"No, no, usually my level of visibility is almost none. It's been very weird and overwhelming and amazing but kind of still really hard to believe. I can't believe it's such a short amount of time, but things have changed so much for me. I mean, just professionally, I've definitely kind of levelled up, as an author, to another category, doing things I never thought I would achieve, like the New York Times Best Sellers list."
"Being invited to a lot of events that usually bigger authors might get invited to. And also getting offered all of my travel expenses paid for-that kind of thing. Before, it'd be more like a "Would you like to come to this convention? It costs $500 for a table" kind of thing. And now it's "We would like to fly you here and put you up in a hotel and pay you.""
Rachel Reid, bestselling creator of the Game Changers hockey romance series, wrote Heated Rivalry, whose TV adaptation by director Jacob Tierney premiered on Crave in November and became a massive hit. Reid submitted her first novel manuscript without telling her partner or family. The adaptation's success produced a rapid surge in visibility, book sales, and invitations to high-profile events, including New York Times Best Sellers recognition and paid travel offers. Reid describes the experience as overwhelming, exciting, and hard to believe, and she feels pressure to make her next book worthy of the heightened attention. She also maintains specific rules for writing explicit sex scenes.
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