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September 9, 2018
Lara Lacombe Writes "Romance with a Scientific Twist"
DR. DO-OR-DIE
Thanks so much for having me on the blog today! I always love talking about two of my
favorite things: romance novels and science!
I started out my professional life as a scientist—I actually
have a doctorate in immunology and infectious diseases, and I’ve worked in labs
all over the country doing biomedical research.
With such a ‘serious’ day job, I turned to romance
Thanks so much for having me on the blog today! I always love talking about two of my
favorite things: romance novels and science!
I started out my professional life as a scientist—I actually
have a doctorate in immunology and infectious diseases, and I’ve worked in labs
all over the country doing biomedical research.
With such a ‘serious’ day job, I turned to romance
September 7, 2018
Romance Authors Helped Me Through Tough Times
Judith Ashley
is the author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, romantic fiction that honors
spiritual practices that nourish the soul and celebrates the journey from
relationship to romance.
I’d
never really read romance novels until the summer of 1997. Oh, it isn’t that
I’d never seen one, one of my aunts was an avid reader of Danielle Steele.
However
the summer of 1997 my dad had
is the author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, romantic fiction that honors
spiritual practices that nourish the soul and celebrates the journey from
relationship to romance.
I’d
never really read romance novels until the summer of 1997. Oh, it isn’t that
I’d never seen one, one of my aunts was an avid reader of Danielle Steele.
However
the summer of 1997 my dad had
September 6, 2018
Romance Authors are Writers of Influence by Dora Bramden
This months topic of writers of influence got me thinking about how many writers have influenced me. One thing they have in common is that they wrote romance, relationship stories with a happy ending.
The romance genre was once overlooked as having cultural influence. Probably due to it being written mainly by women but also because it appealed most to women. But that is precisely the
The romance genre was once overlooked as having cultural influence. Probably due to it being written mainly by women but also because it appealed most to women. But that is precisely the
September 5, 2018
The Marvelous Miss Marple MakerYou
By Robin Weaver
Young Aggie
If Daphne du Maurier had written only Rebecca, she would still be
one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Few
writers have created more magical and mysterious places than Jamaica Inn and
Manderley, buildings invested with a rich character that gives them a memorable
life of their own.
In many ways the life of Daphne du Maurier
Young Aggie
If Daphne du Maurier had written only Rebecca, she would still be
one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Few
writers have created more magical and mysterious places than Jamaica Inn and
Manderley, buildings invested with a rich character that gives them a memorable
life of their own.
In many ways the life of Daphne du Maurier
September 4, 2018
Zuri Day's Thug Love: The Other Side of Rap in the 1990s
Zuri Day’s Thug
Love: The Other Side of Rap in the 1990s
Thug Love by
Zuri Day is the 10th book in the Decades: A Journey of
African American Romance series. This series consists of 12 books,
each set in one of 12 decades between 1900 and 2010. Each story focuses on the
romance between African American protagonists, but also embraces the African
American experience within that decade. Join
Love: The Other Side of Rap in the 1990s
Thug Love by
Zuri Day is the 10th book in the Decades: A Journey of
African American Romance series. This series consists of 12 books,
each set in one of 12 decades between 1900 and 2010. Each story focuses on the
romance between African American protagonists, but also embraces the African
American experience within that decade. Join
September 3, 2018
Missing Deadlines Craziness by Paty Jager
If you had told me four months ago I wouldn't be a raving lunatic about now, I would have laughed and said, "Yeah, right." At that point I had found myself falling farther and farther behind in my writing commitments. I'm a person who is always early for appointments and finishes things ahead of schedule.
Until the last year.
Life interrupted and the schedule I'd made out last fall for this
Until the last year.
Life interrupted and the schedule I'd made out last fall for this
September 1, 2018
Emergency Physician and Award-Winning Author Dr. Melissa YI
DR. MELISSA YI
Melissa Yi is an emergency physician and award-winning writer. In her newest romantic crime novel, DEATH FLIGHT, Dr. Hope Sze battles murder on an airplane. Previous Hope Sze volumes were recommended by the Globe and Mail and CBC Books as best suspense novels of the season. We asked Melissa to tell us what she likes in a Medical Romance and what authors sometimes get wrong.
Melissa Yi is an emergency physician and award-winning writer. In her newest romantic crime novel, DEATH FLIGHT, Dr. Hope Sze battles murder on an airplane. Previous Hope Sze volumes were recommended by the Globe and Mail and CBC Books as best suspense novels of the season. We asked Melissa to tell us what she likes in a Medical Romance and what authors sometimes get wrong.
August 30, 2018
Canadian Romantic Suspense Author Maureen Fisher
The First Meet
by Maureen Fisher
More here: Cold Feet Fever
First
meets between the hero and heroine are crucial to making a romance plot work. First
and foremost, it’s the first turning point of the book. After the first meet,
the protagonists are unable to return to their ordinary lives.
Not only does it
introduce the characters, it initiates the romantic conflict, helps set the
by Maureen Fisher
More here: Cold Feet Fever
First
meets between the hero and heroine are crucial to making a romance plot work. First
and foremost, it’s the first turning point of the book. After the first meet,
the protagonists are unable to return to their ordinary lives.
Not only does it
introduce the characters, it initiates the romantic conflict, helps set the
August 28, 2018
Fun Living the Dream by Sarah Raplee
MOTHER GOOSE
Hello, I'm Sarah Raplee, author paranormal romance that crosses genres into suspense, fantasy and steampunk.
When I was in second grade, my teacher introduced us to
poetry through traditional nursery rhymes, like Little Boy Blue.
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
Hello, I'm Sarah Raplee, author paranormal romance that crosses genres into suspense, fantasy and steampunk.
When I was in second grade, my teacher introduced us to
poetry through traditional nursery rhymes, like Little Boy Blue.
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
August 27, 2018
Freedom
by Courtney Pierce
My writing dream isn’t about being famous, becoming wealthy,
or pumping my ego full of nonsense. Honestly, that’s all hooey. For me, writing
is about freedom—the
founding-fathers kind, the soul-bearing kind. If I had to, I’d write in secret
by candlelight to be able to say what I want to say, and I wouldn’t give a whit
if anyone read it. Being an author can be a lonely,
My writing dream isn’t about being famous, becoming wealthy,
or pumping my ego full of nonsense. Honestly, that’s all hooey. For me, writing
is about freedom—the
founding-fathers kind, the soul-bearing kind. If I had to, I’d write in secret
by candlelight to be able to say what I want to say, and I wouldn’t give a whit
if anyone read it. Being an author can be a lonely,
