On The Loss of An Author Idol

An ode to author Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, a.k.a. Rachel Caine.

October J.
Staring at a Blank Page
5 min readJan 7, 2022

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I first met Rachel Caine at a free, 1-day writing conference where she had volunteered to be a speaker. I had not heard of her at that point. What attracted me to her session was she was labeled as a prolific author of over 50 books, which was a treat for this small conference. I wanted to know everything…

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October J.
Staring at a Blank Page

She/her 🌷 Wife ︎🌷 Gen X 🌷 Published author 🌷 MBA 🌷 I believe in kindness and the Oxford comma 🌷 I left my 20+ year career to pursue my passions