by Holland Rae | Aug 7, 2017 | Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Reading, Romance Novels, RWA
This past week I returned from Orlando and the 2017 Romance Writers of America annual conference. It was my second year attending the event, and the experience was overwhelmingly fantastic and inspirational. Here are just a few of my favorite highlights from this...
by Holland Rae | Jul 26, 2017 | Characters, Guest Post, Industry, Romance Novels, Series
I sat down with Jennifer Wilck to talk writing, passion and her book, Addicted to Love! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? I started writing when my kids were little. I had all these stories in my head and I couldn’t get the characters...
by Holland Rae | Jul 3, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Body Image, Characters, Industry, Musings, My Books, Reading, Romance Novels, Women, Women's Rights
Romance has a problem with men. Make no mistake, this is a feminist issue and, like questions of diversity in age, race and sexual orientation, it needs to be addressed before romance can fully move forward as the progressive, open-minded genre it is. We’ve made great...
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 7, 2017 | Editing, Guest Post, Heroines, Industry, Reading, Romance Novels
I sat down with author Sandra Tilley to talk writing, passion and her book, The Ghost and Mrs. Miller! When did you realize or decide you wanted to be a writer? In utero. ☺ Like most of you, it’s part of my DNA. What has been your best experience as an...
by Holland Rae | Jun 5, 2017 | Audiobooks, Characters, Heroines, Industry, Reviews, Romance Novels, Series, Writing
You know that series? The one you’ll talk to anyone about, the one where you rant and rave about the characters and the plot twists, the one you miss immediately after you finish it? The Hard Ink series, by Laura Kaye, will make you do all of those things. Over the...