London Writers' Salon

#137: Sareeta Domingo – Writing Love That Feels Real, Breaking into Publishing, Writing Intimacy on the Page, and Selling Romance

Episode Summary

Author and Publisher Sareeta Domingo on crafting love stories that feel real and selling romance

Episode Notes

Author and Editorial Director Sareeta Domingo on writing love stories that feel real, breaking into publishing, and crafting authentic intimacy in fiction. She shares insights on balancing her dual careers in writing and editing, the biggest mistakes authors make when submitting, and how the romance industry is evolving.

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ABOUT SAREETA DOMINGO 

Sareeta Domingo is the Editorial Director at Trapeze Books (Hachette) and the author of The Three of Us and If I Don’t Have You, shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2021. She edited the romance anthology Who’s Loving You and writes YA fiction under S.A. Domingo.

RESOURCES & LINKS

• 📑Interview Transcript (Unedited)
• Fattily Ever After by Stephanie Yeboah
• Agent Provocateur
• Mills & Boon
• Before Trilogy (films)
• Tia Williams (Author)
• The Roommate by Rosie Dinan
• Emily Henry (Author) 
• Dan Harmon’s 8 steps for Screenwriting
• Scrivener
• Jacaranda Books
• Sareeta’s Instagram
• Sareeta’s Website

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