Four years ago, I had an idea for a book. From that idea sprung two more completely different ideas. After those three ideas I had yet another idea. In three years I had written three novels, all at 120k and above, and a partial novel, with ideas for a couple more. I was on a […]
Lately I have found my inbox, twitter feed and Facebook feed choked full of amazing writing information. How to’s and Don’t do’s. And I would love to blog about All of them! But I just can’t. So I retweet, repost and do everything I can to get the information out there to all my followers, in hopes […]
As I have started my ninth book I am now looking back at the characters I have written and trying to have my new characters sound fresh, and not recycled. I have found this difficult. Though the hero and heroine in my new book “Red” are completely different from any other characters I have written […]
This last week I had the amazing privilege to go to the RWA SoCal Convention in Santa Ana California. It was filled with tons of great information as well as new friends, and lots of inspiration. I listened to speakers on a variety of subjects from Steampunk Gadgets to World Building to Writing a Novella. All of which were […]
I found an awesome article on Writer’s Digest, by @BrianKlems http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-7-deadly-sins-of-self-editing?et_mid=607208&rid=235010435 This article is a great example of ways that as a writer you can limit your potential and cause your own demise. To be honest, I found myself guilty of a couple of these. Though I will not tell you which ones. As a […]
When I started reading Paranormal romance, I kept it to myself. No way did I want people to think I was one of “those women” who read the steamy romance novels and fantasized about forbidden intimate encounters with strangers! But then I started to read books like Jennifer Ashley’s Pride Mates, and Lara Adrian’s Midnight […]
Okay, Let me start off by saying I don’t have sex scenes in my books. I have tension building intimate scenes, but not full graphic sex scenes. However, I found an article at: http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/content.php?2275-Perfect-Sex—Or-How-to-Romance-Your-Reader-by-Nina-Pierce Perfect Sex – Or how to romance your reader, By Nina Pierce. I thought the article was great. Even if you […]
Five Weak Words that Make Your Writing Less Effective by Jeff Goins http://goinswriter.com/weak-words/ I just read this article on his blog and it was a great article. It identifies words that make your work weak and tells you why. I must admit that I have used these words before. Who hasn’t? But, I plan to […]