Lately, there are a lot of shapeshifter romances being published and written, especially among erotic romance publishers/authors. I love shapeshifers. I love writing them and I love reading them. For kicks, since I’m currently wrapping up a shapeshifter romance (working title: Mark of the Beast), I thought I’d list the top ten reasons why I […]

There’s been a lot of stir over the past couple of years over sex and its role in romance–how much sex there should be, when it’s appropriate, and even how the characters should have sex.
Almost without exception, the debate ends up dissolving into insult. One side sniffs, “Those erotic romances have no plot–they’re just […]

Ahem. Well, to say my brain is thoroughly fried from surviving my third Romantic Times conference is an understatement. To give you an example, I tried typing in this blog entry once before and managed to delete it while trying to upload a photograph. ARGHHHH. Try, try again.
Because my brain is mush, I’m doing a […]

I was channel surfing recently and came across the country music station. And while I admit I like country music, I really dislike music videos — not only the country ones, but any of them. They just don’t appeal to me. I don’t want someone else showing me their interpretation of a […]

Last week, I attended the Book Expo, a three day event that is basically like the “Super Bowl” for the publishing industry. It was the first time in ten years that the Expo was held in Washington, DC and it was a great opportunity for me to see what it was like. Overwhelming is one […]

School’s Out officially today and to be honest in the back of my head all I hear is Alice Cooper singing School’s out for summer/School’s out forever. Rocking out loud and long to that song every year when I heard that last bell and made a bee-line for the exit. Summer always held […]

I think there are some myths about the lives of romance writers. I know because I shared these myths before I became a romance writer myself. Some of these myths I still aspire to. Like the one where a romance writer can flit around the house in a silk caftan, dictating […]