Historical and Contemporary Romance Author
Had to post to let you know that two of my dearest friends have finaled in the Golden Heart! First shout-out to Maven Darcy Burke, who finaled in the Regency Historical Romance category with her wonderful manuscript, Glorious. I am proud to say I knew Glorious when it was just a twinkle in Darcy’s eye, and that I always knew…
I got one of those rejections today that makes you want to scream. Oh, not because it was mean or got my name wrong or was a form letter. No, it made me want to scream because it was nice and complimentary, but ultimately amounted to an “I liked it, but I didn’t love it” with no real explanation of…
After a two-week hiatus, the Wednesday Word is back! (Waits for applause to subside. Hey, allow my delusions of grandeur without laughing quite so loudly, please.) I do have to warn you that today’s entry isn’t related to romance (or even fiction) writing at all. No, today’s blog is overtly, shamelessly political. Not in the sense that I’m taking sides,…
Cross-posted from the Mavens blog When I wrote my first manuscript the first time (and the second, third, and even fouth times), one of the comments I persistently got from my critique partners and from contest judges was that there “wasn’t enough conflict to sustain a full 100K-word novel.” But since I’d actually written more than 100K to get to…
I’m afraid I was too busy hacking up a lung last week to post (though if I’d had a little more energy on Friday, I could’ve cross-posted my Mavens post–must remember to do that this week). I hope to be back with a Wednesday Word tomorrow, but there are some rumblings in the underground that may prevent it. I may…
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Yes, I know it’s actually Thursday, but due to Blogger’s amazing post options capability, I am able to manipulate the time-space continuum and pretend that it’s still Wednesday. Ah, the power… As you might have guessed from the title of this post, I am not a fan of it. Hmmm, that didn’t come out quite right. I am a great…
So, you’re getting ready to submit your manuscript. You’ve smoothed out all the inconsistencies in the plot, layered in emotion and backstory where appropriate, etc. What else can you do to make your story stand head and shoulders above the rest? Don’t waste words!Seems obvious, I’m sure, but from my experience in editing both other people’s mansucripts and my own,…
Let alone blog! Before I started trying to get published, it never occurred to me how much work goes into a book after you finish writing it. And even after you’ve sold it and then, after you’ve published it. When you’re deep in the trenches, fingers flying (or inching) over the keyboard, it’s easy to forget that writing is a…
I know, I’ve been very remiss at blogging of late. I blame Deanna. She keeps contracting the stuff I send Cobblestone Press, making me fill out the corresponding paperwork and simultaneously encouraging me to write more! If you didn’t notice already in the sidebar, the sequel to Carnally Ever After will be out sometime in May. Wickedly Ever After is…