by hollandrae | Jul 27, 2020 | Characters, Harry Potter, Heroines, Humor, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Regency, Research, Romance Novels
“What’s my problem, Mila?” he asked, all the more intimidating and enticing for the lowness of his voice. “What’s my problem, tell me. I want to know.” The above quote is from my current work in progress, In My Sights, and though it doesn’t squarely follow the...
by hollandrae | Jul 16, 2020 | Humor, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research
1.The greatest idea in the world comes to you. 2. You spend several days just thinking about every wonderful and perfect part of your unwritten manuscript. 3. You start the researching process. 4. Outline! Outline! Outline! 5. Start Writing! 6....
by hollandrae | May 25, 2020 | Editing, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Research
Recently, I told a fellow writer that I was struggling to write. It was all very frustrating, I explained, because I’m excited about this current series, I like my characters, and I’m attempting to have several completed works finalized before putting the first book...
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 | May 6, 2020 | Characters, Editing, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Romance Novels
Will they or won’t they – it’s the most important, infuriating question of every romance novel. Will they give into their desire now, in the dark corners of the library? How about now, in the hidden coves of the rose gardens? Will they be interrupted by a gaggle of...
