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Warning, this post contains scenes of shameless name dropping… So, how was the RWNZ Conference? Pretty damn good actually. Romance writers are such a lovely bunch of people – I can’t get over how friendly and supportive and just plain old nice they all are. Which makes a conference full of ’em a great place … Continue reading “Conference – RWNZ”

Thanks for the title, Bjork. And thanks to Romy for a question she asked about taste that got me thinking about the senses. About writing in a sensual way. Sensuality is very different from sexuality, and I think we all get that right? Writing sensually involves using all your senses to describe how a person … Continue reading “Big Time Sensuality”

I’ve been working on my WIP today and ran into the clothing dilemma. What, you say? The clothing dilemma? Yes, indeed. The clothing dilemma frequently happens to me when I am describing what my characters are wearing and an incredibly cool, styley outfit ends up sounding like something an old man/woman would wear. For example, … Continue reading “The Hero Wore Pink Trousers”

I’ve been working on my WIP today and ran into the clothing dilemma. What, you say? The clothing dilemma? Yes, indeed. The clothing dilemma frequently happens to me when I am describing what my characters are wearing and an incredibly cool, styley outfit ends up sounding like something an old man/woman would wear. For example, … Continue reading “The Hero Wore Pink Trousers”

I was working on one of WIPs today and ran into the old clothing dilemma. What’s that you say? Clothing dilemma? Yes, indeedy. I don’t know about any of you but I find describing clothes very, very difficult. I have this image in my head of something incredibly cool and styley, but when it comes … Continue reading “”

Right, so I’m back from the wilds of Ohope. Had a thoroughly lovely time and did not think about the manuscript – no, not once. But now I’m back with the PoD (Phone of Doom) and the IoD (Inbox of Despair), both of which were silent as the grave. Wish I was back in Ohope … Continue reading “The Best Job in the World”

Well, cometh Easter, cometh the holiday. We’re going away to Ohope Beach (see right) for four days. Nice picture eh? It’s a tourist board shot so I’m sure it’s not actually like that in real life – though one can hope. Anyway, it’s not terribly exotic and not something I could use in a Modern … Continue reading “The Alpha and Ohope”

Okay, so maybe I was a little hasty in saying that synopses suck. In fact, writing synopses do not suck. I think it’s like learning to enjoy olives. At first they’re vile and you can’t wait to spit them out, but after a little while you’ve managed a couple, then a couple more, and then … Continue reading “Learning to Enjoy Olives”

I really hate synopses. They suck. I know most people hate them too but honestly, as a complete pantster who has only just starting doing the synopsis before writing the novel, I am useless at them. Am trying to do synopses for the Great Beginnings contest, for the two stories I’m going to be entering, … Continue reading “Synopses and Babies”