Flashback: Path Forward
If you’ve read MIDNIGHT TRADITION or my blog about it (here), you know how Jessica and Val came to me. Quick summary: I introduced them...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jul 29
Flashback: Midnight Tradition
I remember thinking I was finished with the Celebrities Series, as it came to be called after I wrote ALL THE LOVE SONGS and its prequel,...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jul 15
Flashback: The Fireworks
When I first started outlining the Holiday Series, I wasn’t sure who Aria Bancroft was. I wrote down that she’s a player, and that was...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jun 17
Flashback: Lantern
When I told Charlie and Hailey’s store in JUST TELL HER, I introduced Summer Taft, Emma Colton, and Lena Tanner. Emma was Hailey’s first...
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Nicole Pyland
- May 20
The angst of Just Tell Her
Way back when I first wrote Charlie and Hailey in THE BEST LINES, I had no intention of writing a whole series of books. THE BEST LINES...
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Nicole Pyland
- Mar 11
Flashback: Ideas
I get asked sometimes where I get my ideas from, and I don’t think I’m different from any other writer in how they enter my brain, but...
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Nicole Pyland
- Mar 4
One POV
If you received two blog emails from me this morning, please disregard the one called “Ideas.” My website glitched and sent out a drafted...
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Nicole Pyland
- Nov 17, 2022
Flashback: Fresh Start
FRESH START was the first book I started writing and actually finished. I’ve been writing forever but struggled finishing the things that...
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Nicole Pyland
- Nov 15, 2022
It's been 5 years!
I can’t believe I’ve been publishing books for 5 years now, but I double-checked the calendar, and it turns out, I have. I published...
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Nicole Pyland
- Nov 4, 2022
Flashback: A Shot at Gold
Spoilers ahead, as usual. If you haven’t read the book yet, you might want to wait to read this post until you do. When I first outlined...
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Nicole Pyland
- Oct 10, 2022
Flashback: Pride Festival
This book almost didn’t exist. I had my books planned for 2022, and there were already a lot of them. 8, to be exact. That’s more than I...
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Nicole Pyland
- Sep 26, 2022
Flashback: Macon's Heart
I remember an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where they all get their SAT results back, and Cordelia gets a pretty high score....
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Nicole Pyland
- Aug 29, 2022
Flashback: The Moments
You've all heard me say that I like to challenge myself with my writing. So, today, I thought I'd tell you about my inspiration for a...
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Nicole Pyland
- Aug 22, 2022
Flashback: Time of Day
When I first decided to take Kellan to Tahoe and make it a series, I knew I’d start with Kellan’s book, but after that, I wasn’t sure...
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Nicole Pyland
- Aug 1, 2022
Flashback: Just Tell Her
My wife has always said that when I start going to Thursday morning coffee with Ember, Hailey, and Charlie for real, she’ll know I’ve...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jul 25, 2022
Flashback: Reality Check
What made me want to write a book about a reality show? I honestly have no idea. I haven't watched reality TV in years; maybe even over a...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jul 4, 2022
Flashback: The Block Party
When I outlined The Holiday Series, I knew I wanted each book to have its own feel. For example, with The Writing on the Wall, Weston is...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jun 20, 2022
Flashback: No After You
Most people know about the inspiration for No After You. It came from All the Love Songs, and one day, I decided that I needed to write...
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Nicole Pyland
- Jun 13, 2022
Flashback: All the Love Songs
Let's flashback to that time when I wrote the first draft of All the Love Songs in a long weekend, shall we? This was one of the first...
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Nicole Pyland
- May 23, 2022
Flashback: The Disappeared
I get one question more than any other even years after the book was published: “What happened to Noah?” So, let me start this flashback...
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