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Leslie Truex

Author | Publisher

Leslie Truex

I didn’t start out life wanting to be a writer or business owner, but in my quest to afford to stay home to raise my children, I designed a home-based career around writing and online income. 

I have been featured in Woman’s World, Redbook, Working Mother, CNN.com, Fox Business, ABC News, and more, talking about working from home.

Today my kids are grown, and I sold my work-at-home website, but I still spend my time writing, publishing, helping emerging authors, and reading as much as I can.

All my creative ventures operate under Moxie Vie Media LLC, including my fiction as Jenna Harte and Eva LeClerc, Write with Harte, and Tender & Tempting Tales.

About leslie

Freelance Writer, Author, Speaker, Former Lit Agent, Wife, Mother 

I’m a bit of a renaissance woman in that I tend to move from career to career based on my passions. A social worker by training, once I had kids, I worked as a contract adoption social worker from home and built online income through freelance writing, book authorship, blogging, and digital products. 

When my kids were older, I discovered the joy of writing fiction, and now have over a dozen fiction books under a pen name, and have written nearly 100 books as a ghostwriter. 

I worked as a literary agent at Blue Ridge Literary Agency until the agency’s closing at the end of 2023. 

As a speaker, I have delivered workshops and participated on panels at a host of book conferences including The Virginia Festival of the Book, The Virginia Writers Club Symposium, The Maryland Writers Association, Malice Domestic, Thrillerfest, Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, and more. 

Today, I continue to ghostwrite, author books, speak, and in a recent pivot, I own a publishing company that publishes anthologies.  

Leslie Truex
Leslie Truex

WRITING CREDITS

Leslie Truex

Leslie is the author of The Work At Home Success Bible (2009 Adams Media), Digital Writer Success: How to Make a Living Blogging, Writing, and Publishing Online (2015 Koehler Books), and Jobs Online: How to Find and Get Hired to a Work-At-Home Job (2014 Moxie Vie Media).

Her articles have appeared on Entrepreneur.com, Yahoo! Small Business, LIVESTRONG, WAHM.com, Personal Branding Blog, The Balance Small Business and more.

 

Jenna Harte

Romance with Heart, Heat, and Happily Ever After

Under the name Jenna Harte, I have written over a dozen fiction novels, including the Sophie Parker Coupon Mystery Series (Camel Books), the Southern Heat contemporary romance series (1st edition Penner Press, 2nd edition Moxie Vie Media, audio edition Tantor), and the Valentine Mysteries (Moxie Vie Media). 

She’s also written short romance stories for SaSS and Tender & Tempting Tales. 

Eva LeClerc

Southern Gothic Paranormal Romance

I set out to write a dark mafia romance set in New York City. Somehow, that turned into a dark paranormal romance set in New Orleans.

I love myths and folklore that involve magic and romance. I’m also intrigued by the city of New Orleans, a world of folklore and magic on its own. And now I’m working on a series of books and short stories in which I combine them all: The Oathmarked.

If you like gothic paranormal fantasy romance involving fated mates, swoony warriors, and smart sassy woman, you’re at the right place!

Tender & Tempting Tales

Steamy Romance Quickies

Tender and Tempting Tales was conceived when Managing Editor Jenna Harte pondered why there were no short story magazines for romance.  The result is the creation of Tender and Tempting Tales, with the goal of regularly publishing short-story romance anthologies.

 

Write with Harte

Romance Author Community

I started Write with Harte to help would-be romance authors with the craft and business of romance writing. But I don’t know it all, so I wanted to build a community of romance writers where we could share tips and resources, offer support and encouragement, and, when necessary, commiserate!