Venus is here

Happy Publication Day to my debut novel, To Love Like Venus. Dream yourself into a future NYC of whirling roller-discos and sex robots, sunny Greek islands, and a fight for love while the world is on the brink. Trip to Venus included. Maybe you have literary fiction tendencies? Then: To Love Like Venus is a literary…

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So you preordered an indie book

This slide deck is more about the “what to do to get your book” than the “why”: just know that “unavailable” on publication day does not mean the book is actually unavailable. Text below. So you preordered an indie book. How actually receiving it sometimes works with online retailers. The Sudden Not-Available It’s publication day…

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A Richland Library Staff Pick

Exciting to see To Love Like Venus under the coming-soon-for-adults Staff Pick list at Richland Library in South Carolina. Reserve your copy.

A Publishers Weekly BookLife Featured Indie Romance

Publishers Weekly selected To Love Like Venus to be featured in the BookLife’s Indie Romance. I explore the book’s Venusian prompt in this brief author statement. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/99754-indie-spotlight-february-2026.html

A featured Ingram’s Indie Early Buzz for March releases

It’s great to keep getting messages like number one book trending in Literary Fiction and two in Sci-fi Cyberpunk in IngramSpark and today’s news that To Love Like Venus is featured in Ingram’s Indie Early Buzz catalog for March releases!

Preorders for BookCon 2026

If you’re attending BookCon in NYC this April, I have a preorders up at Beventi, the platform that connects book lovers with authors. Preorders for pick up at Javits Indie Alley on Beventi for To Love Like Venus come with customized bookmark sunglasses. Because you’re BookCon fabulous. You’ll also find a discounted Venusian Bundle that…

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Publishing for Minnesota

Some publishing folks are organizing a Publishing for Minnesota auction. From their IG: “We are a group of authors, illustrators, agents, and editors who believe the time is now for collective action. In response to ongoing ICE raids and federal actions causing harm to immigrant communities and our neighbors across the country, we are organizing…

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See you at BookCon 2026

Will be strutting my literary stuff at BookCon in NYC Javits Center April 18th and 19th. The NYCC of prose! More to come, but I’ll be tabling at Indie Alley under my imprint Janus Point Press. You’ll find not only my works (like debut novel To Love Like Venus) but also art by renowned graffiti…

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Having Fun With Love… Bookmarks

Getting crafty while supporting local NYC printer Radix Media with an order. To Love Like Venus bookmarks. Giveaways for special events. TLLV is publishing March 2nd, 2026. More info here, and preorders:

“A radical, sex-positive exploration…”

Author Ivelisse Rodriguez on To Love Like Venus: “A radical, sex-positive exploration of the necessity for love with sex. Even in the future, this is the ongoing, pivotal question we must answer for ourselves. To Love Like Venus though, shows us that that question can also obfuscate all the ways we really love.”— Ivelisse Rodriguez, author…

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