by hollandrae | Jul 27, 2020 | Characters, Harry Potter, Heroines, Humor, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Regency, Research, Romance Novels
“What’s my problem, Mila?” he asked, all the more intimidating and enticing for the lowness of his voice. “What’s my problem, tell me. I want to know.” The above quote is from my current work in progress, In My Sights, and though it doesn’t squarely follow the...
by hollandrae | Jul 16, 2020 | Humor, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research
1.The greatest idea in the world comes to you. 2. You spend several days just thinking about every wonderful and perfect part of your unwritten manuscript. 3. You start the researching process. 4. Outline! Outline! Outline! 5. Start Writing! 6....
by hollandrae | Dec 10, 2019 | Art, Beauty, Characters, Heroines, Humor, Musings, Regency, Romance Novels
I’m going to come right out and say it. I’m over alpha males who can’t string a sentence together. Shocker, I know. But seriously. I know our loins get all fluttery and we revert back to some real knuckle-dragger tendencies when it comes to the hot...
by hollandrae | 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 hollandrae | May 14, 2018 | Characters, Editing, Heroines, Humor, Industry, Research, Romance Novels, Statistics, Writing
When it comes to titles, I am all or none. Some days, the blessed title deities generously bequeath the perfect name for my current work in progress, simply out of the kindness of their hearts. Other days, the well runs dry, the ground cracks below my feet, and I beg...
by hollandrae | 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...
