Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Where are we now? Okay, so we've gone over turning an idea into a story. We have looked at how important words can be to describe a scene. Let's hit on a point some writers don't think about a lot: the setting. Where and when we are can color a story as much as the... Continue Reading →
Where are we now? Okay, so we've gone over turning an idea into a story. We have looked at how important words can be to describe a scene. Let's hit on a point some writers don't think about a lot: the setting. Where and when we are can color a story as much as the... Continue Reading →
It was a dark and stormy night... So let's get down to the brass tacks, the things that make a good writer a great writer—invoking emotion using the printed word, for example. Using images, it is so much easier since your brain can take visual information and then fill a story in for it, creating... Continue Reading →
It was a dark and stormy night... So let's get down to the brass tacks, the things that make a good writer a great writer—invoking emotion using the printed word, for example. Using images, it is so much easier since your brain can take visual information and then fill a story in for it, creating... Continue Reading →
Today we're gonna do something different cause my lovely enabler, Lisa, is a WONDERFUL person and lets me babble on pretty much just about anything, as long as there's a cover in there somewhere. So, we've been chatting a bit back and forth about how the covers for the M/M genre seem to be, well,... Continue Reading →
Today we're gonna do something different cause my lovely enabler, Lisa, is a WONDERFUL person and lets me babble on pretty much just about anything, as long as there's a cover in there somewhere. So, we've been chatting a bit back and forth about how the covers for the M/M genre seem to be, well,... Continue Reading →
"I had this idea once." How many times have you told someone you were a writer and, within nanoseconds, heard those four innocent little words balloon into what promises to be a story which, even if it stopped at three words, is WAY too long? We all have ideas. All of us. Imagination is the... Continue Reading →
So the week’s folder of covers that was sent to me was slim pickins. No not the actor but sadly, the book covers I had to choose from. (For those of you in the huh? Slim Pickens (spelled differently) was an American actor that for some reason, even though I don't think I've ever seen... Continue Reading →
So the week’s folder of covers that was sent to me was slim pickins. No not the actor but sadly, the book covers I had to choose from. (For those of you in the huh? Slim Pickens (spelled differently) was an American actor that for some reason, even though I don't think I've ever seen... Continue Reading →
American activist Emma Goldman said, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution." In that spirit, we offer this anthology. It's sizzling hot... and for a good cause. More than 80 countries in the world criminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults, and many more countries discriminate against LGBTQ individuals and relationships.... Continue Reading →
American activist Emma Goldman said, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution." In that spirit, we offer this anthology. It's sizzling hot... and for a good cause. More than 80 countries in the world criminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults, and many more countries discriminate against LGBTQ individuals and relationships.... Continue Reading →
K.A. Merikan is a daring soul. She actually sent me a cover and asked me to review it! That’s right folks, me, the queen of confusion, the mistress of mumble, and the dastardly diva of disorientation. (I kinda like that last one) And what do I say to that? YAY!!!!!!!!! And you're sure you sent... Continue Reading →
K.A. Merikan is a daring soul. She actually sent me a cover and asked me to review it! That’s right folks, me, the queen of confusion, the mistress of mumble, and the dastardly diva of disorientation. (I kinda like that last one) And what do I say to that? YAY!!!!!!!!! And you're sure you sent... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time... There was a small, troubled child who grew up to be a larger, more troubled teenager. He had entered that phase of life when the male body decides that life on its own isn't nearly as much fun as it can be dosed with hormones and sexual confusion. In the end... Continue Reading →
I have a friend who has gotten bad covers made for her, more than once. I’m not going to point fingers to say who the artists were or what publishers she used that seem to believe that such atrocities will actually sell books to anyone that isn’t listening to them on audio book; but suffice... Continue Reading →
I have a friend who has gotten bad covers made for her, more than once. I’m not going to point fingers to say who the artists were or what publishers she used that seem to believe that such atrocities will actually sell books to anyone that isn’t listening to them on audio book; but suffice... Continue Reading →
Poppy’s Post-GRL Wrap Up Well, it’s happened again. The GayRomLit retreat is over. I’m back home, snuggled up on my couch and reflecting on an amazing week. True confession: I’m really sad. I miss everyone already. I knew I would, but it’s so hard to explain what it’s like to leave behind folks you’ve bonded... Continue Reading →
Poppy’s Post-GRL Wrap Up Well, it’s happened again. The GayRomLit retreat is over. I’m back home, snuggled up on my couch and reflecting on an amazing week. True confession: I’m really sad. I miss everyone already. I knew I would, but it’s so hard to explain what it’s like to leave behind folks you’ve bonded... Continue Reading →
I wasn’t actually going to post anything of my own up for review, ever, because to me it seems kind of self-serving. But there is a reason I changed my mind. However, let me clarify first that this is in no way the best cover of the week. I tend to be very hard and... Continue Reading →
I wasn’t actually going to post anything of my own up for review, ever, because to me it seems kind of self-serving. But there is a reason I changed my mind. However, let me clarify first that this is in no way the best cover of the week. I tend to be very hard and... Continue Reading →
Tarnished Souls: Frankie and Gent: A story of guts and glamor in the Golden Age of Hollywood – not a romance. When I started writing the second book in the Tarnished series, I created a character who was only intended to have a walk-on part, as a mocking antagonist. Frankie Monetti started out as a... Continue Reading →
Tarnished Souls: Frankie and Gent: A story of guts and glamor in the Golden Age of Hollywood – not a romance. When I started writing the second book in the Tarnished series, I created a character who was only intended to have a walk-on part, as a mocking antagonist. Frankie Monetti started out as a... Continue Reading →
I can’t believe the time to prep for GayRomLit 2013 has finally arrived. I hope if you’re attending you’ll take a minute to try and hunt down one of the TNA group while you’re there. Jackie, Lynn, Bruce and I will be representing and look so forward to meeting you! Activity on the blog is... Continue Reading →
I can’t believe the time to prep for GayRomLit 2013 has finally arrived. I hope if you’re attending you’ll take a minute to try and hunt down one of the TNA group while you’re there. Jackie, Lynn, Bruce and I will be representing and look so forward to meeting you! Activity on the blog is... Continue Reading →
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