A birthday weekend fit for a romance novelist

My birthday is tomorrow. I know, it doesn’t give you much time to shop for me. But don’t worry – my husband’s already given me the best gift ever, so you don’t need to get me anything. Almost every year since we’ve been together, my husband has taken me away for my birthday weekend. Each… Continue reading A birthday weekend fit for a romance novelist

Your story, written by someone else

It’s every unpublished writer’s worst nightmare—browsing the bookstore shelves and discovering that someone else has written the same story you’ve sweated over for a year. Only they’ve written it faster. And—that obnoxious little voice tells you—they’ve probably written it better. You have two options. One: pretend you never saw it, then let the questions eat… Continue reading Your story, written by someone else

Embrace your imaginary friend

Results of a study into children’s imaginary friends have recently been published, and apparently they’re not such a bad thing as people always thought. Funny thing is, as someone whose parents never made a big deal of my imaginary friends, it never occurred to me that they might be considered unhealthy. My imaginary friends were… Continue reading Embrace your imaginary friend

Why my romance novel hero is the ugliest man in the world

Here’s a picture of my hero. Quite a looker, isn’t he? Well, this picture could actually represent most of us (plus or minus the penis, of course). It’s a sensory homunculus – a representation of our bodies that emphasizes our most sensitive parts. The sensory homunculus distorts humans based on how many sense nerves each… Continue reading Why my romance novel hero is the ugliest man in the world

Interview with novelist Kaki Warner …and GIVEAWAY!

This giveaway is now closed but I’ve left the comments open for anyone who’d like to comment on the interview. Congratulations to Suzanne for winning Pieces of Sky! Enjoy! I won Kaki Warner’s debut novel, a historical Western romance novel called Pieces of Sky, just over a year ago and was so blown away by… Continue reading Interview with novelist Kaki Warner …and GIVEAWAY!