A BRIDE OF CONVENIENCE, the third book in my bride-ship series, is now available! The title says it all! This is a bride of convenience story. In the romance genre, that means the lead couple gets married for a reason other than love, usually because of some mutually beneficial arrangement. Writing a marriage of convenience story is fun but challenging. First, the writer has to figure out … [Read more...]
The Push & Pull of a Satisfying Romance
I recently received an email from Eileen, a reader who is writing her first romance novel. She said: “I love the way you write romances and how they are so intense, I have few questions that I hope you can help me with.” The questions were definitely thought-provoking! And since so many of you are romance lovers (readers as well as writers), I thought you could chime in the comments with your … [Read more...]
2020: The Year of Exceptional Hardships
2020 has sure been a year of hardships, hasn’t it? I can’t even begin to list all the hardships I’ve experienced so far since New Year’s Day. (I tried, but the list was too depressing, so I deleted it!) One of the most recent difficulties (amidst everything else going on in the country and world), is that my little town of Midland in central Michigan experienced devastating flooding. The … [Read more...]
COVER REVEAL!!
Today, I’m super excited to share with you more about my upcoming medieval series, The Fairest Maidens! For those who’ve read The Lost Princesses (a novella and three-book series which released last fall), this new series takes place in the same story world, except that it’s set earlier in time involving characters and places mentioned. Readers will get more of what they love: medieval … [Read more...]
Editing: Pushing, Shoving, and Shaping a Story
For the past few months I’ve been in constant editing mode for one book or another. Most recently I’ve been editing the three books that release this fall that are a part of The Fairest Maidens series. For those who enjoyed The Lost Princesses, the new series is a prequel and introduces some previously mentioned characters (like Queen Margery as the antagonist!). The series has been a blast to … [Read more...]
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