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Getting a real theme going here with song titles as blog posts. And today’s is courtesy of one of my fave late 80s, early 90s bands, The Smiths. Thanks Morrissey. It occurred to me because now is not soon. And ‘very soon’ is not now. So sadly Lacey, you’re out of the running. 🙂 But … Continue reading “How Soon Is Now (Including Hot Love Scenes)”

I think I really need a bit more in the way of demotivation since I’m not nearly demotivated today.

Craft wasn’t something I ever paid attention to when I first started writing. I never read any books and I never took any classes. Writing was always instinctive for me. And that type of approach certainly worked for 20 years – it was that experience that got me an editor letter from the Instant Seduction … Continue reading “Character Arcs – Learning Craft”

As you know, I have been hard at work fiddling around with conflict etc for my Naughty Frenchman. So there I was, happily minding my own business, rewriting chapter 1 for the FIFTH time (don’t ask!), when I was blindsided by a new idea for my nearly-there-but-sadly-rejected ms.I know, I was supposed to be writing … Continue reading “”

So Dr Jax had a significant birthday this week and I took the liberty of booking us a room at Auckland’s Hilton hotel for the night. I’ll just say this now – it was for his birthday but, obsessive writer that I am, it was also research since the characters of my current WIP also … Continue reading “What Would An Alpha Male Do?”

I should rephrase that to read ‘why do I always make love so complicated?’?! Yes, indeed folks, I am a supreme complicator of conflict that should remain simple. I have no idea why I do this.

That blaze of red right there folks (image to you right) is the flower of the Pohutakawa tree, NZ’s Christmas tree. And see that beach beyond the flower? That beach (oh, okay, not that particular beach but one fairly similar) is where I’ll be the day after New Year. Beaches, sun, sand and Pohutakawa trees … Continue reading “A Good Old Kiwi Christmas”

I’ve been thinking about the post up on the I Heart Presents blog about cliches. They’re tricky little beasts aren’t they? I mean, how on earth are you supposed to write a category romance avoiding all cliches? And not just category romance – any romance! Surely it’s impossible! 🙂Well, no one said writing romance was … Continue reading “More on Cliches”