The Fine Art of Writing Romantic Comedy
A VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE MAY EDITION OF THE PINK HEART SOCIETY MAGAZINE Not all romances that make readers laugh...
The Write Thing - Opening Act
THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE PINK HEART SOCIETY MAGAZINE - JANUARY 2019 EDITION I once planned a three-book series (Crush, Crave,...
The Agony and the Ecstasy of a Dual Timeline
THIS FIRST APPEARED AS A GUEST BLOG OF AUTHOR VIRGINIA TAYLOR'S BLOG SITE I’ve written a two-book series (Wanting Mr Wrong and Escaping...
Third Time's the Charm
THIS FIRST APPEARED IN THE MAY 2017 EDITION OF THE PINK HEART SOCIETY MAGAZINE When my writing career kicked off in 2013, it was thanks...
Are You Okay? Not If You Keep Asking Me
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN A year or so ago, I was judging a writing contest. I'll confess that while I really enjoy reading competition...
Sticks and Stones...and Choosing Names
LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE COLUMN Last month, I started writing a new book. It’s my ninth book, but if you count two half-completed novels...
10 Questions To Get To The End
COLUMN FOR LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE Romance writers get to play with plenty of fabulous words – for example, ‘I love you’, ‘I want you’,...
Write What You Know, Write What You Don't - Just Make It Good
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN A recent conversation on one of the romance fiction industry Facebook pages I follow got me thinking about the...
The Joy of 'I' - writing in the first person
THIS FIRST APPEARED AS PART OF AN ARTICLE ON FIRST PERSON/THIRD PERSON WRITING IN HEARTS TALK, THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE ROMANCE...