I found a blog last night in which I was given as an example of a ‘poser’ paranormal author. The blogger was angry that I didn’t have enough world building (it’s Victorian England, what more do you need?), that I didn’t list all the things my vamps could do, that there was a public sex [...]

I’ve been posting a lot about writing, so I thought I’d post about subject today. I write a lot from the male perspective. I’m not sure how good I am at it, but I enjoy doing it. In fact, I find my heroes much more interesting than my heroines. Maybe that’s because I already [...]

The Loveless World — Cinderella is living with her stepmother and ugly stepsisters, doing all their dirty work and basically being treated like crap.
The Lover’s Call — An invitation arrives for the Prince’s ball and Cinderella is told she can go if she does all her work first. The little mice help make her dress.
Reluctance [...]

Since it’s technically Thursday, I thought I’d post on plotting just in case I wake up to find I have no internet again. If this technique seems similar to that in Christopher Vogler’s book The Writer’s Journey, it’s because I took his structure and geared it toward romance - with a fair bit of mine [...]

Isabel asked for my thoughts on Writer’s Block. I’ve never been ‘blocked’ to the point where I couldn’t write. Oh, I’ve had times when I didn’t ‘want’ to write or that it was like pulling teeth to get the words to come, but I’ve never sat in front of my screen and not have *something* [...]

My darling hubby got the computer up and running again so here I am. Late, but here nevertheless.
Ever wonder what it is about that Y chromosome that makes them so good with electronics? He can’t put together a bookshelf, but he’s wicked with computers.
Tomorrow I’m going to post about plotting, so I thought maybe tonight [...]

Kate wanted me to post and let you know that she lost internet last night in a storm and doesn’t know for sure when it will be back up. Cross your fingers it all gets working today, but if she can’t post, she’ll be back when she can!
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Jenna mentioned in one of her posts that love scenes should be emotional — not just for the characters but readers as well. Since I have a workshop that deals with this subject, I thought I’d post a portion of the handout for your inspection — and comments.
Some things to Keep in Mind to make [...]

We have a winner of Jenna’s contest.
Congrats to Bonnie!! If you would please email me your snail mail addy I’ll get your info over to Jenna. My email addy: contest@havenrich.com Thank you for dropping by and blogging with us.
Now back to your Kathryn take-over hehe.

Sorry this post is so late. I just got home from a hectic day of shopping for RWA National. Today’s blog is based on my workshop for creating characters. Please feel free to post any and all questions.
CREATING CHARACTER:
Steps to creating a character:
1. Determine the core archetype/personality of the character – this [...]