In Over Her Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety hit number 1! Thank you for supporting this book. It was amazing to hit #1 on the 8 year anniversary of when my 1st book was released. What a journey it's been! 

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Please join Marsha Casper Cook, Krysten Lindsay Hager and Stephanie Scott on June 9th at 4EST 3CST 3MT 1PST for the first of our new podcasts - It's All About  Love- Beach Reads. We will be discussing marketing, TikTok ,Reviews, Readers and more.  

Marsha Casper Cook is not only an award-winning author and screenwriter she is also the host and producer of all of the Michigan Avenue Media Podcasts on Blog Talk Radio. Her most recent accomplishment is her contribution to the worldwide magazine eYs. Marsha has written over fifteen books and twelve screenplays, including romance, dramas, and children’s books. 

Stephanie J. Scott writes young adult and romance about characters who put their passions first. Her debut ALTERATIdONS about a fashion-obsessed loner who reinvents herself was a Romance Writers of America RITA® award finalist. She enjoys dance fitness, everything cats, and has a slight obsession with Instagram. A Midwest girl at heart, she resides outside of Chicago with her tech-of-all-trades husband and fuzzy furbabies.

Krysten Lindsay Hager writes books about hope, true love, fame, self-worth, friendship, & happily ever afters. Krysten is the author of True Colors, Best Friends...Forever?, Next Door to a Star, Landry in Like, Competing with the Star, Dating the It Guy, Can Dreams Come True, and In Over Her Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety. True Colors, won the Readers Favorite award for best preteen book and the Dayton Book Expo Bestseller Award for children/teens.

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Beachy Fun Interview with Author Stephanie J. Scott. Stephanie will join myself and Marsha Casper Cook on the podcast Thursday for a chat on Beach Reads at 4 pm EST, but you can catch the replay anytime here:
www.blogtalkradio.com/michiganavenuemedia/2022/06/09/beach-reads-new-show--it-all-about-love 

Tell us about your work

I write YA and adult romance and wrote a series of young adult books set during the summer because I love summer romances so much! I love writing stories where romance is a central focus, but friends and family are just as important.

What were some of your favorite YA beach reads as a teen?

During summers as a preteen and teenager, I looked forward to my public library's bookmobile which parked right around the corner from my house once a week. Back then, there weren't a ton of YA books. I picked through old Sweet Valley High paperbacks (I really did not like them, but there were tons of books in the series and I read fast). I picked through what the library offered and discovered LJ Smith who wrote The Vampire Diaries and Christopher Pike who did paranormal and thriller teen books. A lot of people my age moved up to adult fiction pretty quickly, so I would read a mix of things either my Mom was reading or recommended by friends. I am so glad young readers have more options now! And is probably why when I started writing, I kept creating teen girl characters and focused on writing their stories.

What are some of your favorite beach reads now?

Over the last decade,  I've become a big-time romance reader! I read a bit of historical, but I love a contemporary romcom in the summer. My June reading list includes the new Mia Sosa book The Wedding Crasher, Emily Henry's Beach Read, Set on You by debut author Amy Lea, plus a few LGBTQ romances including D'Vaughn & Kris Plan a Wedding. For YA, I'm planning to revisit The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han which is being made into a movie for Netflix releasing this month.

Favorite summer time activity?

I love going to my local farmer's market. I buy vegetables and fruit, flowers, and eat from the food trucks. Just being outside with people and buying local stuff makes me feel like I'm experiencing summer.

I got into binge watching the Outer Banks. Do you have any favorite teen summer shows (or a show that’s an equivalent of a beach read)?

Our household devoured Stranger Things 4 the weekend it came to Netflix. I love the mix of nostalgia with coming of age elements. We've watched those kids grow the past five years.

What’s next for you?

I released two YA books this year so far - Free Wheeling Summer, a roller derby secret dating romance, and All-Star Love a fake dating romance set at a tennis academy. New covers are coming for my summer series (!) and I'm working on contemporary romcoms for an adult audience. My romances are sweet and breezy so teen readers can read them too.

Fast round questions:

Ice cream trucks rolls up, so what are you ordering?

One of those strawberry shortcake popsicles

What’s a song from your teen years that reminds you of summer?

Probably anything from the Beastie Boys - who I was obsessed with - listening to them in the car and driving to the beach with friends.

Favorite place you spent time as a teen during summers?

Hanging out with friends and watching movies, taking walks, getting ice cream. Not having a set schedule besides babysitting.

Summer must have as a teen? 

Sun In! I wasn't allowed to dye my hair but I could buy that spray that lightened your hair in the sun.

What was something you associated with summer memories as a teen—both in music and clothes?

The 90s-tastic baby tees (smaller, fitted T-shirts) and mixtapes/ mix CDs

Where can we find you online?

On Instagram at @ stephscottYA and TikTok @ Stephaniejscottbooks

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Check out the new cover for my young adult contemporary romance, In Over Her Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety. It’s the 2nd book in the Cecily Taylor Series about a high school girl who gets the chance to live out here dreams.
 
What would you do if all your dreams started to come true? Could you handle it?
 
Cecily Taylor Damone feels like she has it all: great best friends, the beginnings of a career as a model/actress, and she's dating her favorite singer/songwriter, Andrew Holiday. Then Cecily's best friend Lila begins to ditch her every time Lila's boyfriend calls. Cecily feels lost, but she and Andrew begin connecting more and she's never been in a relationship where she felt so understood. Andrew even begins to confide in her about his anxiety. Soon Cecily experiences her own anxiety on a magazine photo shoot, but she manages to impress the magazine staff.
 
Just when it seems like all her dreams are coming true, everything comes crashing down when a photo of Andrew with another girl appears online. He swears nothing happened, but Cecily is crushed. She feels like she's lost two of the people closest to her.
 
Was her perfect life real or was she in over her head?

The cover was done by Cora Graphics.
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