by Holland Rae | Aug 28, 2017 | Characters, Editing, Heroines, Humor, Industry, Musings, My Books, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, RWA, Series, Women's Rights
Like many romance novelists, especially of my generation, writing romance was a natural progression from the online community of fan fiction, where we learned much about the female gaze, erotic and not-so-erotic sex, and how to play puppet master with characters and...
by Holland Rae | Aug 23, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Industry, Interview, Reading, Romance Novels, Series
I sat down with Kassandra Lea to talk writing, passion, and her book, A Christmas Kiss! Author Interview When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I’m not entirely sure when that happened. According to my mom, I’ve been reading since I...
by Holland Rae | Aug 21, 2017 | Characters, Heroines, Historical, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Regency, Research, Romance Novels, Series
As many of you likely know, I write romance novels under two pen names. Last week, I talked a little about how this makes for certain challenges, keeping up with marketing and publishing schedules, and more. Despite all of that, however, I still genre hop within each...
by Holland Rae | Aug 16, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Humor, Industry, Reading, Romance Novels, Tour, Writing
At this summer’s RWA17 I got to chat with the funny and totally wonderful Peggy Jaeger, author of Passion’s Pallet! I’m excited to share some of her stories, tips on writing and info on the new book with you! When did you realize or decide you wanted...
by Holland Rae | Aug 11, 2017 | Historical, My Books, Romance Novels, Series, Writing
Lady Charlotte Talbot hasn’t seen Armand Rajaram de Bourbon, her oldest childhood friend and once betrothed, since his family returned to India when she was fifteen. Since then, she has left a groom at the altar, changed her name to Catalina Sol, opened a house for...
by Holland Rae | Aug 7, 2017 | Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Reading, Romance Novels, RWA
This past week I returned from Orlando and the 2017 Romance Writers of America annual conference. It was my second year attending the event, and the experience was overwhelmingly fantastic and inspirational. Here are just a few of my favorite highlights from this...
by Holland Rae | Jul 26, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Industry, Romance Novels, Series
I sat down with Jennifer Wilck to talk writing, passion and her book, Addicted to Love! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I started writing when my kids were little. I had all these stories in my head and I couldn’t get the characters...
by Holland Rae | Jul 19, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Industry, Reading, Series
I sat down with Brenda Whiteside to talk writing, love and her new book, The Power of Love and Murder! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? As long as I can remember, I loved to draw and write. In grade school, I would illustrate my short...
by Holland Rae | Jul 17, 2017 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Musings, Reading, Research, Series, Women
In my quest to read the greats, I recently stumbled upon Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooters series, a military suspense saga with nearly two dozen books and a whole lot to love. Make no mistake, I’m not criticizing the series here. Brockmann is an expert storyteller...
by Holland Rae | Jul 3, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Body Image, Characters, Industry, Musings, My Books, Reading, Romance Novels, Women, Women's Rights
Romance has a problem with men. Make no mistake, this is a feminist issue and, like questions of diversity in age, race and sexual orientation, it needs to be addressed before romance can fully move forward as the progressive, open-minded genre it is. We’ve made great...
