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    About

    Hi, I’m Savannah Carlisle! Actually, about that…I’ll come back to that in a minute.

    Savannah Carlisle

    I’m a published nonfiction author who recently finished my first contemporary romance, a fun beach read set on a fictional island that bears a striking resemblance to the real island on which I live, Amelia Island. I’m currently editing that manuscript while it’s out on submission and working on writing a second book set in the same town that focuses on a couple of the secondary characters from the first book.⁠
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    Now to let you in on my little secret…my legal name is Kristi Dosh. I decided to go with a pen name when I started writing romance. People have lots of reasons for choosing to use a pen name, but as you can tell mine wasn’t anonymity. ⁠
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    If you happen to know me already as Kristi, then you know I’ve spent more than a decade now as a sports business reporter for outlets such as ESPN and Forbes and have published a book on the business of college football under that name. ⁠It’s also the name I used in my former life as an attorney.
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    Having spent around 12 years building up my platform as a sports business expert, my website and social channels under my real name are all full of dedicated sports fans…who I love. But, they’re not exactly the same demographic that might want to read romance novels.
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    So, I get to reinvent myself and be someone brand new, which I think will be a lot of fun. If you decide to follow me on this journey, I’m glad to have you along!

    Check out my other sites:

    Business of College Sports

    Travel by Vacation Rental

    Guide My Brand (PR and marketing agency)

    Follow Me on Instagram

    When you write a book set at the beach, you revers When you write a book set at the beach, you reverse outline by the beach/pool for inspiration. 🌴
    #FridayKiss: candy

This is from my MS with:
👩‍❤️‍👨Enemies to lovers
🏖️Small beach town
💌You've Got Mail vibes
📚The cutest Little Free Library
    The hubby @seegreatart and I took a road trip to F The hubby @seegreatart and I took a road trip to Fort Pierce, FL this weekend to see the latest Florida Highwaymen exhibition at @aebackusmuseum. 🎨 

My hubby has written extensively on the Florida Highwaymen, and we are lucky to get to see so much of their work here in Florida. This group of more than two dozen African American painters captured the Florida landscape in bright, vivid colors from the 1950s on. They could often be found selling the paintings out of the trunks of their cars. 

You used to be able to nab these paintings in garage sales around the state from people who didn't know what they had. However, those days are long gone. Now, these paintings can go for tens of thousands.

One of the original Highwaymen, Roy “R.A.” McLendon, was in attendance last evening. How work hangs in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.

Have you ever seen these paintings around FL?
    #FridayKiss from the MS I #amquerying, SUMMER BY T #FridayKiss from the MS I #amquerying, SUMMER BY THE BOOK:

The woman blushed and seemed embarrassed that Lucy had caught her looking through the shelf. "Do you have Hydrangeas on Hill Street?"

"I do." Lucy nodded, moving to the left of the woman and plucking the title off the shelf. "I read it when it first came in. It's a lovely book."

"I feel a little silly." The woman opened the book and turned it so Lucy could see the author photograph on the back flap. "It's my first book. I still get a little thrill every time I find it in a bookstore." Her cheeks still flushed pink, her eyes not meeting Lucy's.
    Cheers to 2022 🥂 In fiction writing accomplish Cheers to 2022 🥂

In fiction writing accomplishments this year:

💋 I landed the incredible @authorjessicalepe as my #KissPitch mentor

💻 I edited my Little Free Library romance 

📨 I started querying my Little Free Library romance 

🎉 I got 10 full requests so far 

⌨️ I started editing my country music romance

✍️ I started outlining a new story 

Considering how busy I've been as @sportsbizmiss this year, that seems like a lot! Excited to see what 2023 brings. I really feel in my gut like it's the year I'll get a book deal for my romance! 🤞 Just putting that out into the universe!
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