You may have seen me mention the Beau Monde before and wondered what it is… The Beau Monde is an online writing organization with members all over the world that welcomes all writers of Regency-set romances, regardless of stage of publication and publication path of the writers, and level of sexuality, range of plot elements,…
Want to Improve Your Google Searches? I’ll be teaching my SECRETS OF A RESEARCH NINJA online course in November for my local RWA® Chapter in San Diego. It doesn’t matter if you’re a romance writer or even a writer at all, the class is open to everyone! So, if you’d like to improve your “google-fu”,…
You know how they say you can’t win the lottery if you don’t play? That holds true for a whole lot of things in life. If you don’t put yourself or your work out there, how can you expect any recognition? A couple of months ago, I submitted the first 25 pages of JACK OF…
Some people think you need a machine like H.G. Wells’, or Dr. Who’s TARDIS to travel through time. Others believe all you need is to stumble into a faerie ring. Me? I think all you need is a good book! Today, the Historical Romance Network is celebrating National Author’s Day and the end of Daylight…
The Historical Romance Network, a group of over two hundred historical romance authors, are working to raise the visibility of the genre, to understand & breakdown misconceptions about the genre, to show the relevance of historical romance to the modern reader, and to help readers find the excitement these stories hold. Next weekend when many…
I’ll be teaching my SECRETS OF A RESEARCH NINJA online course next month for my local RWA Chapter in San Diego. It doesn’t matter if you’re a romance writer or even a writer at all, the class is open to everyone! So, if you’d like to improve your google-fu, this is the class for you….
In case you missed signing up last week, you still have time to register for my SECRETS OF A RESEARCH NINJA workshop! Starts Monday! Due to unforeseen circumstances, the class was being delayed one week and will begin on Oct. 7th and run through Oct. 18th. SECRETS OF A RESEARCH NINJA Dates: OCT 7, 2013…
This week my accountability group’s How I Write series asks, “Do you have a writing schedule? How do you get stuff done?” In many ways, I’m fortunate to be a stay at home mom. My biggest time suck is that I run taxi service for my kids back and forth to school. Thankfully this year…
“What will you be doing this year to expand your comfort zone (in your writing or real life)?” is the question asked this week in my accountability group’s How I Write series. We’ve touched on this topic before and you can follow the progression in my thinking from my post “Get Out of Your Comfort…
My accountability group just kicked off a new year with new goals and are continuing with our How I Write series. This week, the question asked was, “What is one thing you’re going to do to refocus your 2013 goals that you learned in 2012?” Each year I always seem to bite off more than…