What would you’d like a reader to feel after finishing the book? I hope they come away feeling comforted and hopeful. Many readers have told me they felt seen and understood through the exploration of Margo’s anxiety and struggles with adulting. So I hope that, for my anxious and/or neurodivergent readers, the book fills a…

I had a wonderful conversation on a podcast recently (check out my podcast interviews here, this one will publish in a few weeks!) about neurodivergence in fiction. Some of the questions we explored were: What do you think? I have lots of thoughts on each of topics, but I’d love…

Where we spend out money matters: buying books is a political act. Buying secondhand is a political act. I’m a huge advocate of buying secondhand, passing things along when you’re done with them, or borrowing things we need temporarily. We build the world with our decisions, and how we consume…

I love the above quote used to introduce Meet Me at the Ruins over on Wrote a Book. Thank you for the feature! Click through to read a little bit about the process of writing, and my fave question, “what question do you wish readers would ask you about your…

Talking about it has helped me heal. Writing about it has helped me process trauma and experiences I didn’t even have words for. I was recently a guest on The Reclamation Room, a podcast about narcissism and religious extremism. This was the first time I interviewed as both Luna Westish…

Such a sweet interview with Laura, about fiction, writing, Meet Me at the Ruins, and imagining my book as a series vs. a movie! I love the questions Laura asks, and she has lots of great interviews up with other authors! Check it out here! My favorite question:

Something that’s been rumbling around in my brain lately – what are some ways to monitor book interest that are NOT sales or followers? Said a different way, how can you tell month to month that your marketing will eventually make a difference, even if your sales aren’t skyrocketing (yet)? Here are…

When I first started writing Meet Me at the Ruins, it was just a creative writing project. When I decided to publish the resulting novel, my goals were modest, but I knew for sure I wanted the book to be available on Hoopla, Libby, and in libraries. This is, after…

Review of Meet Me at the Ruins by Luna Westish, from Paige on the Pages, where Paige says the book made my younger self feel heard.