A Peek Behind the Curtain

Some Secrets Shared by Sara Adrien, the regency-writing wizard 💖

Every now and then, I meet an author who seems to have at least forty hours in a day, someone who somehow manages to do three times more than I could ever dream of. How is that even possible? I wonder. And then, of course, I try to push myself a little harder. 😅

I have to say, Sara Adrien completely amazed me. I’ve never known anyone who can write at that speed and still glow whenever she talks about her books.

So, I decided to be brave and ask Sara to share some of her secrets. After all, there’s a first time for everything.

And lucky me, she said yes!

So here we go. What are the secrets of Sara Adrien, the regency-writing wizard? ✨

Q.1 You recently said, “Yes, it’s my ninth book this year.” How on earth do you do that?

Discipline—and no time off or weekends. I write every day, but the real engine is why I’m writing: to bring back voices history sidelined. The faster I move, the more meticulously I prepare: timelines, medical facts, Jewish community life, trade networks, and cross-book arcs are mapped before I draft.

I layer each manuscript and often write several stories in parallel. Speed comes from clarity of purpose, not haste.

Q.2 Do you like weaving secrets into your stories? Why?

Absolutely—because in the Regency, silence was often a strategy. Many records avoided naming Jewish people or their contributions; problems went “unmentioned” and therefore “unimportant.” Those silences are loud. I write into them.

My secrets are not just gotchas; they’re moral x-rays. A hidden lineage, a concealed apprenticeship, a closed door at a university—they reveal a world where merit should have mattered more than pedigree. Love, then, becomes the courageous act of telling the fuller truth.

Q.3 How did you start writing, and what made you take that step?

I began with a question: Where are the people who built and healed this society but didn’t get invited into its pages?

Once I saw the gaps—the Jewish jewelers financing futures, the young doctors pursuing higher standards of care, the nurses carrying whole wards on their backs—I couldn’t unsee them. I started writing to put them back where they belong: at the center of their own stories, making the world better, not just their own fortunes. And yes, they found love along the way. Why not?

Q.4 How do you handle the tricky side of marketing? Indie or traditional?

Marketing, for me, is storytelling between books—opening my notebooks so readers can witness how I reconstruct lives erased by omission. I share that I’m a real person putting real work into my books.

I talk about meritocracy in practice—craft, research, revisions that hurt me and then make the book better—and I invite readers into that process. The “sell” is simple and I hope more people will pay attention to it: if you want romance that uplifts and restores what was left out, you’ll feel at home in my world of Regency romances.

Q.5 Why Substack?

Because conversation restores context. Substack feels like writing letters to readers who care about truth, tenderness, and craft. It’s where I share the backstage: the silences I’m decoding, the sources I’m weighing, the way a single invoice from a jeweler or a hospital ledger can change a character’s fate.

There’s already enough egocentric fiction in the world; I’m writing toward merit and hope—toward people who want to serve, heal, and love well. Substack lets me build that community with readers who wish to hear about it in the open. Find out more at: authorsara.substack.com and find all my books at www.saraadrien.com.

Yup, still amazed, aren’t you?