by hollandrae | Oct 21, 2019 | Characters, Musings, My Books, Reading, Romance Novels
I am six years old, sitting in my playroom with one of several cartoon-covered journals in my hand. The pages are scribbled with thousands of single-syllable words in pinks and purples: character names, magic spells, fantastical places I’m going to visit one day. I am...
by hollandrae | May 14, 2019 | Industry, Musings, My Books, Romance Novels
No, I Shouldn’t Have to Prove It So, have you, like, written anything? When you move to a brand new city and have to make friends, it’s a little like speed dating. You answer the same handful of questions over and over again and you try to eke out which of...
by hollandrae | Sep 17, 2018 | Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Romance Novels
I was getting up for that mid-afternoon cup of coffee when I got an email. Any writer – author, journalist or poet – who has work out in the submission pipeline, knows the email moment. The notification pops up on your phone or in your inbox and your heart...
