by Holland Rae | Nov 25, 2019 | Characters, Harry Potter, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Romance Novels, Uncategorized, Women's Rights
With the rise of Katniss Everdeen and Tris Prior, the literary world saw a shift, a call toward the strong female character, a heroine who could fight for herself and those she loved, someone who wouldn’t take it sitting down. I am all for the strong female...
by Holland Rae | Nov 18, 2019 | Industry, Musings, My Books, National Novel Writing Month, Romance Novels
The first time I did National Novel Writing Month, I didn’t realize there were rules. I had heard in some writer’s group or class or online forum that in the month of November, writers try to write 100 pages. I was a freshman in high school and 100 pages was a lot...
by Holland Rae | Nov 11, 2019 | Characters, Industry, Musings, My Books, Reading
I don’t remember ever being anything but a storyteller. When I was young, I wanted to be many things – a movie director, a perfume maker, a chocolatier (that dream hasn’t fully disappeared), a scientist, but all of those unique and creative dreams stemmed directly...
by Holland Rae | 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 Holland Rae | Oct 14, 2019 | Industry, Musings, My Books, Research, Romance Novels
I can’t say I’m a huge William Faulkner fan. Not being of his era or his environment, I shy away from the heavily masculine writing style of him and Hemingway, preferring the books that were never on the required reading list but have undoubtedly taught me so much...
