About that nasty e-mail from a reader. . .
One of the things writers do when we gather is compare not just the good, but the bad side of putting our work into the public marketplace… so this was my answer to the question. Read More
Creating a Character of “Age”
Prompted by the observation on the GCLS Discussion List that began with “Why aren’t there more characters over the age of 50?” Read More
New Orleans
Point of View: What’s the Point?
Question: Why do you use third person limited so much? Why don’t you vary the point of view more within scenes?
Why the Racier Content After All These Years?
What’s racier? Who determines that?
When I first started writing, my “rules” for what could and couldn’t be done between the sheets, err, pages of a romance novel were distilled from what I read, which was primarily lesbian romance and mystery. I wrote within those limitations for the first half dozen books or so because I was sure they were acceptable to the publisher (Naiad Press). Over time I broke a few of the rules, but in very subtle ways. Read More