by Holland Rae | Jul 22, 2019 | Characters, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
There are many things that need to happen in a book in order for it to qualify as good romance. The hero and heroine must go through a series of internal and external conflicts and come out on the other side, there is often a strong female friendship, themes of sex...
by Holland Rae | Jul 16, 2019 | Characters, Editing, Industry, Musings, My Books, Reading, Reviews, Romance Novels, Uncategorized
I’m a Type A creative with a Gemini star sign and a Ravenclaw personality. I work under stress or I don’t work at all, and the more I have going on in a day, the more productive I am. At the moment, I have two novels back from the editor in various stages of editing...
by Holland Rae | Jul 10, 2019 | Guest Post, Industry, Romance Novels, Series, Tour
I got to sit down with my darling friend Elizabeth to chat Nicole Kidman, the Underground Railroad and her new release, Bootleg Love Affair! Author Interview When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? For as long as I’ve been reading, I’ve been...
by Holland Rae | Jul 8, 2019 | Characters, Historical, Musings
I’m a crier. I cry. I cry at movies, good things and bad things, scary things and sad things, puppy food commercials, and the news. I am usually overwhelmed with emotion for some reason or another and the people who know me and love me have long accepted that I will...
by Holland Rae | Jul 2, 2019 | Editing, Humor, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Romance Novels
Do you ever have a moment in your writing when a character’s actions feel so right? They’re so perfectly aligned to the personality that you can almost picture your hero sitting in your bedroom doing the thing. Then, a month later, when you go over the draft for the...
by Holland Rae | Jun 24, 2019 | Musings, My Books, Reading, Research, Romance Novels
My grandfather was a writer. He was a songwriter and a playwright, a historian, children’s book author and general teller of tales for as long as history dates back. Up until the last, he was writing prose, crafting the perfect sentence and muttering cantankerous, but...
by Holland Rae | Jun 19, 2019 | Guest Post, Industry, Reading, Romance Novels, Tour
I got to sit down with Nadia Diament to chat Tucson, bank robberies, and those vampires we just can’t get enough of. ♥ Hi everyone—I’m excited to be here, and I’d like to give Holland a big thank you for hosting me. Tell us a little about your new release...
by Holland Rae | Jun 18, 2019 | Characters, Editing, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
I have to rewrite my book. The problem is that the book is more than halfway complete – not finished, not by any stretch, nor yet early enough in its infancy to teach it another language. This book is a mere first-date-night-arm-reach from hitting the fifty thousand...
by Holland Rae | Jun 10, 2019 | Industry, Musings, Reading, Romance Novels
I can’t say for certain how many times I’ve written the email myself. Certainly, the amount of times I’ve deleted and rewritten the email is at least double. I don’t mean to fangirl… Your books are really inspirational. Thank you for being so accessible to readers…...
by Holland Rae | Jun 3, 2019 | Characters, Feminism, Heroes, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Intersectional Feminism, Musings, Reviews, Women's Rights
“I think this might be one of my favorite romantic comedies.” My boyfriend is in full cozy mode on the couch, eating ice cream as we watch Ali Wong and Randall Park play the will they, won’t they? game in the new Netflix original film Always Be My Maybe. While he may...
