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Who Are the Nice Girls Writing Naughty?

We all know writing can be a solitary profession, and it can feel even more lonely trying to get discovered in the vast sea of published writers.

So two years ago this month, Ruby Sister Dani Wade pulled together a group of erotic romance writers–including her twin Ella Sheridan and Ruby Sister Lara Archer, plus a group that now includes Angel Payne, A. Catherine Noon (of the writing team Noon & Wilder), Leela Lou Dahlin, Nona Raines, Taige Crenshaw, Dakota Trace, Tina Christopher, and Tina H...

FANGIRL FRIDAY

FANGIRL FRIDAY

It’s time for another installment of FANGIRL FRIDAY! This is where we talk about new releases, discounted books, TV shows, movies, and whatever you’re fangirling on today.

This week in binge-watching belongs to Sister Wives. Okay, I get why the ladies are in plural marriage, but I don’t get why Kody’s in it. For the ladies, there’s always someone there to bitch to about your husband who really KNOWS your husband, but Kody? The guys married to 4 strong-willed women who gang up...

Validation

Last week, you may have heard it was the Romance Writers of America annual conference in San Diego. Two thousand writers converged on the Marina Marriott Marquis and discussed all things romance (sometimes while lingering by the gorgeous pool and getting sunburned over mojitos). The workshops were informative, “imposter syndrome” became the catch-phrase of the conference, and then it was RITA and Golden Heart Awards night where I had the incredible honor to have two of my books nominated this...

BEFORE SHE WAKES release and giveaway!

Today I’m very pleased to be celebratingmy fourth release since my Ruby Golden Heart final for GHOST PLANET back in 2009. In some ways this book represents a change for me—it’s my first release of an erotica title. But BEFORE SHE WAKES is full of romance, fantasy, and sci-fi (in other words, plenty of geeky bits), which have all been part of my author brand since the beginning. Also, while my other titleswere published by Tor Books, this one comes from the Penguin Random House romance e-print...

RWA Nationals Recap – fangirl moments

We’re back from RWA Nationals in San Diego. As always, it was a wonderful, exhausting, inspiring place to be!

I’d like to recap some of my favorite things about the conference. But there is too much to say in one post. So we’ll be making several posts–about workshops, keynotes, “data”, and–first up–fangirl moments. If you attended, please let us know about your favorite memories in the comments.

Here are my fangirl moments.

Cover shoot – We had a mock cover shoot. Here is Julian the model. Wh...

FANGIRL FRIDAY

Look, it’s FANGIRL FRIDAY again!

This is the place where we talk about new releases, discounted books, binge worthy TV shows, books you love, and movies.

This week I’ve added stalking to Fangirl Friday because it’s the Romance Writers of America’s annual conference. Romance readers come from all over to stalk their favorite romance writers. Sadly, I’m at home pretending to work while secretly binge watching Veronica Mars.

And the occasional YouTube video.

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We’re at Nationals!!!

I haven’t been to the RWA National Conference since 2012, so I’m really, really excited to finally be back for San Diego!!!

My little sister, Eileen Emerson, is a Golden Heart Finalist, so that gave me the excuse I needed to justify the expense.

We got here yesterday as the hotel was busy transitioning from the All-Star Game crowd to romance writers (Comic-Con will follow immediately after us). So we got to see burly tattooed guys putting up massive posters of Sylvia Day. The elevator door wr...

Getting to Know Your Characters Through Audio

I’ve been an avid reader ever since I learned to decode strings of printed letters into words, but it’s only now that I have a smartphone that I’ve really gotten into audiobooks and podcasts. I have to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of listening to fiction—it takes me way longer to listen to a book than to read it, and once I’m into the story I want to load it into my brain as quickly as possible.

But I love using audiobooks to research my characters.

When I started writing Marriage: Impo...

FANGIRL FRIDAY

Hey y’all, I’ve taken over Fangirl Friday for the month of July! Now most of you know that I’m a little different (my mom says I was born this way) so I thought I’d change up FGF. We’ll get to the books on sale and new releases, but first, I’d like to know what you’re currently Fangirling on.

I’ve been binge watching Ray Donovan. OMG, finally a family crazier than mine…so good.

Then there’s Outlander. Huge fan of the books and the series. Jamie Fraser—YUM!

Game of Thrones—have to say I love...

Meet 2016 Golden Heart Finalist Erin O’Brien, w/a Laurel Kerr!!

Well, this is it, folks—the last of our Golden Heart Finalist guest blogs for the year! The Rubies have loved getting to know the Mermaids better, and we’re thrilled that we’ll get to meet lots of you in San Diego in JUST A FEW DAYS!!! Bringing us home with the guest blogs today is a first-time Golden Heart Finalist, the lovely Erin O’Brien, who writes under the pen name Laurel Kerr. She’s a finalist in Contemporary Romance with her manuscript VOLUNTEERING HER HEART. (Aww! Love the title!!) B...