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 | Jul 6, 2020 | Beauty, Characters, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Reading, Romance Novels, Women's Rights
I think there was a time when pop culture and mass media realized that women could be mean. They discovered the secret like it was the Holy Grail and turned it into a trope that would never die. The Mean Girl. The Villainess. The Bitch. The Witch. The Slut. The Prude....
by hollandrae | Jun 22, 2020 | Characters, Industry, Inspiration, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
Sometimes, the beginning is the easy part. In fact, sometimes it’s the only part I know. Story inspiration comes to me in myriad ways, snippets of dialogue, a flash of a setting, a character’s tragic backstory. Sometimes it is wide brushes of character arc and plot,...
by hollandrae | Jun 1, 2020 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Reading, Romance Novels, RWA, Uncategorized, Women, Women's Rights
I initially wrote this piece almost two years ago and, while a lot has changed in romance and in politics, far too much remains the same. I am no longer a member of the Romance Writers of America community, which saddens me deeply, but I am working to create more...
by hollandrae | May 25, 2020 | Editing, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research
Recently, I told a fellow writer that I was struggling to write. It was all very frustrating, I explained, because I’m excited about this current series, I like my characters, and I’m attempting to have several completed works finalized before putting the first book...
