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Confessions of a Ruthless Editor

I tear other people’s writing to pieces for a living. They actually don’t pay me for the tearing-to-pieces part, nor do they tend to thank me for it. Sometimes, when I speak to them on the phone, they laugh about how very many things I’ve changed in...

Sex and Redemption in Romance

I’ve been thinking about sex lately. It’s Cara McKenna’s fault, really: I read another one of her books, Ready and Willing, over the Fourth of July weekend, and it made me all thinky, as her novels are wont to do. Then I read this blog post by Jane...

WIP Wednesday: Geek Fetish Edition

How is it Wednesday again? I have blog-guilt for failing to write a more substantive post at any point in the past few weeks. I’ve got some ideas rattling around in my head, though. Cross my heart and hope to die, I’ll post something soon about (a) writing...

WIP Wednesday: Wrong Guy Edition

What happens when your heroine tries to talk herself into sleeping with the guy everyone but her knows is not the hero of the book? This, among other things. ——— Katie kept rechecking her position, but it came out the same every time: she was in the...

WIP Wednesday: Yellow Towel Edition

Almost forgot to post a snippet today! I’m in the process of lengthening MAN FOR THE JOB this week, so here’s a favorite bit where Caleb is standing guard on Ellen’s porch (to prove a point, not because she’s in any real danger) and Ellen uses...