Saying goodbye to fictional friends is a special kind of sweet pain. With this finial book in my Hellsbane series, HELLSBANE HEREAFTER, finally out in the world, it’s time to say goodbye to some very dear friends. Normally when I finish a book I do a little happy dance, maybe have a glass of wine,… Read More
by Susannah Scott I get puzzled looks when I tell people that I write romance about dragons. I can see their minds picturing T-Rex-ish creatures getting it on, smashing skyscrapers with their tails. Not sexy. Nope, not even a little bit. When I tell them then that my heros are hunky dragon-shifters, who own a… Read More
by Amanda Usen Writing endings is my least favorite part of writing a book. By the end of the book, the hero and heroine have usually exhausted themselves and me by alternately fighting and making up until they are forced to come to a grand epiphany that will allow them to acknowledge their oh-tragic flaws… Read More
Happy Holidays! Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanza, I hope yours is blessed with the experiences you share with your family and friends. Every year I promise myself that I’m going to work less during the holiday and spend more time with my family, yet I find myself working right up to the… Read More
by Kat Martin Thirty years ago when I first started writing, my goal was to become a successful author. I wanted to be able to quit my real estate job and write full time. Fortunately, with my husband still working, I was able to make that happen fairly quickly. Still, when I finally I sold… Read More
by Alexandra Sokoloff So the holiday season has started. What were the Black Friday death toll numbers, exactly? Well, you’re not going to catch me out there shopping! Instead I thought I’d blog a little about holiday books. But not exactly the way you think. It’s a little strange for me to think of myself as a holiday writer, first… Read More
by Karen Robards I’m always being asked where I get my ideas. A lot of times, I’ll get a snippet of dialogue, or a first line, or a picture in my head that appears out of nowhere, and that will be the spark that ignites a new book. With HUSH, the image that came to… Read More
by Sandra Hill These are interesting days in our household. My ten-year-old grandson Max finally got the “There is no Santa Claus” reality check from his parents. On a scale of kid traumatic, this is right up there with “Candy is outlawed,” and “My life is over.” Max had been taunted at school lately by the little… Read More
by Wynter Daniels Have you ever ordered an item from the internet only to receive it a week or so later and be completely disappointed that it wasn’t at all what you’d had in mind? The sping-do or whatever looks nothing like it did in the picture. And your hopes are dashed. Romance tropes are… Read More
New Audiobook! Beauty and the Beast (an erotic re-imagining) I love how narrator Christine Padovan (winner of Best Audiobook 2013) took my story and brought it to life! Christine gives each of the cast of characters in Beauty and the Beast their own style and voice, which makes listening to her narration akin to listening… Read More
By Margaret Daley When I taught students with special needs, I occasionally had the chance to also work with a service dog. They are amazing animals. Dogs are used to help people with various problems, not only with different disabilities (like blindness, epilepsy, diabetes, physical, post traumatic stress disorder). I am currently writing a series… Read More
by Carole Mortimer I’ve been writing for Harlequin Presents for 36 years, and also the Harlequin Historical line for the past 5 years too, and yet the strangest thing happened to me in the middle of September this year—I dreamt a whole series of books, their heroes, heroines, and their storylines. I had even designed… Read More
On my recent trip to Rome to finish researching St. Cecilia’s life for my historical fiction novel, Virgin Martyr, I spent some time at the Temple of Vesta and the home of the ancient Roman Vestal Virgins. One of my purposes in writing this book was to investigate how attitudes about women’s sexuality and social… Read More
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