by hollandrae | Jul 20, 2020 | Characters, Heroines, Historical, Industry, Musings, My Books, Regency, Research, Romance Novels, Series, Women
A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one I recently engaged in a lively family discussion about misquoted idioms. As with curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back, the modern concept has come to mean the...
by hollandrae | May 18, 2020 | Characters, Musings, My Books, Uncategorized
Ever since I can remember, my favorite food has been ravioli. It was a staple of my Italian American upbringing and evolved over the years from cheese to lobster to pear and walnut, an ever-changing affair with a beloved dish. I have eaten ravioli all over the world,...
by hollandrae | May 11, 2020 | Characters, Musings, Research
Writing is wonderful. It’s like playing God, sculpting worlds, forming new people from nothing but your fingers against the keyboard, giving life to the two-dimensional creations of your own mind, weaving spells of love and pain and the whole spectrum of human...
by hollandrae | Apr 27, 2020 | Art, Editing, Heroes, Heroines, Industry, Musings, My Books, Reading, Research, Romance Novels
When the Twilight series hit its zenith of popularity, vampire stories, love triangle stories, and YA fantasy flooded the market. After the success of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, dystopian fiction with young, often female, protagonists, became inescapable in...
by hollandrae | Apr 6, 2020 | Characters, Industry, Musings, My Books, Romance Novels, Uncategorized
Do you eavesdrop? If you’re a writer and you don’t eavesdrop, then you’re missing out on a treasure trove of inspiration and research. Listening to the world around you – yes, perhaps more than is polite – is a surefire way to realistically represent the world around...
