Grab your FREE copy of the lastest Love in Lockdown story! Reina Torres is back with the second part of “Sublet“. If you haven’t read the first, you’ll find it as well on the Love in Lockdown page. Enjoy! And have you subscribed to this blog? You might want to do that so you don’t miss a single installment in this series! Here’s what the story is all about… What happens when two exes have to live in an apartment built…
Grab your FREE copy of the lastest Love in Lockdown story! It comes from Jaap Boekestein, who contributed a very spicy story to the First Response anthology! Here’s what the story is all about… After months spent in solitude, an attorney flirts online with the CEO of her company, playing a little game of striptease and hoping he’ll return the favor. Follow this link!
So, I said this before… I got to thinking one day after seeing so many conversations on social media among authors not wanting to tackle the topic of the lockdown because we like to write romance. How would we handle romances and settings where people are supposed to intermingle with their communities and meet the loves of their lives when so many of us are having to self-isolate? I mean, how do couples find each other in the middle of…
So, I got to thinking one day after seeing so many conversations on social media among authors not wanting to tackle the topic of the lockdown because, hey, we like to write romance, and how do you handle romances and settings where people intermingle with their communities and meet the loves of their lives when so many of us are having to self-isolate. As well, we like to write stories that lift people up. How do you lift people up…
The winner is…Colleen C! *~*~* When I lived in NYC, I used to write on the subway and the Long Island Railroad to and from work. Something about the train’s motion lulled me into extremely productive writing headspaces. Once I moved to the southwest, I didn’t think I’d find that rhythm again, but believe it or not, leaves rustling and birds chirping in my backyard have the same effect. So in good weather or bad, here’s my writing space. I…
UPDATE: The winner is…Latifa Morrisette! *~*~* I have an office in my home and a new computer with two screens. I insisted I needed one. And I do. But…this is where I write. On my couch with the lounge chair option up! That way my puppies get to sleep on the couch beside me, and I can keep an eye on them. Ideas come from all over. News reports, articles in magazines, television shows, and brainstorming with my sister or…
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…
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…