This week’s writing prompt is, Favorite Romance Genre to Read or Write. I hope the answer to this prompt is fairly obvious from my tagline (Darkly Beautiful Romance) and from my book covers. I love Gothic romances! I discovered Gothic romance when I was in graduate school. I’m talking Anne Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, even Jane Austen’s Read More
Month: April 2018
Careful, or I'll put you in a novel MFRWAuthor 2018 Week 16
This week’s writing prompt is, Family, Friends and Pets I’ve written into my books. I haven’t done this too much yet, but for my first novel, The Vampire’s Daughter, I did use my sister’s first and middle names as two different characters. I thought it was cute at the time, but now I remember that they Read More
Review: My Dear Hamilton
Wife, Widow, and Warrior in Alexander Hamilton’s Quest for a More Perfect Union From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton-a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Haunting, moving, and beautifully Read More
Bottoms Up! MFRWAuthor 2018 Week 15
This week’s writing prompt is, How I celebrate completing my manuscript. This is easy. Bottoms up! My drink of choice lately is Bailey’s Irish Cream, which is so damn delicious, I don’t know how I lived for 35 years without it. But I also love a good cocktail. I’ve always loved margaritas, but I’ll try anything Read More
There Are No Bad Reviews MFRWAuthor 2018 Week 14
This week’s writing prompt is, what I learned from my worst review. I don’t make it a habit to read reviews regularly. Authors are never supposed to respond to reviews, which can be difficult if you read them too much and put too much stock into them. So I do a general check of reviews Read More