WRITER. EDITOR. REVIEWER.

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CHRISTINA BOYD.

Welcome to the Quill Ink, where I share editing and writing projects, book reviews for books I like, author interviews, and other newsy bits about my journey in this Wild West that is modern-day publishing.

I'm an award-winning writer, an editor under my own banner, The Quill Ink, LLC, a reviewer at Amazon, Goodreads, Net Galley, and Austenprose, a flower gardener, and an artist. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Salisbury University. Since 2013, I've curated seven multi-author anthologies and edited over seventy books. A life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, I live in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with my dear Mr.B and a silver Labrador—now that my Boydlings have gone off on adventures. My own English fantasy came true thanks to actor Henry Cavill when we sipped champagne together atop the London Eye. True story. You can Google it.

My debut novel WOMAN IN THE PAINTING placed first in 2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards Somerset Book Awards in Contemporary and Literary Fiction, was a top finalist in the Unpublished Literary Contest at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA) Conference 2022 and second in Romance Writers of America's Romance Through the Ages Contest (RTTA) 2023. WOMAN IN THE PAINTING begins in the cut-throat modern world of art acquisition. This multiple-POV book club read spans two timelines, one with the Regency wit of A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting and the other with the modern sensibilities of The Letters We Keep. At 112,000 words, the reincarnation angle of Cecily Song’s Past Lives suggests series potential.

My second novel, a contemporary romance, THE HOT QUIXOTE, medaled at the PNWA 2025 conference in Romance. THE HOT QUIXOTE is a 75,000-word romcom for fans of The Neighbor Favor by Kristen Forest. Think You've Got Mail meets @HotDudesReading—when a messy wedding hookup refuses to stay at the wedding. Add a case of the ideal man, a sexy player, and a rising PR star with a secret Instagram account, and romantic chaos ensues.

I am seeking agent representation. Let's connect.

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