by Holland Rae | Jun 26, 2017 | Art, Humor, Inspiration, My Books, Romance Novels, Writing
I went to the summer book sale today. Should I have gone to the summer book sale? The answer is an unequivocal no. Filling a shopping bag with second-hand books for just $8 and a good cause is the kind of feels-so-good-because-it’s-so-bad fantasy I write about...
by Holland Rae | Jun 19, 2017 | Editing, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Series
I come from a car family, and we have this running joke based on a YouTube tutorial my dad once watched about fixing the transmission on our old Volvo station wagon. Step One: Remove transmission. Now, of course, removing a transmission is a wildly complicated and...
by Holland Rae | Jun 1, 2017 | Feminism, Heroines, Historical, Industry, Inspiration, Reading, Regency, Romance Novels, Women, Women's Rights
It’s been a bit of a wild week! My birthday was Monday but we started celebrating the Friday before and went until Tuesday night, when my mom and best friend and I attended a romance novelists on feminism panel at The Strand Bookstore in New York City. If you...
by Holland Rae | May 24, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroines, Inspiration, Reading, Romance Novels, Writing
I sat down with Lorna Baldwin to talk writing, passion and her book, Wife for a While! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I think I was in third grade. We had a unit in poetry. I remember standing at my teacher’s desk, watching her read...
by Holland Rae | Apr 27, 2017 | Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research
Why I’ll Always Edit a Hard Copy Technology is amazing. Just today, someone emailed me a PDF that I printed, signed, scanned, uploaded and emailed back. I can communicate with my boyfriend in the other office of the house or my publisher across the country with the...
by Holland Rae | Apr 26, 2017 | Editing, Guest Post, Industry, Inspiration, Interview, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, RWA
I sat down with Katie McCoach to writing, business and passion! So tell us a little about your business – What sort of work do you do? How long have you been running the company? First off, thank you so much for having me! I always balk when someone asks me in-person,...
