Again I have been somewhat slack on the blog front – March has been full of edits and deadlines and I just haven’t got to it. BUT I have a post I’ve been meaning to write. And it’s about the problem of writing a difficult heroine. I’ve written about this before a few times but … Continue reading “Difficult Women”
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Black Knight White Queen Blurb
Oooh, exciting week in Ashenden Land! Just got my blurb for the chessman! One night in Bangkok changes all the rules. Professional chess player Aleksandr Shastin never lets emotions rule his life, or his game. Not even the unexpected death of his mentor shakes his icy control—at least that’s what he thinks. Until he meets … Continue reading “Black Knight White Queen Blurb”
Black Knight White Queen Cover
I’ve been holding off doing a blog post for ages, mostly because I’ve been dying for the go ahead to show you my fabulous cover for my Chessman book! OMG, it’s swoon worthy! It’s perfect. My heroine really looks like that! And it’s got a chessboard! And a cool font! And my hero who thinks … Continue reading “Black Knight White Queen Cover”
Post-Release Jackie Angst
It’s been a fantastic release week, really and truly. Finn got on the USA Today HEA blog, and is at #4 on the Samhain bestseller list (pretty good for a book that isn’t erotica, mm, free, or written by a NYT bestselling author). 🙂 But really, best of all have been the people who have … Continue reading “Post-Release Jackie Angst”
Valentine’s Day – Plus Another Finn Excerpt
To celebrate Valentine’s Day I’d thought I’d do some candy hearts for Finn and Anna from Falling For Finn. Oh and another excerpt… A fine appreciation for single malt was something they’d discovered a couple of years ago after Finn had done a Wild Life show on Skye, in Scotland. In … Continue reading “Valentine’s Day – Plus Another Finn Excerpt”
A Maisey Yates Stick Figure Masterpiece
So am finally back from holiday and after a week with limited net, what should happen as soon as we get home? Our net goes down! Cue frustration and irritation and annoyance. Especially when I am dying to share a special thang… My crit partner, the very wonderful and talented Maisey Yates, is not only … Continue reading “A Maisey Yates Stick Figure Masterpiece”
Being a Speed Demon – My Last Minute Nano Project
You’ll have to forgive me if I haven’t been online much in the past week but that’s because I’ve been writing. I decided to take on a last minute Nano project in the last two weeks of November and in order to meet the deadline, I had to write fast. Very, very fast. I’ve always … Continue reading “Being a Speed Demon – My Last Minute Nano Project”
The Delicate Art of the Synopsis
I wanna talk about synopses. Well, not really, you understand, because synopses SUCK. But I wanna talk about them because I was complaining about them on Twitter and someone mentioned they’d looked at my blog and asked me if I’d done a post about them. And I realised it’s been a year since I’ve done … Continue reading “The Delicate Art of the Synopsis”
Common Romance Writer Myths Busted
Over the past week or so (in between skiing trips and sending off my next book to my editor at Entangled) I have been hearing various things about romance writing and romance authors in general – and, surprise surprise, some of it has NOT been good. Assumptions. Stereotypes. Mommy porn. Etc, etc… You get the … Continue reading “Common Romance Writer Myths Busted”
Giveaway winner – The Boss and Her Billionaire
And the winner of Michele’s book is Jess A!! Jess, can you either contact me with your details via the ‘contact’ form on the blog. Or leave a comment below. Congrats!