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August 2, 2015
Writing is (Mostly) Writing by Nancy Holland
Today, I’m so pleased to welcome my friend, fellow author Nancy Holland. Nancy, a 2010 Golden Heart finalist, recently released her debut romance novel, “Owed: One Wedding Night.” But…one thing you might not know about the multi-talented Ms. Holland is that she was a published nonfiction writer first! Process-wise, I’m utterly fascinated by this, so I’ve asked Nancy to talk about some of the similarities and differences between writing and publishing fiction and nonfiction.
Take it away, Nanc...
July 31, 2015
Read a Romance Book Month
Welcome, weekend! And welcome to an event you as a writer (or a reader) will love – NPR’s annual Read a Romance Month!
What’s RARM? Well, it’s a fabulous month of interviews, giveaways and celebration all for the wondrous beauty of something that gives you laughter, tears and a happily ever after – the romance book! (you can read more at Read A Romance Month)
This year’s theme centers on the joy romance brings, and I noticed that lovely Ruby Vivi Andrews blogged recently on protecting the joy...
July 30, 2015
Fangirl Friday
After her mother’s tragic death, Dani Wilde had no choice but to abandon her dreams. She left Columbia University and returned to her family’s Montana cherry farm, intent on being a maternal figure to her brothers. Now the kids are grown, and it’s finally her time to fly. Her sights are on New York City, and nothing will stop her—not even an old flame with gorgeous green eyes.
Celebrity photographer Ben Denton hasn’t seen Montana in years—and hasn’...
July 29, 2015
Release Party: Kim Law’s MONTANA CHERRIES
I’m thrilled to see this book out on shelves: an earlier version of the book was nominated for the Golden Heart in 2012, and it’s a big, deep, romantic, heart-wrenching story. Reviews have been flat-out glowing, calling it FANTASTIC, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, with lots of readers saying things like, “it took me from laughter to tears and back again more than once” and “this book represents why I fell in love with rea...
July 28, 2015
Show and Tell – Cake in NYC
I was in NYC last week for RWA and while my friends visited Liberty Island and Central Park, New York was all about the eating for me. *pokes squishy middle* As a result, this week’s Show and Tell Wednesday features a bit of food tourism: Momofuku Milk Bar’s Bake the Cake class.
I’ve had Milk Bar on the brain from watching Masterchef. Pastry chef and Milk Bar founder, Christina Tosi, is the new guest judge on there. When I found out that Milk Bar was within walking distance of the Marriott, I...
July 27, 2015
When You’re Not the Cool Kid at Conference
So you went to the RWA conference(or another) and met up with your amazing writer friends. You pitched to your favorite editor who seemed enthralled with your book, nearly begging you to send it to her. You ate every meal with a smiling cluster of women who you view as sisters-of-the-heart. Your roommate and you stayed up late laughing and plotting an anthology to self-publish together. You gave out all your lovely business cards, your swag disappeared by the end of Friday, and your line at t...
July 26, 2015
Protecting the Joy
Conference is officially over for another year. Writers are headed back to their computers, recharged and ready to write again–or lingering in New York for a few more days of sight seeing before getting our butts back into those chairs.
I’m still recovering from my post-conference coma, but I wanted to take this chance to talk about some of our most valuable conference take-aways, either from RWA15 or other writing conferences.
My conference this year was largely consumed by committee respons...
July 23, 2015
Fangirl Friday – July 24
Happy Fangirl Friday coming to you this week from the RWA Conference in NYC! We have a great new book from Jacie Floyd this week!
WINNING WYATT(Book 1 of The Billionaire Brotherhood)$3.99 Release date July 20
When Billionaire Wyatt Maitland shows up on Kara Enderley’s doorstep after a three-year separation, the 30-year-old art critic comes face to face with her worst nightmare. Once upon a time, Wyatt had helped Kara heal the tragedies of her past, but she has no intention of including him i...
July 21, 2015
Show & Tell: Books Under the Bed
The first full-length novel manuscript I ever finished was an epically bad chick lit called “Looking 4 Love.” Oh sure, it couldn’t have been THAT bad, since it won 1st place in the Jasmine contest, but trust me, it was bad. I just didn’t realize it. Those first 30 pages were pretty good, filled with interesting quirky characters who had witty repartee, but beyond that, they didn’t DO anything. All they really did was sit around and drink cocktails, have witty repartee, and be quirky. There wa...
July 20, 2015
Can’t Be at Nationals? Tune in to the Awards Ceremony Live!
It’s conference week! Today over two thousand member of Romance Writers of America are packing their bags and descending on New York City for the annual National Conference–or, like me, they’ve already arrived and are cramming in a few days of touristing before the insanity of conference begins. For those who’ve never been, it’s four days of workshops, signings, pitch-sessions and publisher parties. Wherever you are in your writing career, the RWA conference has something for you.
The week cu...
