I’ve always been drawn to Scotland. I think many of us have. It’s a land overflowing with rich history, ancient castles, and…well, Gerard Butler.
When I set out to write my first Scottish historical romance, Laird Of The Mist, I had no idea that my research would lead me to the MacGregor clan, and I had [...]

Here are a few things that you should know:
1. Writing is easier if you open the word program. Can we say Duh!
2. Everyone will have an opinion on how you should write “alright”, er, “all right”. Alright!!
3. Professionalism is always putting your game face on, even when there is mud on your face. Mud is [...]

Hi Inkers. Nice to meet y’all. I’m Diana, lowly housewife, SAHM, and all around nice gal, but I have a secret identity… Come closer… Not that close! LOL! You’ll smudge my monitor… My secret?
I’m a romance writer!
I know! Isn’t that cool? And I get to hang out here and be silly, and maybe helpful on [...]

I chose this topic today, because I’ve been mulling over a new project and what I am going to name my characters. It takes me at least a week to come up with my characters names usually. So much goes into choosing a name.
First and foremost, their name not only has to fit the setting [...]

Tonight your local PBS channel will bring you the first of six adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels and a biopic. I hope I’m still awake at 9 P.M. on Sunday nights so I can see them. I don’t watch much TV, and my commitment to the series may not last. For some reason I can sit still [...]

Hey Inkers!
Haven kindly asked me to stop in today for a quick guest blog about the latest scandal to rock RomanceLand.
Plagiarism.
Cassie Edwards, a multi-published author with a dedicated following for her Native American romances, has been accused of plagiarizing numerous research documents. Essentially, she lifted passage after passage out of her sources without citation or [...]

I make New Years Resolutions every year. I’m an intrinsically motivated goal-oriented person, so I actually do daily, weekly, monthly goal-setting all year round, but I like the pomp and tradition of New Years Resolutions.
One of mine was to do a low carb diet for 2 weeks. FAIL. I lasted four and a half days. [...]

Congratulations go to Stefanie D, who won Diane Gaston’s Innocence & Impropriety.
If you would, please contact me with your snail mail and I will forward the information to Diane!
I would also like to thank Diane for visiting us and sharing how sometimes research doesn’t have to be complicated!

When writing a story there usually is a lot more work to it than just sitting down and starting to write the first chapter. At least there is for me. I’m not entirely a plotter, nor am I entirely a pantser. I do some work before I start writing my story, but I don’t plot [...]

Yesterday I talked about how Google helped me research my Regency Historical, The Vanishing Viscountess, in bookstores this month from Harlequin Historical and available online. Today I want to talk about other resources that helped me find the visual and historical detail that I used in The Vanishing Viscountess to give it as much authenticity [...]