Romance Author Ruby Barrett and the Opportunities Disguised as Failures

<p>Romance Author Ruby Barrett joins Queries, Qualms, &amp; Quirks this week to discuss having your best friend as your first reader, Pitch Wars, learning about story structure, the importance of feedback, being inspired by a tweet, jealousy vs envy, the benefit of your friends getting published before you, how unemployment lead to her new career, how music inspires her writing.</p> <p>Ruby Barrett (she/her) writes steamy romances about big feelings. She is the author of HOT COPY, and the forthcoming THE ROMANCE RECIPE.</p> <p>She lives in Ottawa, Canada with her daughter and her husband.</p> <p>Ruby: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uj_53TgHoUpRq5GZZXKrJN8uZoemKelhHfCUuUryYfI/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Query</u></a> | <a href="https://www.rubybarrett.com/"><u>Website</u></a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/RubyBarretWrite"><u>Twitter</u></a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rubybarrettwrite/"><u>Instagram</u></a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/32JcYwG"><u>Amazon</u></a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781666127867?aff=72724"><u>IndieBound</u></a> | <a href="http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781666127867&amp;rf_code=lfm164099"><u>Libro FM</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://sarahnicolas.com/queries-qualms-quirks/"><u>QQQ Home Base</u></a> |<a href="https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive"><u> Support on Patreon</u></a></p> <p>If links aren't clickable, find them here: <a href="https://bit.ly/qqqruby"><u>https://bit.ly/qqqruby</u></a></p> <p>Correction: CrossFit athlete Katrin Davidsdottir went on to win the event discussed on this episode.</p> <p>This page includes affiliate links. Please use them if you’d like to support the show.</p>