Rebel blue ranch

Yeah, maybe.

Um, we obviously already touched on the Rebel Blue Ranch news.

There's not much news there, but just to say that they have moved forward with some things, like they are now talking about writing and casting.

So that is coming, which is very exciting.

And I think it's getting more and more popular.

But just generally, like, I always have loved this about Lila's writing, like, in the Rebel Blue Ranch series and this one, is the sibling dynamic and the family dynamic and, like, making that such an important part.

Because as much as I love to read the romance and see the romance, like, I also love seeing these, like, very real elements.

And, like, especially in this one of her relationship with her mom and, like, struggling to figure all of that stuff out is, like, to me...

Yeah.

And for me, too, we've talked about this before, but I don't read cowboy romance.

The only cowboy romance I've ever read is the Rebel Blue Ranch series because I, spoiler alert, grew up riding horses.

I worked on a ranch in college.

She'll be bringing the character of Maya to our screens and starring opposite of Josh Houston, who will be playing Noah.

In other adaptation news, Lila Sage's Rebel Blue Ranch adaptation is officially in the early development stages with Universal Television.

And if you know anything about me, you know that I love me a little Lila Sage and that I absolutely can't wait for more news on this adaptation.

Like, seriously, get me a line to Lila and Universal.

Sweetwater Peak, I found that like way more difficult because I'm just like so attached to each one in a million different ways.

And I am in Rebel Blue Ranch as well.

But I think the thing with Rebel Blue Ranch is now it's like taken on a life of its own and it doesn't just feel like mine.

Of course it is mine, but it also feels like it belongs to other people as well, which is a really beautiful thing.

And Sweetwater Peak for some reason still feels different.

Never let it go.

So yeah, I was very excited about this.

How was writing this one different for you from even soul searching, but also from the Rebel Blue Ranch and finishing out that series?

So a little, let's dive in.

Lila Sage is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series, Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, Lost and Lassoed, and Wild and Wrangled, and the Sweetwater Peak duology, which kicked off with Soul Searching.

She lives in the Wild West with her loyal companion, a sweet, old, blind rescue pit bull, and writes romance that feels like her favorite things, sunshine and blue skies.

Again, welcome.

And you went from self-publishing to traditional, and what, so what was that like, that leap?

I mean, I was self-published for, like, 35 seconds, so there are parts of it that I was really grateful for.

Like, the cover that Done and Dusted and the rest of the Rebel Blue Ranch series has are the covers that I originally commissioned prior to being traditionally published, pri- prior to being self-published.

And so, like, being able to have that sort of control and being able to execute upon my vision was really important to me, and at first I said no to the editor that wanted to acquire me because I was so dedicated to, like, executing Rebel Blue Ranch in the exact way-