A month in (and three books that wrecked my sleep) — Millie Voss Newsletter, July 1 2026
A month in (and three books that wrecked my sleep) One month since launch, three books that wrecked my sleep, and a salad fork situation. Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 11 · A Month In · July 1, 2026 {if $name}Hey {$name},{else}Hi there, friend!{/if} It’s been a month since Alien Married by Mistake […]
Dispatch No. 8: Why Funny Instead of Dark
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 8 · Why Funny Instead of Dark · June 9, 2026 Every alien romance shelf I browsed before writing my own had the same energy: high stakes, dark pasts, possessive growling. I read those books. I liked them. But every time I finished one, I kept thinking the same […]
Dispatch No. 7: A Couple of Days Late (Good Reason)
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 7 · A Couple of Days Late (Good Reason) · June 4, 2026 This one’s a couple of days late. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law passed away last weekend. We spent three days celebrating her life with an Irish wake: tea and whiskey, cold sandwiches, old photographs, and her family and […]
Dispatch No. 6: You’re Getting It First
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 6 · You’re Getting It First · May 29, 2026 I’m bad at keeping surprises. I get excited, tell someone, and then it’s not a surprise anymore. The first book in the series was supposed to go live on June 1st. It’s done, it’s ready, and I couldn’t find […]
Dispatch No. 5: My TBR Pile Is a Personal Attack
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 5 · My TBR Pile Is a Personal Attack · May 27, 2026 I was supposed to finish editing chapter 17 last weekend. Instead I read January Bell’s first book of the Accidental Alien Brides cover to cover on Saturday and started Regine Abel’s Prime Mating Agency on Sunday […]
Shelf Care Sunday
It’s crooked and it leans to the left. She cried anyway.
He tried to compliment her. It did not go well.
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 3 · Things My Alien Hero Got Wrong This Week · May 22, 2026 Writing update from the trenches: I’m about 32,000 words into the current draft, and my hero Tavaan just tried to pay my heroine Noa a compliment. On his planet, telling someone they smell good is […]
The Germans have a word for making things worse by trying to fix them
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 2 · The Untranslatable Word · May 20, 2026 I collect words that don’t translate into English. I have a list in my phone that’s long enough to be a problem. But I’ve always been fascinated by language, so here we are. Today’s word: verschlimmbessern. It’s German and means […]
Hi, I write books about women who accidentally marry aliens
Dispatches from Fourteen Light-Years Away No. 1 · The Arrival · May 18, 2026 Hey, You signed up for this list, which means one of two things happened: either someone told you about a book where a woman signs a research contract and accidentally gets married to a seven-foot alien, or you found me on […]