My Author Philosophy for Writing Romance Novels Twenty years ago, if you’d asked any of my friends if I would ever write romance novels (let alone have a philosophy for writing romance), they’d have laughed you out of the room.
What Ingredients Create a Long-lasting, Satisfying HEA (Happily Ever After)—In Romance Novels and Movies, and In Life? It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m a romance author who’s been happily married more than twenty-two years. So, of course I’m thinking about relationships.
Need Book Recs? These Are the Five Best Romance Novels I Read In 2020, plus a Bonus Book Rec. It’s been a bizarre and disorienting year at best for most of us. As a result, maybe you’ve read more to
Why Is Writing Romance Easier for Me than Nonfiction During the Coronavirus Lockdown? How are you doing with your quarantine life? Are you getting into a rhythm and staying productive? Or forcing yourself to take a shower and get out
How Many Books Should a Romance Author Publish Every Year? According to most research, the average reader goes through a book or two a month. Authors of most styles of fiction publish a book every year or two. A few,
Five Reasons Why I DNF (Do Not Finish) Books Once I learned to read in kindergarten, I was unstoppable. Books became my life. Or at least my escape from real life for a while. For many years I read a
Why I Write (and Like Reading) Steamy Sex Scenes in My Romance Novels When I tell someone I write steamy romance, I get one of two immediate, knee-jerk responses: a broad grin and conspiratorial gleam in the eye, or the
What’s So Special About Feminist Romance? I remember reading my first romance novel in my late teens. Or at least, I should say I remember the cover—the classic Fabio bodice-ripper—and a line about a turgid member and a deep, moist well
How I Became a Romance Author When I first told my friends and family that I was leaving my job as Communications Director of a non-profit mountain biking organization to write steamy contemporary romance novels, I got some pretty interesting
“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
--Lorraine Hansberry
I just want to make a few things clear:
The Holocaust happened.
Hitler was a demonic figure.
And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.
Silence is complicity.
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