In my last post, I wrote about the editorial process and why it takes so long, and I promised that the next one would be suggestions and strategies writers can use to make that process go more smoothly and, hopefully, a little bit faster. In the interim, I have finished up edits on one bigContinue reading “Help Me Help You (The Editorial Process Part 2)”
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Haunts and Hellions!
Finally, something fun and happy to blog about! I have a story in an amazing new anthology from HorrorAddicts.net press! Harkening back to the glory days of gothic romance that had us up reading all night, HorrorAddicts.net Press Presents: Haunts & Hellions edited by Emerian Rich 13 stories of horror, romance, and that perfect momentContinue reading “Haunts and Hellions!”
Three Things I Love (About Winter Knight)
Winter Knight, the book I have coming out on February 11, 2020, is the only romance I’ve ever written just for me. I love all my kissy book stories, all my heroines, all my heroes. But with Winter Knight, I asked myself, if I was on Amazon or at the bookstore looking for a romanceContinue reading “Three Things I Love (About Winter Knight)”
Ways to Keep Writing When You Can’t
Sometimes real life gets in the way. Sometimes there’s just no physical way to walk away from the house fire that is your mundane domestic life and get to your desk or your laptop or Starbucks or the picnic table behind the Circle K or wherever it is you do your writing. I’m not talkingContinue reading “Ways to Keep Writing When You Can’t”
WIP: The Adventuress and Her Monsters
Heya Kittens! Since my real life is boring as the summer winds down, I thought y’all might prefer a sneak peek at my current work-in-progress (aka the thing I’m escaping into lately). It’s a a true gothic romance set in late-Victorian England, and the heroine is an American heiress doing the husband-hunting tour. And sheContinue reading “WIP: The Adventuress and Her Monsters”
The Excellence You Swear You Cannot See
The Romance Writers of America has released the names of the nominees for their yearly RITA Awards, and, you guessed it, they’re about as diverse as a glass of milk beside a plate of sugar cookies with white chocolate chips. So all of us writing and publishing types have taken to the Facebooks and beyondContinue reading “The Excellence You Swear You Cannot See”
Protect Your Through Line. Be Batman.
My fiction writing teacher in college told us there are only two kinds of stories: character stories and situation stories. In a character story, the protagonist evolves over the course of the action from one thing into another—The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Rocky, and “The Ugly Duckling” are all character stories. In situation stories, theContinue reading “Protect Your Through Line. Be Batman.”
The Viking and the Witch – Chapter 1
So here lately, most of what I’ve been writing and publishing has not been historical romance. But y’all know me; I can’t just give it up. So I’ve been working sporadically on an old school paranormal just for my own amusement, and it occurs to me that y’all might want to see it, too. AllContinue reading “The Viking and the Witch – Chapter 1”
Dr. John Watson and “The Adventure of the Burning Man”
Mocha Memoirs Press and editor A.C. Thompson have done another anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories with a paranormal twist, Curious Incidents: More Improbable Adventures, and I have a story in it! The theme this time was any time or place EXCEPT Victorian London, and most of the stories have a definite science fiction double featureContinue reading “Dr. John Watson and “The Adventure of the Burning Man””
Valentine Zombies, Old West Edition
In honor of Valentine’s Day (and as a break from our regularly-scheduled political outrage and apocalyptic panic), we chicks over at Little Red Hen Romance have put our entire catalog on Amazon for free. Here’s a link to one of my favorites: Dead-Sperado And here’s an excerpt: I woke up to the sound of Cade loadingContinue reading “Valentine Zombies, Old West Edition”
Lucy Blue Writes 