401. Writing Gritty Slow-Burn Western Romance with Bestselling Authors Lucy McConnell & Erica Penrod

Podcast: Writers of the Future Podcast · John Goodwin

Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

USA Today bestselling author Lucy McConnell (center) and co-author Erica Penrod (left) at FanX in Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center on the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Podcast. Dressed in authentic Western attire, the duo shares their inspiring journeys into fiction writing, balancing large family dynamics with their passion for storytelling, and their unique creative harmony as co-authors. The conversation focuses heavily on their contemporary series, Leather and Lies, set on the fictional Gritstone Ranch. The authors explain how they engineered a unique "epic Western" concept by adapting a fantasy-style magic system driven by three core pillars...