From this (last September) To this: THE BILLIONAIRE'S BABY (yay, I now have a title!) a Harlequin Romance, out in May 09. Way too long ...

We now have the final instalment in the Cover to Cover series, where I mapped out the process of writing a Harlequin Romance novel from begi...

Yes, the COVER TO COVER series is still going, following COURTING CUPID from its inception hopefully to its sale! For a quick recap, this...

I could title this post Revisions: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, for it's a follow-on to my last revision post. Which was all good. Th...

In an earlier COVER TO COVER post, I talked about " Letting your manuscript stew." At that point, I'd just finished wri...

Rach asked a great question in response to my layering/editing post: Just wondering about how long your mss are when you finish your first d...

I should be busy trying to get this guy, Blane Andrews, and this girl, Camryn Henderson, together. Well, okay, they are together consi...

Take one first draft. Well done. Leave to stew for a week, minimum. Then take one pair of fresh eyes, one pair of eager hands with it...

With the bulk of my books, once I'm heading towards the end scene, the words are tumbling out so fast my fingers can barely keep up. My ...

In this series I've already done a post on setting, so consider this an adjunct to it. In COURTING CUPID , Blane takes a leave of ...

Marcy asked a great question in answer to my previous post on Motivation. How do you keep motivated when you hit a section that is just not ...

You’ve plotted your book. Developed the characters. Devised a rock-solid conflict. Identified key scenes. Now what? Research! This is the fu...

You've written the first few chapters of your book. If you're anything like me, the first 3 chapters are a breeze: all brand-spankin...

Creating the perfect setting can be instrumental in bringing a story to life. Have you ever been so swept away by a book you can see the ...

Writing heroines can be easy...and tricky! I want my heroines to be the epitome of the strong, modern woman, with the world at her fee...

Choosing characters is a wonderful part of writing. (Though sometimes the characters choose us, I think!) It's always an absol...

They say a picture paints a thousand words... would be nice if my collage could add the odd thousands words or so to my current WIP! So, I ...

For me, naming my characters is crucial. If the name doesn't fit I struggle with 'seeing' that person as real. I tend to go for ...

Now that I've established COURTING CUPID would be character driven, I needed to flesh out my divorced heroine and my laid-back hero. ...

Welcome to my new series COVER TO COVER , a 'how to write a novel' snapshot taking you through from start to finish of the Harlequi...