I have been fascinated, amused, worried, and angry over the continuing #cockygate saga. It basically boils down to this: author Faleena Hopkins successfully trademarked the word “cocky”. She has written a series of books (seventeen as of today) that involves a fictional family called the Cocker Brothers. First, let me get this out of the…
Things I Learned in Writing in an Anthology
My recent venture (adventure or mis-adventure, depending on how you look at it) with writing comes in the form of an anthology. In principle, anthologies are fun. You get to write a short story which I love writing as there’s an almost instant gratification in writing them. Unlike a full length that takes months (sometimes…
Wench Anthology: The Perfect Catch
The Writing Wenches is releasing their latest anthology. On today’s blog, I’m so excited to feature Kay Blake’s story, The Perfect Catch. Below is a teaser and a blurb about the story. If you like the little teaser, you can purchase the book here. Blurb Nick was my best friend, and then one night changed…
When Writing Means a 1000 First Drafts
There is one thing I’ve learned in writing–its rarely linear. It’s not clean. It’s not pretty. It’s not done all at once. And that’s ok. I’ve gone through drafts. Several. I’ve gone through ten first chapter drafts. Twenty three chapter drafts. I’ve moved chapter seven to chapter one, or vice-versa. That’s even before it reaches…
Romancing the Beta Hero (or why we date Mr. Alpha but marry Mr. Beta)
My first book boyfriend is Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy–brooding, handsome, acerbic, and of course a single-man in possession of a great fortune. Who wouldn’t love to have the love of Mr. Darcy? So started a long love affair with the alpha hero who was assertive, aggressive, basically everything that is awesome in a man at the…
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