by Holland Rae | Jun 26, 2017 | Art, Humor, Inspiration, My Books, Romance Novels, Writing
I went to the summer book sale today. Should I have gone to the summer book sale? The answer is an unequivocal no. Filling a shopping bag with second-hand books for just $8 and a good cause is the kind of feels-so-good-because-it’s-so-bad fantasy I write about...
by Holland Rae | Jun 19, 2017 | Editing, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Series
I come from a car family, and we have this running joke based on a YouTube tutorial my dad once watched about fixing the transmission on our old Volvo station wagon. Step One: Remove transmission. Now, of course, removing a transmission is a wildly complicated and...
by Holland Rae | Jun 7, 2017 | Editing, Guest Post, Heroines, Industry, Reading, Romance Novels
I sat down with author Sandra Tilley to talk writing, passion and her book, The Ghost and Mrs. Miller! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? In utero. ☺ Like most of you, it’s part of my DNA. What has been your best experience as an...
by Holland Rae | Jun 5, 2017 | Audiobooks, Characters, Heroines, Industry, Reviews, Romance Novels, Series, Writing
You know that series? The one you’ll talk to anyone about, the one where you rant and rave about the characters and the plot twists, the one you miss immediately after you finish it? The Hard Ink series, by Laura Kaye, will make you do all of those things. Over the...
by Holland Rae | Jun 1, 2017 | Feminism, Heroines, Historical, Industry, Inspiration, Reading, Regency, Romance Novels, Women, Women's Rights
It’s been a bit of a wild week! My birthday was Monday but we started celebrating the Friday before and went until Tuesday night, when my mom and best friend and I attended a romance novelists on feminism panel at The Strand Bookstore in New York City. If you...
by Holland Rae | May 24, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Inspiration, Reading, Romance Novels, Writing
I sat down with Lorna Baldwin to talk writing, passion and her book, Wife for a While! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I think I was in third grade. We had a unit in poetry. I remember standing at my teacher’s desk, watching her read...
by Holland Rae | May 22, 2017 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Reviews, Romance Novels, Series, Uncategorized
I finally caved on GoodReads. For years, every time I finished a book, I’d jot it down in the back of my moleskine journal, scribbling out long titles and dates in the margins of a filling up Read list. So this year, I sat down, set myself a hundred book Good Reads...
by Holland Rae | May 1, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Body Image, Heroines, Industry, My Books, Romance Novels, Women's Rights
To me, romance is the most feminist literary genre. It promotes female agency in the workplace, domestic sphere and bedroom, as well as celebrating women/women friendships and professional successes. Romance is about communication, equality and going after what you...
by Holland Rae | Apr 27, 2017 | Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research
Why I’ll Always Edit a Hard Copy Technology is amazing. Just today, someone emailed me a PDF that I printed, signed, scanned, uploaded and emailed back. I can communicate with my boyfriend in the other office of the house or my publisher across the country with the...
by Holland Rae | Apr 26, 2017 | Editing, Guest Post, Industry, Inspiration, Interview, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, RWA
I sat down with Katie McCoach to writing, business and passion! So tell us a little about your business – What sort of work do you do? How long have you been running the company? First off, thank you so much for having me! I always balk when someone asks me in-person,...
