UPDATE: The winner is…Pat Elliott! *~*~* The Right Spots Where does one write erotica? The answer is easy: in the heart, in the soul, in the mind. Erotica is about passions and dreams, and for writing about those, I need my mind. Okay, but where does one really write? Every writer has her or his favorite spot, the place where the creative well flows over, where the fingers caress the keyboard. Where the writer sighs and moans and doubts and…
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UPDATE: The winner is…Colleen C! *~*~* Every year at Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) meetings, someone always asks me about my process. I don’t mind the question, I love talking “shop.” I don’t always have big blocks of time to write…especially when I started publishing. At that time, I was helping to take care of my grandparents, and there was always something to do. So, I found little bits of time to grab for my own. Up until the “shelter…
COWBOYS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY Editor: Delilah Devlin Deadline: November 15, 2020 COWBOYS is open to all authors. Editor/Author Delilah Devlin is looking for stories for a romantic erotica anthology tentatively entitled COWBOYS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY. Why write a short story for this collection? Well, it’s certainly not about making a lot of money, so why do it at all? I’ve said this before, but here are my thoughts… Writing a short story for a call for…
UPDATE: The winner is…ButtonsMom! *~*~* Welcome to my crazy world of creativity! I know we are supposed to be talking about “Where Magic Begins,” but one look at this picture and it might look like madness to some. There is so much going on there! You might call it chaotic. I just call it “organized” chaos. As you can see, I’ve got all the essentials I need to tap into my well of creativity here. I’ve got the computer for…
UPDATE: The winner is…bn100! *~*~* In the hills of North Georgia, my little farm is tucked up under the skirts of Lookout Mountain, and I love watching the sunset over the mountain in a daily show of colors. I work from home (even before the pandemic) and have an office where I spend waaaay too much time! Between my day job as an online faculty member for a university and my writing, a lot of my life happens in this…
UPDATE: The winner is…Mary Preston! *~*~* It’s all about the paper and pens. Most of my story ideas start out as a handwritten note—sometimes in notebooks, but just as often on the back of a grocery store receipt because that was all I had handy at the time. Eventually, I sit down and type all the scribbles into a more readable form in their appropriate Scrivener file. The typing happens at the desk in the above photo. It’s an old…
The First Response authors are having fun with their “Where Magic Begins” challenge. When I proposed it, they were all thrilled at the chance to share something about their writing rituals, their creative spaces. More’s coming next week, so stay tuned. In the meantime, be sure to check out the first three posts! Prizes are up for grabs! Win $ or books! WHERE MAGIC BEGINS: MELANIE JAYNE (CONTEST) — This ends soon!! Win an Amazon gift card! WHERE MAGIC BEGINS: JANUARY…
UPDATE: The winner is…Colleen C! *~*~* Where the (Writing) Magic Happens When this particular theme was bandied about, I knew I had to “go there” with it and take a picture of my bed. As a romance writer, I can admit that a certain brand of magic happens there, among other flat surfaces. While it may look like some particularly energetic magic has recently occurred, well, that’s just how it normally looks. And I get a fun chortle out of…
UPDATE: The winner is…Donna Bullard! *~*~* I always dream about writing at Starbucks. I’ve only done it once. Mostly, I write on my couch, at my kitchen table or in bed because I have two little kids and writing time is scarce, but someday I’m going back to Starbucks! I started writing when I was in 3rd grade, I wrote a horror story that made my teacher schedule a meeting with my mom; 4th grade I wrote a murder mystery…