by Holland Rae | Nov 17, 2017 | Historical, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Regency, Research, Romance Novels, Series
I can’t believe release day is here! I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who supported me by pre-ordering, blogging, reviewing and sharing! I couldn’t do it without your support and I am forever grateful! I’M RUNNING A RELEASE DAY ONLY GIVEAWAY FOR FREE COPIES...
by Holland Rae | Nov 6, 2017 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Romance Novels, Statistics, Women's Rights
I was born in 1992. By the time I understood what the word “career” actually meant, women were successfully following them in business, art, law and medicine. From an early age I was encouraged and exposed to women in positions of power and told that I could be...
by Holland Rae | Oct 30, 2017 | Characters, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels, Series
This post was originally published November 7, 2017. Tips from a successful NaNo-er on how to keep sane, write well, and make your month count! First of all, congrats! Your interest in doing National Novel Writing Month shows an excitement for writing and storytelling...
by Holland Rae | Oct 2, 2017 | Characters, Heroines, Historical, Musings, My Books, Regency, Research, Romance Novels, Series, Statistics, Women, Women's Rights
This blog post is in reference to an article published by The New York Times, which can be found here. X If the influx of nuclear war threats, rumors of treasons and bigotry against celebrities invoking their first amendment rights has kept you from the real issues,...
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 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...