by Annette | Dec 11, 2012 | The Creative Process, Tools & Resources
Do your family, friends, and housemates leave you alone when you’re writing, or do they seem to interrupt you every five minutes with a want, need, or question? For many writers the latter is more common which makes it damn darn difficult to get anything...
by Annette | Nov 17, 2012 | Romance Writing, The Creative Process, Tools & Resources
The kiss. It’s not the first time your hero and heroine have touched. Theoretically, they’ve touched hands. Maybe he’s touched her face or they’ve bumped into one another. And yet the first kiss is one of the most important scenes in your romance novel. It’s easy to...
by Annette | Nov 14, 2012 | Romance Writing, Romance Writing Career, The Creative Process, Tools & Resources
Every writer has their own creative process. Some write when the spirit moves them, or when they can find time. Others write every day as a matter of habit. You might, at first glance, think that one way is better than another. And while it’s true that there is a...
by Annette | Oct 4, 2012 | Romance Writing, Tools & Resources
I’ll be honest with you, after I published my first book, my confidence tanked. Not because the book did badly, it actually exceeded my initial and quite high expectations, but rather because it meant I had to follow it up. By publishing a series, I’d...
by Annette | Sep 18, 2012 | Romance Writing Career, Tools & Resources
Why did you start writing romance? What’s the story behind it? I won’t tell you I’ve been writing since I was knee high to a grasshopper, though I have probably been reading that long. I started writing when my husband and our family moved to Minnesota. I...
by Annette | Aug 25, 2012 | Romance Writing Career, Tools & Resources
With the launch of Deadly Chaos pending I decided to look into how to create a book trailer. I found a fantastic post on Nathan Bransford’s site. Here’s a link to it. http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/01/guest-blog-week-how-to-make-book.html I have...
