I considered writing about politics, but I’m all politico-ed out this year. I thought about doing an RWA recap, but honestly, I wasn’t all tuned in at the conference, didn’t go to any sessions — I order the CD’s, so I can listen when my brain is actually functioning correctly. I thought […]

Once a year, in a city decided by top-secret ballot and nineteen women who really don’t get paid enough, two thousand romance writers descend upon one designated venue, and thereafter, love, hearts, and dietetically-induced chaos ensues.
It is time for the annual Romance Writers of America concert. The world really has no idea about […]

So, there was this discussion on another site (www.dearauthor.com , mumble, mumble, mumble) and they happened to discuss a heroine in one of my books, and that, along with the Sex and the City Movie started me thinking.  Is there truly an anti-heroine, or is it — like the Loch Ness monster and stellar customer […]

There’s a certain Dr. Frankenstein aspect to writing novels, of any sort, but especially in romance where you live and die a bad-career-death if your characters turn out flat.  But good characters truly take time and thoughtfulness in order to pull them out of their stock-ness.   My favorite characters in fiction are Scarlet O’Hara and […]