Rachel Stockbridge

Cover Reveal: The Map to You

Sasha Deforest always seems to fall hardest for girls she can’t have. And she’s never fallen harder than she has for her tough, stubborn best friend Kinsey.

Rachel Stockbridge

September 17, 2021

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Happy Pride! Have a short story!

I’ve been procrastinating fixing a novel problem, which means I have a new short story to share! You may already know that I published an mlm short story a couple of years ago (“How to Win Staring Contests and Intimidate People” – which is free and available just about everywhere). The new short is a […]

Rachel Stockbridge

June 8, 2022

Short Story, Writer Life, Writing

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April Writing Update (With a Tiny Amount of Info About NSL #3!)

If my calculations are correct, I’m still somewhere in the first quarter of the new book, so I don’t want to get too much into what is or isn’t going to happen (particularly because it took me several false starts before I landed on a good storyline for The Map to You and I’m not entirely sure I won’t have to do that with the new book as well). But I am having a lot of fun writing this book so far.

Rachel Stockbridge

April 15, 2022

Updates, Writer Life, Writing

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I’m Starting a Patreon!

That’s right! I’m on Patreon now! It’s largely so I can do a low-pressure sticker-club-type-thing, but I’ve also got fun behind the scenes type stuff about writing and art and whatever I’m up to at the moment. I can anticipate you might be wondering a thing or two, though, so let’s do a quick Q&A! […]

Rachel Stockbridge

March 16, 2022

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I just find something so great about Thanksgiving mishaps. I mean, is it really Thanksgiving unless something had gone horribly, hilariously wrong?

Rachel Stockbridge

November 24, 2021

Writer Life, Writing

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Next Stop Love: Release Day 💛

Love will get you back on track Beatrice Bauer is struggling to keep up with the demands of family, friends, college life, and a part-time job. Julian Moon is doing his best to get back on his feet and reconnect with his dream of being an illustrator. Neither of them is making much headway on […]

Rachel Stockbridge

September 22, 2020

Updates, Writing

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Next Stop Love Release Countdown: 1 Day

Next Stop Love drops TOMORROW! I can barely believe it’s all grown up already. I confess I’m kind of a bundle of nerves, beneath the excitement. This book was a long time in the making. Writing it helped me through a couple of tough years, and I feel as though I put a little piece […]

Rachel Stockbridge

September 21, 2020

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Next Stop Love Release Countdown: 2 Days

Random facts about the writing process of Next Stop Love: I wrote a good chunk of the first draft scrunched up in the passenger seat of my car while on a week-long road trip across the country. There’s a lot of talk about and eating of food in the book. There’s even a whole Thanksgiving […]

Rachel Stockbridge

September 20, 2020

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Next Stop Love Release Countdown: 3 Days

It’s extremely rare for me not to be listening to music when I’m writing. I often have dedicated playlists for each of my protagonists, plus usually at least two “master” playlists, one more upbeat and the other more angsty, so as to fit the mood of the scene I’m writing appropriately. Today I thought it […]

Rachel Stockbridge

September 19, 2020

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Next Stop Love Release Countdown: 4 Days

Let’s talk about the cover today! I have a little bit of design and illustration experience under my belt, so even though it’s usually a big indie publishing no-no, I actually did the cover by myself. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, but it was a bit of a journey to get there. […]

Rachel Stockbridge

September 18, 2020

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