#ICFA Panel: Remix Culture, SF/F and Books in Conversation
I moderated a panel at ICFA (which I had proposed) entitled: Remix Culture: SF, Fantasy, and Books in Conversation and I would like to write a coherent blog pos...
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The #ICFA Interview with Holly Black
I’m at ICFA (Int’l Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts) which is a unique academic conference where they not only talk about sf/fantasy/horror l...
Photo references for upcoming BDSM rock star romance WILD LICKS
I know, I know, I just released a BDSM rock star romance last week (TAKING THE LEAD), but I’m already getting ready for the summer release of book two in ...
Is attending RWA or RT Worth the Cost? (Spoiler: YESSS)
Registration for RWA National opens next week (on Feb 2, according to the RWA website), and so now’s probably a really good time for me to blog about the ...
Writing Advice: What I Learned from Reading One-Star Reviews
There are some lessons as a writer that one learns over and over. One that keeps coming around again and again for me is this: What some people love most about ...
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Many of you know me as a writer of BDSM-themed fiction. In fact my very first published story was called “Telepaths Don’t Need Safewords.” To ...
Xan West: Kinkster scribe of viscerally thinky erotica
I’m very pleased to host Xan West, whose new book SHOW YOURSELF TO ME is this season’s “must read” BDSM book. I’ve known Xan for y...
Love Between the Covers: romance writers documentary film
Last night I attended a special screening of LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS, a fantastic documentary by filmmaker Laurie Kahn about romances and the women who write th...
Hormones, Caffeine, or Writing a Romance novel?
Right now my nerves are on fire, I’m jittery as hell, and yet I’m also so exhausted I can barely move. I might be about to cry, or scream, or maybe ...
Top Ten Ways To NOT End a Series: An #RWA15 Workshop
Just came from the panel/class on “How Not to End a [Romance] Series” at RWA 2015 and I am rushing up to my room to see if I can crank out a blog po...