In honor of Easter and the royal wedding, I’m taking this week off. I won’t be online much, but I’ll be back with you next week, once Britain returns to normal. In the meantime, enjoy the hoopla around Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding. And if you’re not a royalist, enjoy the extra day off.… Continue reading Thanks for the day off, Wills and Kate
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Review: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson
Clear a couple of days in your schedule because Any Man of Mine is unputdownable. The week Autumn went to Las Vegas – determined to start having a life of her own again after taking care of her mother through a terminal illness – she ended up married, pregnant and abandoned. That’s apparently what happens… Continue reading Review: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson
Bringing characters to life
This is cross-posted at The Season. One of the biggest reasons I’m a romance fan is that the genre thrives on strong characters. A good romance novel will put human behavior under a microscope and expose all the nuance of our emotions. Reading a novel can make me feel like I’ve met new friends, or… Continue reading Bringing characters to life
Thank you, subscribers!
I mentioned last week that this blog had close to 100 subscribers, something that amazes and flatters me. Yesterday we hit 100, so as a thank-you I used random.org to select two people who have subscribed and commented. Deborah the Closet Monster and Ava Aston’s Muckery, I’ll send you each a $10 (or equivalent in… Continue reading Thank you, subscribers!
Five things novelists should do when writing for the web
In my day job, I manage the content for a large charity website. I spend lots of time training my colleagues on writing for the web. When I visit authors’ websites, I’m sometimes struck by the simple ways they could make their sites easier to use. Last week Roni Loren wrote about the ten components… Continue reading Five things novelists should do when writing for the web