21 Things I Learned From Writing My First Novel

21 Things I Learned From Writing My First Novel

1. Writing one story with 63,000 words challenges you to your very core. 2. Writing from a character’s perspective for weeks and weeks makes you look at people differently. You see more of who they truly are. 3. I’ve learned to value criticism more. I value when...
Destination Barcelona: An Interview With Casey and Jordi

Destination Barcelona: An Interview With Casey and Jordi

So there’s a website I was introduced to when I decided to move ahead with my goal of writing romance. I’d written business books for a long time – almost a dozen of them – but romance was something new. Now I’m not someone who wants to write one novel, and that’s it....
4 Writing Tools I No Longer Can Live Without

4 Writing Tools I No Longer Can Live Without

Scrivener Scrivener has become my best friend. I wouldn’t create a book any other way. It starts with the way you write. Instead of writing in one long document, as in Word, you can create individual chapters. It allows you to think in short bursts. Create content one...
Why Playlists Are A Romance Writer’s Best Friend

Why Playlists Are A Romance Writer’s Best Friend

What sets the stage for just about everything we do in life? Music of course. We use it everywhere. Head to a baseball game, every player has his own song. Attend a wedding. The couple will dance to something meaningful to the two of them. As a writer and blogger, I...
Why I Became A Romance Writer

Why I Became A Romance Writer

I’ve always been a writer, loved the idea of writing. You’ll find the start of my writing career buried deep in my closet back home. My diaries are filled with the little details that mattered to a child, a tween, a teen. Then my diaries turned into journals, tracking...