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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Exploring Category Romance – A Category Romance Is Like a Sonnet
Category romances, also called series romances, are to me the epitome of romance as a genre. They’re short – mostly about 200 pages or 50,000 – 60,000 words long. The term category comes from the various lines such as Harlequin … Continue reading
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The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover Excerpt – Kickass Heroines
This excerpt comes from The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover. # “Give us the horses or you die,” the lead rider demanded. He was a big man, heavily bearded and, like all three of the brigands, wearing … Continue reading
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Short Fiction Questions & Inspirations Playlist
While I’m at it with the Short Fiction FAQs, does anyone have any additional questions I should include? I’m going to make a compiled file and post it on my website. And, since it’s Friday and I should have some … Continue reading
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Short Fiction FAQ: Part Three
Question: What is a possible path to breaking in to invitation-only print anthologies, if I have already sold stories to magazines? I would first find out which publishers issue the sort of anthology that’s suited to your stories, then look … Continue reading
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Short Fiction FAQ – Part Two
Question: Is there a market for erotic flash fiction? Will agents and editors think I can’t write novels if most of my sales are short fiction? There is not a huge paying market for flash fiction, but there are some … Continue reading
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Short Fiction FAQ – Part One
Establishing yourself as a writer of short fiction can pay a little money and, more importantly, establish a “track record” which can help in making valuable contacts among your fellow writers, editors, and agents. Short fiction also provides experience with … Continue reading
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Writing is In the Mind
So much of writing is in the mind. Not just coming up with ideas and arranging words into sentences. To write novels, to keep up the sustained effort necessary, a psychological approach to writing is often required. For me, that … Continue reading
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Siegfried Sassoon, "The General"
The General ‘Good-morning; good-morning!’ the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. ‘He’s a … Continue reading
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Moonlight Mistress Excerpt – Worldbuilding
Moonlight Mistress is out December 2009 from Harlequin Spice. This scene takes place during World War One while Gabriel Meyer, a British soldier, is searching an abandoned village for German soldiers. # Both of the house’s doors were shut tight, … Continue reading
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Historic New York City
5th Avenue, New York City, 1900 Hester Street, New York City, 1903 Madison Square, New York City, 1908 Photos courtesy of WikiMedia Commons. Another Snippet Saturday tomorrow – the theme is Worldbuilding.