Category: Writing Life

  • FALLEN is a Finalist!

    Happy news – FALLEN is a finalist in the Wisconsin RWA’s Write Touch contest, for best paranormal romance of 2008! Winners will be announced at their conference in June. P.S. I tried to reply to the coordinator’s email about the news, to tell her how excited I was, but my email was blocked by her…

  • “Bodice Rippers”

    This story used to be common knowledge among romance writers, but I guess it’s been lost over the years. I told it when I taught that workshop in January, and only one other author in attendance knew it – so I’ll tell it to you again. Once upon a time, historical romance as we now…

  • Gimme Candy

    Ooo, treats for you all today — the cover copy and excerpt for WINTER KISS are on my site for your reading pleasure and… (drumroll, please) Here’s the cover. WOW!

  • Bookstore Links

    A meaty topic today – and I’m asking your opinion, so please comment. I was talking to one of my editors last week, and she told me how the sales team really like to see hotlinks to the online bookstores on an author’s website. I can appreciate that many people are impulse buyers, and such…

  • Making Muffins

    Yesterday, it rained. It’s been springlike, but it got cold and damp, and well, I wanted something warm. In the afternoon, I made muffins. I love muffins. I have pages and pages of recipes, many with little scribbled notes on the bottom for modifications and variations. I have never mastered the trick of mixing wet…