Historical and Contemporary Romance Author
Today’s guest author interview is with Candace Havens, author of numerous books including Charmed & Dangerous, Charmed & Deadly, The Demon King and I, and her latest, Dragons Prefer Blondes. She’s also the inventor of the Fast Draft writing method and just an all-around real nice gal! Please make her feel welcome. Jackie: Your upcoming release, Dragons Prefer Blondes, is the second installment in…
The winner of Leigh Court’s Secrets Volume 27 giveaway is…(drum roll, please): Mari! Thanks to everyone who dropped by and commented and to Leigh for the great interview!
Today I’d like to welcome guest author Leigh Court to the blog. Leigh has a Victorian-set novella, THE BET, in the latest Red Sage anthology, Secrets Volume 27. She’s here today to talk about her book and about writing with me. She’ll also be giving away a copy of the anthology to one lucky commenter! Jackie: So, how did a television…
I get asked pretty often what project I’m currently writing. It’s a hard question to answer, because I’m seldom writing just one thing. Whether it’s a good or bad thing, I’ve always got more than project cooking at any given time. When it comes to writing, I’ve realized that I’m polyamorous, and while that means I find it difficult to “commit” to any…
By now, you’ve probably heard about author Alice Hoffman’s unseemly outbursts on Twitter in response to a less-than-glowing review of her latest novel by Roberta Silman for the Boston Globe. If you haven’t, you’ve probably been living in a hole in the ground. (I’d say a cave, but I kinda think you can get wireless in most caves these days.)…
I forgot to post the winner of Margaret Mallory’s book. (Drumroll please…) The winner is Janette Simon. I’ve emailed her to get the information we need to mail her her copy. Thanks to everyone else who dropped by and, please, run out and buy a copy of KNIGHT OF DESIRE. I did and can’t wait to dive into it!
It’s over. The proposal we had out on submission didn’t pick up any offers. Most of the rejections were along the lines of “love the writing, but…” (FWIW, I always think that’s a cop-out. If you really loved the writing, there would be no “buts” because the writing is what makes the characters come to life and plot work.) Naturally,…
Happy Friday to you all! Now that you’re here, pull up a chair and welcome Margaret Mallory today, author of Knight of Desire, which is hitting bookstores this very week! Jackie: So, tell me a little about your debut novel, A KNIGHT OF DESIRE. What gave you the idea for the story and why did you choose to set it in…
Okay, you tired of the RWA brouhaha? Me, too. Definitely time to give some other folks what-for! I didn’t have a topic for today, however, until I heard that South Carolina Governor John Sanford, after being “missing” for several days, then reportedly hiking in the Appalachian Mountains, and then reportedly hiking in Argentina, admitted he’s been having an affair with…
Every time the debate over the legitimacy of epublishers erupts within RWA (which it seems to do with frightening regularity of late), there’s always speculation about why the debates get so heated. Or, more accurately, why the folks who are published by ‘recognized’ publishers who offer advances that suit RWA’s guidelines get so fired up and snippy when epublished authors…