I’ve been following Lorelle on Wordpress for a while now. She blogs about all things Wordpress and blogging, and I was delighted to learn Lorelle intended to run a free online course on setting up a Wordpress site. The course has just stared and runs for the entire...
On the Web
15 Facts About Leopard Shifters
I'm visiting the Coffee Time blog today where I'm discussing feline shifters. But I also have a question for readers - what draws you to try a new author? One lucky reader will win a book from my Middlemarch Mates series. Feline Shifters with Shelley Munro Come and...
Serials – An Old Idea Made New?
There has been a lot of talk about fictional serials during the last few months with both publishers and Amazon embracing the idea. A serial is a single book broken down into instalments. These instalments go on sale one at a time with the ending hook of each serial...
Author Kathleen Dienne on Keeping Track While Writing Love Scenes
Writers - have you ever had trouble writing a love scene and keeping track of limbs? Carina Press author, Kathleen Dienne has written an excellent post about writing love scenes and making sure your characters don't do the impossible. Here's the link to Keeping Track...
Notes on Thinking
I do my very best thinking in the shower. I think about my day. I think about my current work-in-progress and plotting problems. I think about my goals. The only problem with doing my thinking in the shower is that I can't take notes. By the time I get out of the...
Playing the Odds
Author Adrienne Kress has an interesting post called It's Not About the Odds. She talks about the luck required in getting a publishing contract and how you can slant those odds in your favor by doing a great query letter. Rebecca at Dirty Sexy Books has a tongue in...
Horses & The Monster That Shall Not Be Named
I often come across good articles and posts relating to writing and the writing business when I'm surfing on the net. What? You thought I wrote all the time? :grin: I don't know about you, but I enjoy both keeping up with the writing market and learning new things. I...
Country Boy or City Sophistication?
So this track was playing on my iPod while Scotty and I wandered at our old-dog pace around the reserve this morning. It made me start thinking. Possibly a bad thing, but follow along... I'm a country girl at heart, and my husband also grew up on a farm. The farming...
Romance on the Web.
Today I have a selection of interesting tidbits for you from the world wide web. The first is at Romancing the Blog and it's about books and censorship. This post shocked me. I dislike censorship of any sort and feel that adults should have freedom of choice. I can...