Free Will Astrology for Aries for the week of May 1st:
Your power symbol for the week is an ant carrying a potato chip. It means you’ll possess so much strength that you’ll be able to hold aloft burdens that are much bigger than you. More than that, Aries. You’ll look graceful doing it. And here’s […]

I think the key is consistency. I’m not a SEAL and I’m not an FBI agent, and even with years of research, I’m still going to get some details wrong….I believe that as a fiction writer my job is to entertain. Thus, I’m always walking a tight rope between accuracy and entertainment.
-Suzanne Brockmann
Sometimes, I think […]

“Half my life is an act of revision.” -John Irving
“Books aren’t written–they’re rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn’t quite done it.” - Michael Crichton
Linger’s close-ish to being done - another twenty pages or so should do it. My editor’s comments […]

A lot of people have been asking me where my ideas for certain books come from. Some of these people are members of my family, some are friends, and some are readers. The first two groups seem to think I have some covert life wherein I go out and meet Navy SEALs and DEA […]

*blows dust off blog*
I just sent off my Risking It All copy edits. This time, I did not overuse caffeine consumption, the way I did in my previous Blaze. I do, however, have a penchant for the word really. Really. Like, really a lot. I’m also very into, was going to. […]

As you may know, Alison Kent has written The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Erotic Romance, which will hit the shelves tomorrow, September 5th!!!

She’s broken the book down into entertaining, easy to understand chapters full of advice, warnings, and bits of dialogue from some of the hottest erotic romance authors out there.
Larissa Ione and […]

I didn’t get nearly as much done this past week as I would’ve liked. Between the husband being away, the kid not sleeping well and my migraine, writing was sporadic. I did spend a lot of time thinking - which I know looks a lot like I’m just staring into space or at […]

Is anyone else watching Rock Star Supernova and finding the contestants a tad…defensive? And then, when they’re confronted by their own words, they backpedal? I’m just finding it really interesting to watch, because, like writing, singing is a creative endeavor that can also be subjective - well, unless you’ve got a voice like […]

Swiped from PBW, Elizabeth Lyon’s Can Your Novel Pass This Test, is great. Actually, I think it’s something I’m going to keep next to me during the writing process to, because it really just made me stop and think. And, for a few minutes, panic completely, based on my own recent revision and […]

So I’m on page 75 on BOL revisions (Nick’s book) and I’ve already added at least 10 pages, handwritten and scrawled all over the back of the hard copy. Putting all of it into the computer is going to be a job in itself, but at least I’m finally making progress.
And if […]

Do you know when you write a scene in your WIP and it’s just perfect, until you realize that maybe your hero revealed too much, too soon and that it would be better for the plot overall if that piece of information remain secret for the time being. And then you think, well, easy […]

I’m over at Romancing The Blog today, talking about getting more efficient with writing. I’m really trying to be more productive, not just for this time of year which is when I usually produce more in four months than the year combined (go figure) but to keep that momentum going. It might involve keeping […]

First, a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in Larissa’s auction, whether by donating, bidding, buying and / or helping to spread the word. It was a huge success and we couldn’t have done it without the online community’s support. Larissa’s safely at her moms, dealing with insurance issues and trying to […]

I’m not talking about the last hundred pages. I wish I was. But no, I’m talking about a completely different animal here.
Does any writer out there have an easy time writing from page 200 to page 300 in their books? (I’m talking ST’s - for Category, this stage would hit you at about […]

Okay - I’m almost at 60K. I wrote thirty-one pages today. I needed that, because I’m so close to the end, even though I’d already written the actual end a long time ago. It’s the middle and those damned secondary characters that threw me off.
I think we might understand […]

Dear Stephanie,
As your secondary characters, we’re a bit concerned, and we thought it best to bring our grievances to the table. Well, actually, we weren’t sure what to do, but some guy in desert cams passed by a few hours ago and mentioned we try this tactic. So here goes.
We’re not sure what […]

I always use sountracks for my WIP. I usually have to have the songs set up before I can start writing, and then I play them in a continous loop that seems to drive everyone but me insane. (probably because I am already insane.) But there are some songs that are universal […]

Since Jordan isn’t cooperating and diving into Debra Dixon’s, Goal Motivation Conflict, (I’ve been checking - she wants me to go first, I just know it.) I had to crack it open and take a peek.
Now, you know that I’m not a big rule follower, can’t plot and read these books more for the inspiration […]

I am hoping today will be a manic writing day. I’m really hoping, because I need to get moving on BOL, especially since a new story kind of crept in while I wasn’t looking and made me write five pages. Plus scattered notes. That’s all I need is another yellow legal pad […]

…c/o Jane Graves, that really worked for me. She told me to use it if it resonated (my new favorite word) and it certainly did.
After reading the prologue of the current WIP, she commented that I didn’t have a solid through-line to the scene and that she wasn’t feeling the escalation of […]