The definitive older woman reading list
I’m tired of the May-December thing unless it’s the woman who gets to enjoy a young, yummy boy-toy. If it’s good enough for Demi Moore, it’s good enough for me! So with that in mind, I want to compile a list of great books that have older women – younger men. Two immediately spring to [...]
Timeline of a novel
Waiting is the hardest part of writing. And there’s just so damn much of it. Let’s examine the sequence of events. In September 2005, I finished The Average Girl’s Guide to Getting Laid. As it was a rough draft, I proofread and got feedback from my crit partners. Then I expanded the novel because the [...]
Hot or Not? (First kiss)
Here’s an excerpt from The Average Girl’s Guide to Getting Laid. Let me know if it works for you. Yesterday he’d thought she looked doable. But tonight, the girl made his mouth water. Just as he was about to tell her so, he remembered what she’d said—not wanting weak words. She wanted her man to [...]
All your love hole needs — one portal!
(This awesome headline courtesy of a spam e-mail that I didn’t open.) A couple days ago, a female entrepreneur approached me about product placement. She lives in LA and she apparently found me on MySpace (which proves it actually is good for more than horny men sending me improbable suggestions regarding their anatomy and mine). [...]
The definitive cross-dressing heroine list
Down with long posts! I’m not going to make you all cross-eyed today, trying to read my rants, but I do want your help. Over on Smart Bitches, I said the following: I have to admit, I have a real weakness for cross-dressing heroine stories. (I know!) But it just cracks me up to get [...]
Us vs Them: debunking the cat – dog mentality
Never knew there was a place where writers congregate to cry about rejections. I understand the need to vent, but I was gobsmacked, and here’s why. That site doesn’t dispel any of the copious misconceptions or glorious conceits that lead to rejections. Here’s a sampling of things writers said about agents and/or publishing, once they [...]
How I wrote a winning query letter (and learned to love the bomb?)
Superwench over on Rachel Vater’s blog asked me to teach her my secret to getting requests for partials. Like I told her on Ms. Vater’s blog, I don’t know that I’m so good at queries. More like, I’m lucky in that my take on romance is in demand right now. Editors want more explicit novels; [...]
Small triumphs
Today I got an e-mail from Keith Clayton at Random House. A couple months back, I requested an unencrypted copy of the pdf of my fantasy novel, Stone Maiden. My contract expired in June and I’d never received a copy of the novel in final edited form. I’m thrilled about this, as it’s going to [...]