Something That I Guess Has To Be Said
(I am annoyed. This may come out not-great. I'm writing it anyway.) I find it necessary to point out, as loudly and forcibly as I can,...
Romanticizing White Supremacy
An article based on this presentation, "Reclaiming Historical Romance", was published in the December 2018 issue of Romance Writers...
My Process
Sometimes people ask me the process of how I write a book, so here you go. How It Starts, Basically Actually let’s get this out of the...
Author Advice: Goodreads
A fellow new-author friend emailed to ask how she should deal with various social media and, though I assured her my wisdom is both scant...
Boring and probably pretentious Process Stuff, FB&T edition
So here’s the thing: There are all these little unseen (I think, anyway – or at least seen only by me, as far as I know) bits of Fair,...
Who's Really Being Difficult Here?
It's no secret among Romance writers that our heroines are judged far more harshly than our heroes. How about that for an opening...
On "Writer's Block"
Last night I was awoken in the wee hours by a wicked loud thunderstorm. As I swam up out of dream-land and came to consciousness, this is...
My Favorite Romance Clichés
from the archives: May 2005 I was thinking about how my BFF (the original Snookie) once said that there were certain things she loved in...
If I Were A Pirate
from the archives: August 2005 Note: it was an especially bad day in my former job as middle manager If I were a pirate, you would've...
Bellyboy
from the archives: November 2005 As I watched the bellydancing, I had a story idea. I was watching the dancer (who is really, really,...