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Emotion is the Same
Okay, I confess and I share credit, because I’m janking this from a conversation I had with Jackie Ashenden recently about emotion and conflict in stories. Jackie and I both write a couple very different books. She writes light, witty contemporaries for Entangled and dark, sensual romance for Samhain, while I write dark, broody books […]
Read the Rest »Work, Life, Write, Balance
One of the things I get asked to blog about most is the work/family balance, and time management. I don’t know that I’m an expert on the subject, but I DO have a family, and I do write a lot of books. 🙂 My kids are 6, 4, and 2 (currently potty training the youngest […]
Read the Rest »Release Day Shenanigans
Princess From the Shadows, the 6th book in the Santina Crown continuity and my first continuity book EVAH is out today! So I’m generally flailing around and getting nothing done. But I did draw some pictures. One for Princess From the Shadows (AKA Hot Rod) And one for my FAR OFF Silver Creek book, Unexpected, […]
Read the Rest »The Sex Between the Lines
(this is probably a slightly inappropriate post at best, 18+ at worst) This post was inspired, almost entirely, by the first episode of series two of Sherlock, the BBC series. (which is streaming in Netflix. Go. Watch it. NAO. Report back.) In this episode Sherlock is somewhat captivated by a dominatrix who is pretty much […]
Read the Rest »Starting Something New
Well, in reality, I’m revising something old. 🙂 My first single title romance, Unexpected (formerly known on the internets as my Sooper Sekrit Projekt). Last week, I sent the Geek Billionaire off to my fabulous editor at Harlequin, and then on Monday I got to start this two week odyssey of revising my first book […]
Read the Rest »Of Characters and Defining Incidents
I’m a little more than halfway through the Presents I’m working on right now, and I’m loving the characters. They’re so fun and they’re giving me a lot to work with. The hero is coming from a very strong place. His past, it was woe and horrible and it has left him with SHAME and […]
Read the Rest »Seasons Changing
It’s transitioning from Summer into Fall here, which is my very favorite time of year. I like pumpkin candles and pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pie. I like cold mornings and red leaves. I like anticipating Christmas. 🙂 It’s a changing season here at my house too. First, as you know, with the new house. […]
Read the Rest »What’s Your Story?
This post is actually inspired by a comment that Jamie Wesley left on my blog, with a quote from Jayne Anne Krentz about taking your core story and moving it across genres/sub-genres. I thought that was a pretty profound statement. I know I’d heard it before, but because of where I’m at professionally right now, […]
Read the Rest »In Transition
I’m in transition. We’re getting packed up and hoping to move this weekend. (TODAY if we can swing it!) I just turned a book in. I’m thinking about my next one. (my next TWO to be honest…) I’m also expecting my first phone call with my Berkley editor at the beginning of September, and with […]
Read the Rest »How to Write a Book in a Mini-Van (just add chicken nuggets)
This past couple months has been more than a little insane. We’ve been knee deep in the process of house buying, including doing appraiser call outs (more on that in a moment), I sold two books and a novella to Berkley while keeping up on my writing for Harlequin and taking on a special short […]
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