I’ve come to this topic via a roundabout route. I find it difficult to compare my writing and stories to other contemporary romance writers—to say, hey I’m the next Emily Henry, but shorter, or the next Ali Hazelwood without the STEM characters. I could say, my lead characters respect and like each other—Emily Henry andContinue reading “Comparisons, reviews and well damn!”
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Familiar or unfamiliar settings?
Do you like to read novels set in a familiar or a foreign—by which I mean unfamiliar in time and space to you—location? A long time ago, I overhead someone say they loved Peter Corris’s crime novels because they were set in the city where the reader lived. That reader knew the streets, the spacesContinue reading “Familiar or unfamiliar settings?”
Masquerade—giving birth to an elephant
When I spotted this artwork (see website), I immediately thought of my book Masquerade—Choosing Family Book 1. Preorders now available. It’ll drop into your mailbox on 5 March. I liken getting Masquerade from idea to publication as giving birth to an elephant. Elephants have one of the longest gestation periods of all living mammals—nearly twoContinue reading “Masquerade—giving birth to an elephant”
romantic=conducive to or characterized by the expression of love
rendezvous=a meeting at an agreed time or place Have you ever had a romantic rendezvous? I’d love to hear about it. What made it special? Was it a first meeting, a meeting after an absence, a farewell? Romantic fiction often talks about the “cute meet”—the moment when the two (or more) love interests meet forContinue reading “romantic=conducive to or characterized by the expression of love”
Jennifer Raines 