A Two-Minute Author Interview with Real Honesty

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In a two-minute lightning-round interview at Author Nation 2025, Alexa Bigwarf — also known as romantic comedy author Lexi Haddock — says she has been writing and publishing for 12 years. She wishes she had known before publishing how much time it would take to grow an audience, and keeps moving by spending time with others who are doing good things and seeing that actions do get somewhere someday. The best advice she acted on was always having professionally published books, with great editing and great covers. The worst advice she heard was to write a book in a weekend and publish it on Monday. What scares her most is failure; what excites her most is hearing from readers who love her books. Her relied-on tool is KDP. When motivation drops she watches funny movies and reads funny books — fitting her genre — and she resets creativity by getting up and telling herself, ‘It’s a new day. Here we go.’ She describes her writing style in three words as chaotic, long and slow, says authors overthink everything but especially tools, and says the journey taught her she is either really stubborn or really committed. She wants readers to feel happy, believe in magic again and have an escape from reality, and she proved by taking action that she can write and publish a book.

Key takeaways

• Alexa Bigwarf, writing romantic comedy as Lexi Haddock, has been publishing for 12 years
• She wishes she had known how much time growing an audience would take
• Best advice acted on: professional presentation with great editing and great covers
• Worst advice heard: write a book in a weekend and publish it on Monday
• She relies on KDP, says authors overthink tools, and wants readers to feel happy and escape reality

Episode details: published December 29, 2025 · 3:04 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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