Book Review: A Path Toward Love by Cara James
Katherine came home to forget her past.The last thing she expected is a hopeful future. Young widow Katherine Osborne returns to her family’s rustic camp on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. She’s determined to live a quiet life, but her socialite mother is equally determined to push her into [...]
Recap: The Middle
Believe it or not, you can’t just jump from the beginning to the middle. You have to make a smooth transition. That transition has to both advance the plot while also guiding the characters down a non-returnable path. Confused? Don’t be. Read more here - The Middle, but first … [...]
The Dog Days of Summer by Kathy Harris
Here we are in the “dog days of summer,” that time of year when temperatures are at their highest and rainfall is at its lowest. The once colorful spring and early summer flowers are now showing wear from the heat. Grass is languishing from the midday sun—although dandelions and sundry [...]
Recap: Beginnings
Photo Credit You can’t write something you can’t identify. It’s not enough to call the opening words of the novel the beginning. You have to know the difference between what goes into a beginning and a middle. It never hurts to brush up on those differences - [...]
Blogging Basics: You Are What You Read
Photo Credit As a writer, my goal is to read as much as possible. Why? Because you learn what works. I read books in my genre to see what it takes to be a successful romance write. I read outside of my genre to see what makes other [...]