by Holland Rae | Apr 1, 2019 | Characters, Heroes, Heroines, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Research
After free write, I begin the creative writing classes I teach with a question – what is stopping you from writing this week? As poets, novelists, journalist, short story tellers and everything in between, we run across a myriad of unique and ever-evolving challenges...
by Holland Rae | Mar 28, 2019 | Characters, Feminism, Industry, Reading, Romance Novels, RWA, Women's Rights
We’re still here. A year after the RITA awards were acknowledged as problematic and promoting of a biased system, we are once again, as a romance industry, fighting for inclusivity and equal opportunities for all authors. Small victories for authors from historically...
by Holland Rae | Nov 26, 2018 | Audiobooks, Characters, Feminism, Industry, Musings, Reading, Reviews, Romance Novels, Women, Writing
What We Can Take Away From Books That Just Don’t Get it Right Last week, I quit a book. I’m terrible at quitting books. Mostly, even if the narrator grates up my spine or the main character sounds like something out of a PBS special, I’ll keep listening or...
by Holland Rae | Nov 6, 2018 | Art, Characters, Heroines, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
As a writer, I often run up against this romantic notion of the ‘muse’. Perhaps due to its prevalence in Ancient Greek cultures or because we, as artists, are desperate for a little beauty in a job that can be mind-bogglingly lonely and boring some days, the muse is...
by Holland Rae | Oct 29, 2018 | Characters, Feminism, Industry, Inspiration, Intersectional Feminism, Musings, Reading, Research, Reviews, Romance Novels, Series, Women, Women's Rights
Every genre has its pitfalls. Mysteries that give away the whodunit too early. Sci-fi that falls this side of derivative. Romance with two-dimensional Ken doll heroes. Writing genre fiction comes with all sorts of challenges, and it takes a certain set of skills and...
by Holland Rae | Oct 10, 2018 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Industry, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, Series, Tour, Writing
I got to sit down with my darling friend Savannah Kade to discuss writing, research, and her new book, Dark Secrets! Author Interview When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? When I was a kid. I wrote an 80-page novella when I was 8. It sucked. Bad....
