did to promote my debut, The Christmas Crush

Like many of us in #WritingCommunity #amwriting I wanted to know what others did to promote their books when it was time to promote my own. Hope this helps and if anyone has other suggestions I'd love to hear them!

[Bethany Joy/Noelle Douglas @bnwritesnreads]

@BookTrib @RosewindBooks @IPGbooknews @DorothyDreyer @AlcovePress @penguinrandom @bookouture Thanks for featuring The Christmas Crush!