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…
So. I have known, since I finished Dead Awakenings that I would be having a sequel. However what I didn’t have was a single solitary idea as to where I wanted it to go. There are so many possibilities. One character in particular had a Huge decision to make and I just didn’t know which…
So, this novel I have been working on, and off, and on again, for the last two years, working title “Underland” has been kicking my butt! I had all but the last 12,000 words written last year and then the weight of the book came crashing down on me as I realized I had 100,000 words…
Hey everyone! I was asked by author Jessica Thompson http://www.jannnovels.blogspot.com/ if I wanted to be in the Next Big Thing Blog Hop that was started on Good Reads.com. So I thought it would be fun to do and to link to a few other great writer blogs out there. I think it also gets me an opportunity…
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…
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…
