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June 2026

What I Loved In June (and the Butter We Can Mine From It)
Butter Round-Up June 2026
 • Theodora Taylor
🧈 Butter Breakdown: A Servant, a Hidden Crown & Magic She Swore Didn’t Exist
Today's blurb for a YA Fantasy has some great UFs. It just needs a bigger Yearn Burn and a clarity boost. I'll show you what I mean below.
 • Theodora Taylor
Confession: I’m Terrible at Launches
So how do my books keep selling anyway?
 • Theodora Taylor
🧈 Butter Breakdown: Make it Gothic. Make it Romance. Make it Butter!
A Poe-inspired Gothic romance with gorgeous atmosphere, plus today’s lesson on making sure you keep your headline’s promise in your blurb.
 • Theodora Taylor
Toffifee, gummy bears, and why your blurb needs an ingredients list
My torrid love affair with Toffifee has a lot in common with how cold readers come to love our stories.
 • Theodora Taylor
🧈 Butter Breakdown: Don't Forget to Story Bait Your Enemy-to-Baby-Pact Romance
The one trick almost every blurb needs to get that one-click....
 • Theodora Taylor
Your Blurb Is Not a Synopsis. It’s a Trailer.
The first rule of Making Sure Your Blurb Doesn’t Suck Club….
 • Theodora Taylor

May 2026

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