The Business of Writing

I have never really thought of writing as my job.  I am a mom, and have always seen that as my “job” and writing as my outlet. Because it is my outlet I have gone along for the last couple of years, writing when I feel like it, stopping when I don’t.  Moving from project…

How to Romance Your Reader

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…

Publishing a Novel is More than Just Writing

My husband and I have been talking a lot lately about where to get the money to finish up my book and get some great cover art.  As someone who judges a book by it’s cover nine times out of ten, and being married to someone with Dyslexia who always looks at the cover first, we…

The Tale of Two First Chapters

So, I finished my book, The Society, last year.  Which is a Dystopian Vampire Romance.  I have lots of love for that piece of work.  My leading male, is brooding, gorgeous and tortured.  My leading female is tough, sexy and powerful.  When I wrote it, I wanted the first chapter to be from the point of…

Five Weak Words that Make Your Writing Less Effective

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…

Vampires & Werewolves & Zombies

So, why did I choose that title?  Because that is what I like to read and what I like to write about.  I have currently got three finished novels that are in various drafts of being edited.  A zombie book and two completely different vampire books.  I also have two books that I am halfway…