We’re all suckers for cute queer lady couples in our books, and we love cheering on a good relationship despite its obstacles. The thrill of will-they-won’t-they, the drama of break-ups and get-togethers, the complicated love triangles; these are all [...]
I love romance. Love it, love it, love it. Nothing satisfies me more than getting to the end of a well-written lesfic romance, closing the book (or switching off the Kindle), and breathing out that deep sigh of bliss [...]
Many factors affect how we, as writers, approach sex scenes. Of course, no matter our approach, there will always be readers who love the end result and readers who emphatically don’t. Just as people’s sexual preferences vary, so do [...]
Tooling around social media the other day, I happened upon a comment that shot my eyebrows straight up into startled little apostrophes. An ardent romance fiction reader was complaining that she hated the conflict/hardship/tension trope that hits many a [...]
The Christmas holiday in our house officially starts when we pull the decorations out of storage from the garage. For a couple of days the house is a mess and then, like magic, our home is transformed into a [...]
Midwinter celebrations of light, in many varieties, have long been part of human culture, but Christmas is unique in that the Christ is the incarnate symbol of the light in the darkness. And, while I have not been a [...]
In the end it always boils down to the princess in the tower waiting to be rescued. Either by a prince on his noble steed, a hunter with whetted knives or the king’s son with his weird shoe fetish. Basically, [...]
Things television fantasy has taught me: If you ever want to get a girl’s attention, pull on your white singlet (for rippling bicep effect), grab a Husqvarna 455 Rancher chainsaw, give it a few throaty revs, then carve a [...]
“We read to know that we’re not alone.” C.S. Lewis Once upon a time a lonely teenage girl discovered Lord of the Rings, three books that helped her escape small town reality; at least for a few hours every [...]
I was asked recently why I write and my answer was: for the rollercoaster. I love that emotional ride of an intriguing story and the bigger the highs and lows the better. Whether the highs are comic joy, consummated [...]