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 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...