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When Joan Didion nears the end of a novel, she sleeps in the same room as it. Stephen King has noted that he believes there is a creative link between writing and sleeping. One of my writing teachers said that when she has difficulty coming up with titles, she reads the manuscript before going to…
From Termination to… Well my dream has come full circle in one year. On October 11, 2013, I received a phone call from Harlequin offering me a contract for my YA paranormal for their new digital program that they were rolling out in January 2014. This past year has been hectic as I worked with…
Robin Kaye was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge next door to her Sicilian grandparents. Living with an extended family that’s a cross between Gilligan’s Island and The Sopranos, minus the desert isle and illegal activities, explains both her comedic timing and the cast of quirky…
Lena Dunham has a new book out and she’s produced an interesting series of video shorts to promote the book called #AskLena. In each video she answers a question submitted by a fan. Her second video in the series, the one that obviously caught my attention, she addresses “Megan” and being “plus size” and socializing;…
Do you have an ideal reader? You know the one reader that you think about as you are sculpting your prose; that reader who is sitting on your shoulder as you look for the proper way to turn a phrase, or escalate a series of events? This idea has come and gone throughout my writing…
When I was offered a contract last year by Harlequin, I was not only excited but relieved as well. I believed that my writing had finally reached the point where it was publishable. Boy, was I in for a rude awakening! I was assigned to an editor and I quickly learned that my book still…
It is considered impolite to ask a woman her dress size, unless of course you work in a clothing store. It is also considered impolite to assume someone is plus size. As someone who is plus size I find it more offensize and impolite for people to act offended by the term plus size as…