When I flew to Seattle last week for the Maven retreat, I intended to spend the 7 or 8 travel hours working on a particular scene in my WIP. I did not. Instead, I spent one leg of the trip (I had a layover in Minneapolis/St. Paul) reading craft articles I’d saved on my laptop. [...]

I know it was said this announcement would be posted yesterday, but with Eliza just joining our group and I didn’t want to take the spotlight away from her very first post.
So without further ado, the two lucky winners who will have a signed copy of Secret Fantasy by Cheryl Holt in their hot hands [...]

Hello Readers, Writers and Romantic Inkers!
This is officially my first blog as one of the Romantic Ink Ladies. My name is Eliza Knight. I am very excited to join the group!
I write mostly steamy historicals set in the medieval and regency eras. I am pre-pubbed like my fellow ladies here, but working [...]

In March ’08, my next book, DOUBLE FANTASY, will be released.  I will celebrate it as my twentieth published novel, and my fifteenth published “erotic” romance.  But it will also be my last “erotic.”  I have written the most fun, fast-paced, and sexy stories out on the market today, have been critically acclaimed, and won [...]

What? They are characters too!
Animals are a great tool for the author to let you into the minds of the main character. What do I mean? Have you ever read your heroine going into her room and talking to her cat/dog? It’s a perfect way to let you know what the heroine is going through without the long “inside thought”. It creates a type of bridge for the character.

We have THREE winners!
Congratulations go out to: Dianna, Deb and Dorothy.
If you could please contact me with your snail mail address I will pass on the information to Julianne. Also, please include your choice of book from Julianne’s backlist (this might not include some older books).

I am about to start writing my 13th romance novel (actually my 17th if you count the four unpublished manuscripts I wrote before selling my first), and I confess, I do not operate on auto-pilot when it comes to conflict.  I don’t have it all figured out as an exact science, and every book seems [...]

Thirteen Things about Julianne MacLean’s Top 13 Writer Books
I’m not a regular blogger myself, but I do know about the Thursday Thirteen phenomenon, so I thought I’d give it a go.
Here are 13 of my favorite books that have influenced the way I write, or others I often refer to while writing my historicals.It [...]

Let’s face it.  Authors in this day and age have a job description that is very different from Jane Austen’s or William Faulkner’s.  In some ways, those guys had it easy.  All they had to do was write the book, and the job of promoting it lay with the publisher.  Sure, we think it’s easier [...]