Where did your love of books/storytelling/reading/writing/etc. come from? My mother and my father. My mother was a high school English teacher who loves literature but also loves. My father loves history. I swear we’ve stopped at every historical marker in Texas. And history, to me is a form of storytelling. Between them I developed aContinueContinue reading “Interview: Kadie Scott, Contemporary Romance Author”
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Interview: Tonya Kuper, author of the YA New Release, ENIGMA
How long have you been teaching the Writing Young Adult Literature Writer’s Workshop? I’ve taught WYAWW since spring of 2016 at a local university, so it is still relatively “new.” What is your approach to teaching writing? How are your classes structured? My writer’s workshop class is a little different than most offered on ourContinueContinue reading “Interview: Tonya Kuper, author of the YA New Release, ENIGMA”
Guest Post: PULLING OFF A POLARIZING CHARACTER by Melissa Chambers
Writers want our heroes and heroines to be likable so our readers will attach to them and root for them. We can give them all sorts of characters quirks like type-A personalities, neuroticism, perpetual clumsiness, etc., all treated in a lovable and forgivable way. But every once in a while, it’s fun to challenge ourselvesContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: PULLING OFF A POLARIZING CHARACTER by Melissa Chambers”
Interview with Jackie Ashenden on her new release DANGEROUS BILLIONAIRE
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I chose romance because I like writing about people and their relationships to one another. And I also really like giving people who’ve had tough backgrounds a happy ending with someone who loves them. What do you think most characterizes your writing? LotsContinueContinue reading “Interview with Jackie Ashenden on her new release DANGEROUS BILLIONAIRE”
Interview with Janna MacGregor on the release of BAD LUCK BRIDE
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I’ve always loved Regency romances. Who wouldn’t want to ride in a stylish carriage with a matching team of black horses? Seriously, I love creating characters, particularly women, who must live under severe social and legal restrictions while trying to carve out anContinueContinue reading “Interview with Janna MacGregor on the release of BAD LUCK BRIDE”
Guest Post by Katie McElhenney
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer Three of my favorite activities are running, reading, and writing. Besides being alliterative, those activities have another thing in common—they’re all solitary endeavors. And while exercising and spending time with a book can be great solo ventures, the same isn’t necessarily true for writing. Unless you’re writing professionally, mostContinueContinue reading “Guest Post by Katie McElhenney”
Interview with Brenda Jackson on the release of SEIZED BY SEDUCTION
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I believe in romance and love stories with happy endings. Where did your love of books/storytelling/reading/writing/etc. come from? From writing stories to entertain my classmates in junior high school. How long have you been writing? Since I was 13. First got publishedContinueContinue reading “Interview with Brenda Jackson on the release of SEIZED BY SEDUCTION”
Interview with Candace Havens on the release of ALL I WANT IS YOU
Where did your love of books/storytelling/reading/writing/etc. come from? My whole family reads, sometimes five or six books a week. My dad, probably more than that. I can’t remember not loving books. They’ve always been a big part of my life, as has storytelling. When I was little, they called them lies. Now I get paidContinueContinue reading “Interview with Candace Havens on the release of ALL I WANT IS YOU”
Interview with Anna Bennett, on the release of…I DARED THE DUKE
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? When I was fourteen, I read Pride and Prejudice, and it was the book that made me fall in love with reading. Before that, I’d enjoyed reading Greek myths, Grimm’s fairy tales and fantasy novels like A Wrinkle in Time and The Lion,ContinueContinue reading “Interview with Anna Bennett, on the release of…I DARED THE DUKE”
Character Interview with Alyssa Kaplan from Kendra C. Highley’s SWINGING AT LOVE
Q: How would you describe yourself? AK: That’s a bit…personal, don’t you think? Q: It’s an interview. Inquiring minds and all. AK: Um, okay. I’m middle height, athletic build, with crazy curly hair that will not stay in a ballerina bun no matter how hard I try, and green eyes. Nothing special. Q: I hearContinueContinue reading “Character Interview with Alyssa Kaplan from Kendra C. Highley’s SWINGING AT LOVE”
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