by Holland Rae | Apr 25, 2018 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroes, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, Series, Tour, Writing
I got to sit down with RJ Scott to talk writing, research and her new charity anthology, Love For All Seasons! About the Book! Tell us a little about your new release: Love For All Seasons (A Charity Anthology) The anthology features five established authors and three...
by Holland Rae | Apr 18, 2018 | Characters, Guest Post, Heroes, Heroines, Historical, Reading, Research, Romance Novels, Tour, Writing
I sat down with Emilee Harris to talk writing, research, and her new release, Her Queen City Ranger! Author Interview When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I’ve been writing since I was a kid, but I was raised to believe that writing wasn’t a...
by Holland Rae | Apr 16, 2018 | Characters, Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Series
Though it may seem counterintuitive, writing a series is oftentimes easier than writing a stand-alone book. For one, building your world, and the characters, settings, and constructs within that world, is something you do only once, using the following books to add or...
by Holland Rae | Mar 26, 2018 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels, Series, Women
Ensemble writing is difficult. No doubt you’ve picked up a book with seemingly a dozen characters that look and act the same way. Often you’ll find issues in genre fiction, when all the heroes or heroines come from a distinct background, military for example and they...
by Holland Rae | Mar 12, 2018 | Characters, Editing, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
I am an overwriter. It’s not a bad thing. In fact, as far as the question of overwriter vs. underwriter goes, I’d much rather face the challenge of cutting words than adding them. Putting too much information into a story is a far easier thing to combat than trying to...
by Holland Rae | Mar 5, 2018 | Art, Beauty, Characters, Heroines, My Books, Research, Romance Novels, Writing
I don’t do it on purpose. I don’t sit down at the computer and say ‘hmm, what’s the important message of the day and how can I squeeze it into chapter three?” It doesn’t work that way, at least not for me. The themes and lessons so to speak, that show up in my books...
