Kay Bergstrom – Writer of the Year Finalist It started with a novel called Tongue-Tied, her first Harlequin Temptation title in September of 1984. Now, for Kay Bergstrom, it’s 87 books later – not including two 2 audio plays and 2 screenplay treatments and some short stories. Kay, who is one of three Writer of…
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Fictional Vision
When I first started writing romance, I read many books by popular romance authors, trying to understand what made them popular. What was it about their books that appealed to readers? There were some whose success I simply didn’t understand. To me, their writing seemed average, their characters trite and boring, their plots predictable. It…
One Is the Loneliest Number
We often talk about writing as being a solitary pursuit. We celebrate the lonely artist in a garret, poring over the work. The image of the scribe using their own blood as ink features prominently in the mythos. Then there’s NovelRama. If you missed it, you missed a four-day party of people at all stages…
Deep POV Lesson 8 – Anchoring Words
One inherent problem with DEEP POV is the possible awkwardness of being deep in Scarlett’s POV and having to add what’s going on in Rhett’s head. Of course, Scarlett is not omniscient, and neither is your book’s POV. So Scarlett can only interpret Rhett’s thoughts through her five senses: Scarlett knew Rhett was angry. His…
Writing Shorter
Romance Writers of America recently had an article in their online newsletter about the impact of e-books on the book market. As someone who buys e-books for a library (and helps people set up apps to access them), I can definitely say that even if sales of e-books are down slightly, the number of readers…