by hollandrae | Mar 5, 2020 | Inspiration, Musings
Consider donating to Nashville Tornado Relief. It has been an extremely weird week. On Monday, we left our apartment after midnight and bunkered down in the mailroom while a tornado ravaged the city. After returning home, we were awoken ninety minutes later by the...
by hollandrae | Feb 27, 2020 | Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Writing
Being a writer is hard. That’s what they tell you when you’re ten years old and write an essay on what you want to be when you grow up. You should have a backup plan. That’s what they tell you when you pursue writing as a career and you realize you’re going to be...
by hollandrae | Feb 17, 2020 | Characters, Heroes, Heroines, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Romance Novels, Writing
I figured out what was wrong with my work in progress. After three revisions, rewrites and new drafts, the answer was so simple I’m surprised I didn’t accidentally walk into it face first. There was no internal conflict. Simple. Stupidly simple. See, it’s surprisingly...
by hollandrae | Feb 13, 2020 | Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Regency, Writing
It’s not always easy to judge success as a writer. Sure, if your name pops up on the best sellers list or if you get a major motion picture deal or six-figure check, that’s definitely going to count as success. But what about the freelance writer with a string of...
by hollandrae | Jan 29, 2020 | Characters, Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Research
Easy reading is damn hard writing. – Nathaniel Hawthorne From the outside, writing doesn’t look too hard. After all, I spent eight to ten hours a day on my computer, doing the thing I love most in the world. What could be difficult about that? I get to...
by hollandrae | Jan 14, 2020 | Characters, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
I’m not going to take the necessary time to go over all the ways romance gets a bad rap. If you read or write the genre, you know that it’s up against a high level of misconception and condescension for myriad reasons. But despite all those things people tend to say...
