🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where myths intertwine with reality, legends come to life, and fantasy is more than just a story! In this episode, host Bethany Amanda sits down with Sunday Times #1 bestselling author Julie Johnson to talk about The Wind Weaver — the first book in her sweeping Reign of Remnants trilogy.

From bike rides to the tiny one-square-mile Massachusetts island where she grew up, to a scrappy self-published novel in college that paid off her loans, Julie walks us through a career built on persistence, creativity, and big, bold ideas. Windweaver is a war-scarred, elemental romantasy about prophecies, outlawed magic, and a heroine named Rhea who is literally taken by the wind. Expect lush worldbuilding, emotionally messy growth, and a trilogy that only gets bigger from here.

🌬️ What if the one lyric stuck in your head became the heart of your novel?
🌊 What if magic had been outlawed—and the only way to restore it was to reunite four scattered elemental beings?
🔥 And what if the parts of you that you fear most turned out to be your greatest strength?

We dive into the inspiration behind The Wind Weaver, Julie’s wild marketing stunts (think giant book covers at iconic locations), her unexpected Sunday Times #1 moment, the elemental system, and why book two raises the stakes even higher. If you love character-driven fantasy with elemental magic, complicated choices, and a heroine learning to own her darkness, this episode is for you.

🔥 IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT…

✨ Julie’s island-child upbringing and how the ocean shaped her imagination
✨ Writing her first novel in college, self-publishing in 2013, and paying off loans before graduation
✨ How agents found her and how foreign rights led to wider visibility
✨ Why magic was outlawed in Julie’s world—and the prophecy that could bring it back
✨ Marketing creativity: lugging a giant Wind Weaver cover around landmarks
✨ Writing craft: drafting in past tense, flipping to present for publication, and converting later drafts
✨ What Julie wants readers to feel: owning the parts of yourself that scare you (and how darkness can be strength)
✨ What to expect next

🎁 GIVEAWAY ALERT
We’re giving away a special edition copy of The Wind Weaver! Full entry details are on our Instagram — follow along so you don’t miss it.

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🛒 Order Windweaver and explore the Reign of Remnants trilogy wherever books are sold.

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