by Holland Rae | Apr 18, 2018 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroes, Heroines, Historical, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, Tour, Writing
I sat down with Emilee Harris to talk writing, research, and her new release, Her Queen City Ranger! Author Interview When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I’ve been writing since I was a kid, but I was raised to believe that writing wasn’t a...
by Holland Rae | Apr 16, 2018 | Characters, Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Series
Though it may seem counterintuitive, writing a series is oftentimes easier than writing a stand-alone book. For one, building your world, and the characters, settings, and constructs within that world, is something you do only once, using the following books to add or...
by Holland Rae | Apr 9, 2018 | Art, Beauty, Heroines, Musings, Women
I tried to pick just one Juliet Marillier quote, I really did. But as I scanned pages of her quotes, from books I’ve read and reread, stories that have stayed with me through the easy times and the hard, I found the task impossible. How could I narrow down a...
by Holland Rae | Apr 4, 2018 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroes, Heroines, Historical, Reading, Romance Novels
It’s my pleasure to sit down with Audrey Adair to talk writing, romance and her new release, Treasures of the Wind! Author Interview When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I honestly don’t ever remember a time that I didn’t want to be a...
by Holland Rae | Apr 2, 2018 | Characters, Humor, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Romance Novels
I realized some time ago that I don’t have a type. Sometimes, I think I do – a sexy Italian man with long hair and seductive, dark eyes or a sinewy, brilliant professor, who keeps me late after class to discuss Aristotle and the role of intersectional feminism in...
by Holland Rae | Mar 28, 2018 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Historical, Regency, Romance Novels, Tour
It’s my absolute pleasure to sit down with a dear friend and discuss her new release! Without further ado, let’s get to know all about Christina Britton and With Love in Sight! So tell us a little about the book! A painfully shy, bespectacled spinster,...
by Holland Rae | Mar 26, 2018 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels, Series, Women
Ensemble writing is difficult. No doubt you’ve picked up a book with seemingly a dozen characters that look and act the same way. Often you’ll find issues in genre fiction, when all the heroes or heroines come from a distinct background, military for example and they...
by Holland Rae | Mar 19, 2018 | Characters, Heroines, Musings, My Books, Romance Novels, Women
Okay, I’ll cop to it – I’ve used this title before. But that’s only because it’s so true. (And so good!) It also really fits into this week’s blog topic – a person who inspires me. See, I’ve been really lucky. No one is going to say that being a writer is easy. Even...
by Holland Rae | Mar 12, 2018 | Characters, Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
I am an overwriter. It’s not a bad thing. In fact, as far as the question of overwriter vs. underwriter goes, I’d much rather face the challenge of cutting words than adding them. Putting too much information into a story is a far easier thing to combat than trying to...
by Holland Rae | Mar 5, 2018 | Art, Beauty, Characters, Heroines, My Books, Research, Romance Novels, Writing
I don’t do it on purpose. I don’t sit down at the computer and say ‘hmm, what’s the important message of the day and how can I squeeze it into chapter three?” It doesn’t work that way, at least not for me. The themes and lessons so to speak, that show up in my books...
