Love is worth the risk
I returned from Sin City this weekend ready to write and confirmed in the general direction of my plans. The master class on Tension and Conflict was super helpful and so were sessions on Female Archtypes, Marketing, and Medical History among others. Hobnobbing with other writers is always motivating and motivational. What did I learn? […]
So I plugged away last week after a hiccup for character work and some mulling over plot and “Valentine Wishes” is coming a long. I also spent some time working with Night Cafe, a fairly simple AI tool. If I give it a fairly detailed description, it sometimes give me something back that is usable […]
Jude Knight brings us facts about 19th century travel with no internet banking and no American Express! Most of my stories are set in the Regency, and my people tend to zip around the country, and even the world, quite a lot. So I’ve had to get my head around something we in our century […]
Join Sara Adrien to learn the facts about Royal Ascot and her novel with Tanya Wilde, Dare To Tempt An Earl This Spring While researching my latest Regency romance, I was captivated by the history and grandeur of the Royal Ascot. Established in 1711 by Queen Anne, the Ascot quickly became more than just a […]
Last week, as I mentioned in this blog, I started a new novella, one for a Valentine collection to be published in January. I plunged in and wrote a few scenes but bogged down by Friday. I. Could. Not. Write. Saturday morning I realized why. I hardly know the hero and heroine. When I don’t […]
How did I get so busy? I’ve been going in circles the past two weeks, so much so that I didn’t even get to this blog post last Monday. First of all, writing writing writing. “Music in the Night”, a novella for the Dragonblade collection, Dukes All Night Long, is finished! I typed THE END […]
Annie Potter has been sneaking into Woodglen Hall, seat of the absent Duke of Glenmoor, for months, using a window the steward kindly leaves open for her. She comes to lose herself in the duke’s grand piano forte, an antidote to her miserable life in her uncle’s vicarage. A week ago a stranger interrupted her, […]
Here’s a teaser from the first part of “Charred Hope,” a novella for Love’s Perilous Road. It is the hero and heroine’s second meeting. The day before she all but threw him out when he came unannounced to bring her something. When she opened it, she was flooded with chagrin and embarrassment. She has come […]
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