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Category Archives: The Writing Life

Research, revisions, reviews rejection…it’s all part of the writing life. But there are thrills too—seeing the cover for the first time, book signings, meeting other romance fans, and those days when scenes just write themselves. I’ll be writing about all that and more…

Happy Anniversary, New York City!

Speaking of anniversaries, this time of year marks my 8 YEAR anniversary of moving to New York City. When September 11th happened, I was printing out my college application to NYU. I wanted to be a New York City girl so badly nothing was going to stop me.
So, in early January 2002 my folks drove [...]

And the title of my next book is…

In the end, it was inevitable that my publisher would reject my title: The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure. Fitting it on a mass-market size book in a readable font size was an insurmountable challenge. Instead, the new title is….
Well, first let’s talk about how books get titles!
An author submits a [...]

How to survive on a deadline

One of my favorite rules to live by is from Mary Poppins: For every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job’s a game!
That’s been on my mind lately because I’ve recently finished revisions on my novel (Hurray!) but now must turn around and [...]

The Return of The Rakish Rogue!

My dear readers, you may recall that some time ago I handed in the manuscript for my very latest, The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure (or something like that). My dear editor has sent it back with a (typed and thus legible!)  list of comments. Back to work for me!
In the [...]

Life Without Laptop

I have just survived four days without my laptop and…I kind of liked it.
My lil’ mac needed a new hard drive which was fortunately paid for by Applecare (that was money well spent!). I was also fortunate to catch this problem while the HD was dying and not yet dead, so I backed up mostly [...]

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