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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]