Spending time with fictional characters

Which fictional characters do you want to spend time with? In my idle moments, I sometimes sit and ponder about which fictional people I’d like to sit down with and enjoy a beverage, or just hang out with. Here they Read more

A little bit of fun…collectively…

Things have been getting too serious lately around here so I decided today I was going to have a post that hopefully might make you smile just a little. I was amused to discover some recent examples of collective nouns, either Read more

The mire of social media

It’s no secret that authors need social media more than it needs them. For 99.95% of us, the days of publishers feverishly grabbing your books, sending out press releases like confetti being dropped from up high, organising myriad personal appearance Read more

To do or not to do – that is the question

Authors are always being given advice. By beta readers, by other authors, by grammar pundits, by readers, fans, bloggers, editors, publishers-the list is endless. Most of it is well-meant, qualified advice which can go a long way to making your Read more

The Pretenders

The Pretenders I was chatting to a dog the other day on Facebook and I have to say, she was amazingly eloquent.  Her typing skills were a little rusty, with a few spelling mistakes, but her overall conversation was in Read more

Women writing gay male Romance books

I think one of the questions we female writers get asked a lot is how we can write gay romance when we’re women, no matter what the sexual preference. I think my answer would be that I’m sure Stephen King Read more