Author: cjconnollybooks

I've had a really great few weeks, on both my upcoming novel and my current work in progress, so I thought I'd do a quick update here. Publicity has ramped up on The Love I Could Have Had (coming July 11, pre-orders for e-books here) and this past week, we revealed the cover. I love… Continue reading Covers, Canva, and Catskills

Hello, friends! It's been a minute since I wrote an update, and there's a lot going on right now, so I figured I'd give you the latest. I've recently finished my final edits to The Love I Could Have Had, which is being published July 8 by Joffe Books. It's so satisfying to have another… Continue reading And so it begins again

Here’s a thing I wasn’t really expecting in the writing community, that has become more and more noticeable to me. And that’s just how much of a community it is—and an incredibly supportive one, at that.  It started for me way back when I attended my first big writing conference in New York in 2017.… Continue reading We raise each other up 

Yep, it's happening, friends! This week I accepted a new deal with my lovely publisher, Joffe Books, for my second novel to be published! I'm so very happy. This is a contemporary romance novel that I wrote while furloughed from my day job during the pandemic, in summer 2020. It definitely has all the vibes… Continue reading Ding, ding! Beach read round two

Okay, the above is a really bad pun on the name for the Korean alphabet. But seriously, friends... my debut novel, The Love of My Other Life, is going to be translated into Korean and published and sold in Korea! Isn't that wild? I can't believe my luck. I got the news just this morning… Continue reading Hangul on every (Korean) word

Honestly, some of these are hilarious. I mean, maybe it's odd that I want to share the absolute worst of the reviews I've seen for The Love of My Other Life, my debut novel. But after a while, and when you've got enough good reviews to feel confident in what you've put out there, the… Continue reading The Love of My Other Life’s most scathing reviews

Hi friends! I hope you've been having a great summer - I certainly have been, with my recent New York trip and then a fabulous, near-three-week European vacation that I've just returned from (check out my Instagram profile if you're interested in more on that). While I was in Croatia, the audiobook of The Love… Continue reading For those who like to listen

Last weekend, I attended my second Writer's Digest Annual Conference (third, if you include the annual WD Novel Writing Conference in Pasadena), and I'm still buzzing from it. These events are always completely incredible experiences for writers. So many amazing sessions on craft, publishing, the business side, querying agents, and so on. And so many… Continue reading A hot New York minute

I had my first truly challenging decision to make this past week, regarding my book, and I thought I would share what happened here. Some of you will have followed my posts explaining that a wonderful UK agent, Lorella Belli Literary Agency, is working with my publisher to sell additional publishing rights to other publishing… Continue reading Weighing my first really tough decision

When I was a kid (showing my age here), I used to love mix tapes. And if you were given a mix tape by a friend - or even better, a crush - that was the ultimate compliment. It showed they thought about all the songs you might like, that they like too. It says,… Continue reading A Spotify soundtrack to my story