Samantha Bryant

I've got a busy February, mostly hanging out with the excellent folks of Oak & Ink. I'll be at Southline Brewing on February 7, Tapyard on February 14, Fizzwerks on February...

My romance debut, Not Too Late: A GenX Romance, releases April 28, 2026. Please fill out this form if you are interested in being an ARC reader and providing reviews on release...

Beware Cheap Houses, one of the short stories from Stories from Shadow Hill, has made its way into audiobook form, narrated by the lovely and talented Charlotte Chiew. This...

A short story that eventually became a chapter in Going Through the Change, the first of the Menopausal Superheroes series.

A little domestic slice of life story.

A heroic ending.

2025 in my writing life was in some ways a year of endings.

I finished my Menopausal Superheroes series, which has been my major focus as a writer for the past decade, bringing that vision to a close. The last novel (Change for the Better) came out nearly exactly ten years after the first novel (Going Through the Change), which had a nice feeling of perfect timing.

I've been on this roller coaster a long time, and while it's been a great ride, I'm excited about moving on to other projects and...

2025 was…not my favorite year. Even though it all came out surprisingly well in the end, it wasn't light and easy and a lot of it felt like windy trudge uphill in the snow.

Challenges to my personal life included a lot of caregiving demands as those near and dear to me went through health struggles and romantic misadventures as well as stress and worry related to the political landscape of my country. The hateful behavior and attitudes of people who ought to be working for a common good...

December 3 question - As a writer, what was one of the coolest/best gifts you ever received?

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Winter Holidays, 2010. We had opened all the packages and were sitting there basking in the glow when my husband announced that there was one more gift. He left the room and came back with a little scroll, then handed it to me.

When I unrolled it, I found that Sweetman had bought me a writing retreat! I'd be going to Pelican House for a week of quiet and writing.

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