There’s only so many times you can read and revise your own manuscript before you just gotta call it and hand it over to the professionals. After two months and fours sweeps through this one, I’m calling it. Pretty Jane is going to the pros at thebluegarret.com for copy editing and proofreading on September 3. […]

Reducing a one hundred-thousand-word novel down to a couple hundred-word synopsis that’s catchy and makes people want to ditch laundry duty and dive into some romance… is a skill I have not yet mastered. The book blurb kicked my ass today.

Haven’t worn any makeup for a couple of weeks. Lotion and lip balm. That’s it. Maybe spending the better part of a year writing a novel about a girl obsessed with makeup has affected my psyche.   Nah, I just can’t be bothered right now. I’m editing.

Okay, so the hubby has been beta-reading for me, or rather he’s been beta-listening. The man’s kind of addicted to Audible, so he likes to turn on Word’s Read Aloud as he goes through the manuscript. I grumble about this because I hate the droid voice, and it’s just weird to hear my stuff read […]

Woo-hoo! Just knocked out some of the trickier revisions to my manuscript. There were a few chapters that needed a lot of work, but I feel good about the result. Good enough to open the doors, so to speak, and finally let someone read this thing.

Spent the past four days revising the first kiss scene. I know I’m being ridiculous rewriting the same flippin’ page over and over. But damn, if you throw in a line like “You’re beautiful…”, you gotta anchor that business, or you’ll end up sounding like you’re biting off one of the cheesiest lines in Twilight. […]

Draft one is done! 125,600 words on the dot. And, that epilogue? Well, I’ll just say that it gave me a chance to write in a slightly different genre for a minute, and I think I might have missed my calling ’cause The Siren’s Tail sounds kinda hot. Might need to expand on it later.  […]

Last chapter wrapped! I made it to the B.K.P.! Woot! Awesome way to celebrate my 41st birthday! Now, I just have the epilogue left.

So, it’s Father’s Day, and the last couple chapters I’ve written just happened to have featured my main characters’ fathers.  PJ’s dad, Logan, is a cool dude. He restores cars, and he’s got the tats and leather vest and the whole tough guy appearance. But he’s really a total softy for his wife and four […]

Chapter 46 Okay, so Beau dumping the contents of PJ’s backpack all over the bed is kinda like that moment in Book 2 when Gray jacks Kory’s phone. Dude’s in a mood, and I’m so here for it. But he’s definitely gonna need to apologize, ’cause it was kind of a dick move.  Also, happy […]