Leeanna Morgan – Montana Sweet Romance

Leeanna Morgan is a USA Today best-selling author of Montana sweet romance, with over a million downloads of her books and a following on BookBub of more than 53,000. This former librarian runs her highly successful – and lucrative – book business from her peaceful home in Wellington, New Zealand. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on The Joys of Binge Reading Leeanna talks about what’s possible in this new world of indie publishing, global reach and the struggle with an international pandemic. Leeanna’s Christmas book – the first in her Santa’s Secret Helpers series, Christmas on Main Street – is one of the books we’re featuring in our Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway. This is our way of saying thank you to you our listeners and friends, for your support and encouragement in a tough year for us all. ENTER CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY The Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway features four holiday reads – two modern and two historical – from four authors, all of whom are appearing on the podcast, in one Holiday Reading Bundle. That’s four books to four lucky listeners, every week for four weeks. Enter now on the Joys of Binge Reading website or on the Binge Reading Facebook Page. Offer closes December 19, so put your name in now and don’t miss out. Everybody entered will get four chances to win. Leeanna’s got lots of other First in Series free books on her website. You will find the links for that in the show notes for this episode, so if you are interested in her sweet romance, take a look.  You’ll find some places to start that won’t cost you a cent. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: What jump-started librarian Leeanna into writing romanceThanking her Dad for MontanaThe business brain behind the creatorWhy she loves shining a light in darknessThe remarkable discipline in her planning processThe treasured book she reads every year Where to find Leeanna Morgan:  Website: https://www.leeannamorgan.com/free-ebooks.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Leeanna-Morgan-220562971470830/ Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/leeanna-morgan Leeanna's free books: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/leeanna-morgan What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Introducing Leeanna Morgan author But now, here’s Leeanna. Jenny Wheeler: Hello there, Leeanna, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Leeanna Morgan: Thanks, Jenny. It's awesome to be here and thank you for the invitation. Leeanna Morgan - Romance author Jenny Wheeler: We've known each other for years through the New Zealand Romance Writers, and I've always been a great admirer of the way you work. You, like me, are a Kiwi, you live in Wellington, New Zealand, but you've developed a huge following in the U S. Tell us how you got embarked on this amazing adventure. What was it that kick-started you? Leeanna Morgan: Of all things, Jenny, it was turning 40. I decided that the last 10 years between 30 and 40 had gone so fast that it felt as if I blinked and missed the whole ten years. I decided I wasn't going to let that happen in the next 10 years, before I turned 50. So I thought of one thing I wanted to do, to feel as though I'd achieved something in that ten years. I decided to write a book and that's how it all started. I wrote one book and I really quite enjoyed it,