For the recent SciFi Romance cover, I asked opinions on my personal Facebook page from family and friends. Several people commented, a lot of people “liked” the discussions, and that was pretty much it, I thought. Nope! A few days ago, I was walking out of the grocery store and ran into a friend from…Continue reading News Roundup

I’ve been working on setting a production (writing and publishing) schedule for 2015. This is actually something I fiddle with on a regular basis while I try to figure out what works best for me, as far as writing goes. My loose plan right now is to focus primarily on finishing the last four books…Continue reading Writing Plans for 2015

One of the things writers are often asked is, what kind of music do you listen to while you work? My answer? A blank stare. In fact, the conversation usually goes like this:           “So, you’re a writer,” Random Guy says. “Kewl. What kind of music do you listen to while…Continue reading In Defense of Silence

I’m coming up on the one-year anniversary of the day I began to take writing fiction seriously. Before mid-November 2013, I dabbled in fiction. NaNoWriMo was an annual curse. I’d start strong and inevitably wind down when I hit a plot problem. Last year, thanks to a sleepless night writing a morality tale in my head, years…Continue reading Writing Fiction, One Year Later

Richard, who is my all-around good guy and occasional editor, keeps talking smack about writing a romance. He’s all, well, if I were writing this, I’d say… Or, my personal favorite, he’ll start his version of my stories with, Sven came in flush from his tennis lesson. Tonight, after hearing for the umpteenth time how he would…Continue reading Richard Writes Romance

Today’s post was supposed to be about something very different, but when I heard that Rosalind James hit her two-year anniversary as a self-publisher today, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to post about her instead. Rosalind is one of those authors who always has her hand out to help other people. Because of her and those like…Continue reading Indie Author Shout-Out: Rosalind James

A few years ago, I introduced Richard to the wonderful writings of Jennifer Crusie, beginning with Agnes and the Hitman, co-written with Bob Mayer. It’s one of my all-time favorite reads. If you haven’t read it yet, you don’t know what you’re missing out on. Richard was rather disdainful of romances at the time. He scoffed…Continue reading Romance Isn’t Solely for Women