Romance so hot...it melts your Heart

It’s In Tense

Since I can remember, romance books have been written in third person (character described by narrator) past tense (action already happened): “Oh, screw you, Burkett.” Reese Colton threw his cards down as the man across the table collected the two paper IOU’s along with a pile of money. Testosterone and laughter filled the fire station [...]

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Don’t Talk Amongst Yourselves

I love to talk. I don’t mean just the usual dialogue that happens between friends and neighbors or a phone conversation with my sister. Nope, I’m talking industrial sized, get the earplugs out, run for the nearest exit, Nina’s opening her mouth kind of chatter. Seriously. Mr. Nina once bet me that I couldn’t carry [...]

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What Words She Used … What His Body Said

As a writer all I have is my words. Words to bring the reader into the setting. Words to convey danger or passion. Words to make the reader fall in love with the characters even as they fall in love with each other. It’s not like a movie where a well orchestrated soundtrack strokes the [...]

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A Whole Lot of Nothing

I really don’t know what’s wrong with me. But I’ve got nothing for you today. I actually wrote a whole long post about a series I finished recently. But it was really negative and in talking about the books it wasn’t going to teach anything or create a discussion worth having, so I stuck it [...]

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Is it Possible to Have TOO Much Sex?

Okay, I’m not talking personally … Mr. Nina would simply not be happy if I had that conversation in public … I’m talking in your reading material. Okay, don’t laugh. I know I’m an erotic romance author. I know my characters have a whole LOT of sex, but when you pick up an erotic romance [...]

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As the Page Turns

What makes you read a book? I don’t mean, why read books at all. But why that book? Did the cover originally intrigue you? Did you pick it up because it’s your favorite author? There are any number of reasons we choose one book title over another. Before I go on and in the spirit [...]

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How Many is TOO Many?

With the changing face of publishing it seems books are going through fewer and fewer edits these days. Print publishing houses are cutting back on staff to save costs from submission to publication. Some digital publishing houses are pushing books through to keep up with the high demand of their readers. And authors are now [...]

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How Far to Go Over the Line?

I started reading romance in the late 19th century … well, okay, not that long ago, but suffice it to say I’ve been hanging out with sexy heroes and the woman who love them for a really long time. I’ve always enjoyed the culmination of the romance with the sweet and tender (or very hot) [...]

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Can You Do That?

There are very few things that pull me out of a story when I read. I’m terrible at history so inaccurate facts like corn in the wrong century … don’t bother me. A dutchess that can’t own land … psshaw, I wouldn’t know it couldn’t happen. I was horrible at English (I know … don’t [...]

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Has Traditional Romance Lost its Appeal?

Like many authors, I’m an avid reader, albeit a slow one. Mostly because I don’t allow myself the pleasure of reading until I’m settled in to bed for the night and I then read until my face falls into the pages. Sometimes an hour, but more often, about fifteen minutes. *g* 95% of what I [...]

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