I’m on the home stretch of writing Fiancé Finale, the third book in my Love Unscripted series. This is the fun part because I get to wrap things up happily-ever-after. It’s getting to the happily-ever-after that’s hard. You probably already know this from experience, but I’ll sum it up from a writer’s perspective. Growth is […]
First Drafts!
How do authors write the first drafts of their novels? There must be a thousand and one ways, aren’t there? Let’s find out. I asked InspyRomance authors how they write their first drafts, and here is a sampling of what they say. “I do all my writing on a computer. I write best there because […]
How long does it take to write a book? (And #Giveaway)
Readers, how long do you think it takes your favorite authors to write each book? Days? Months? Years? Let’s find out what some of our InspyRomance authors do. By the way, if you haven’t read these featured books, be sure to click on the book cover images to be taken directly to Amazon where you can […]
Romancing New York + Giveaway
Hola, Jolene Navarro here. Usually I’m checking in from the Texas Hill Country but today I’m going to share New York with you. Recently I saw a report in Healthy Woman about the benefits of trips with your girlfriends. I totally believe this to be true. Last week I had a wonderful week in New […]
What Resolutions?
And here we are. It’s already eleven days into 2019, friends. Some will say “Hooray!” and some will say “Yikes!” Have you executed your new year resolution yet? Or did you decide to not have any new year resolution this time around? Even though I like checklists, the one thing I try to avoid at […]
My Tribe, My Hero
Hello! Jolene Navarro here checking in from Canyon Texas. For the first week of my summer, I’m at the West Texas Writers’ Academy on the campus of West Texas A&M University. It is one of my favorite weeks of the year. So from sunup and way after the sun settled behind the plains we are submerged in our writing. […]
A Room of Her Own & a Few Friends that Understand
In one of my college literature classes, I read A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf. I loved that short book, somehow it called to me, even before I thought I could be a professional writer. It was before my brain could fathom that someone would want to buy my book. It was before […]