Getting emotion into a romance is one of the hardest jobs of a writer. Stringing words together to make a story seem real and rounded, one that draws the reader into the world the writer has created is plain hard. A few years ago Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi wrote a book called the Emotion Thesaurus. I, along with many other writers, embraced this book, making it part of my craft library....
My husband pulled off a wonderful surprise for my recent birthday. I knew we were going away but I thought hubby had organized a quick trip to the South Island of New Zealand. On the day we were meant to leave, he woke me up at a very early hour with a cup of tea....
I'm visiting Berengaria Brown today and talking about Christmas. Here's the link to Berengaria's Blog. My husband sprang a surprise on me for my birthday and my holiday ended up a bit longer than I'd planned. Not that I'm complaining. I had a fantastic time. I'll be...
My special guest today is Victoria Janssen. Victoria writes very sexy historicals for Spice and her new release, The Duke and the Pirate Queen sounds wonderful. I can't wait to read it. Today she's talking about Satisfying Endings. Over to Victoria... Though I read a...
Mr. Munro and I had a busy weekend. Hubby went fishing on Saturday, leaving me in peace to do some writing. Job done since I completed the short project I've been working on recenty. Mr. Munro arrived home with lots of fish (guess what we had for dinner?) and we...
I took this photo at the local A & P show. The donkey was in the kid's petting area and he looked as if he desperately wanted to escape their wandering hands. To see more animal photos visit Camera Critters
This month I've been writing up a storm. Since I write romance, I seem to be writing a lot of love scenes. Here's a selection of words you might find in one of my love scenes. Thirteen Words You Might Find In a Love Scene 1. Whimper 2. Rasp 3. Sensitive 4. Ache 5....
