You might need to know how to describe a forest setting if you’re writing a fantasy novel…or if you just happen to have a scene that takes place in the woods. I’ve pulled together this post of forest words and phrases, forest sounds, and forest adjectives. Forest Words and Phrases Specific images, sounds, and smells will make your description
Happy Friday, everyone! Our trip to Kansas City, where we lived for a very long time, brought up a whole lot of feelings, so I thought I’d do a Friday recap! We went to the Chiefs parade. We weren’t there during the shooting. Although Mr. Donovan and I have lived in the Chicago area for a few years now, we
Readers sometimes ask me about the best steamy romance novels… and of course, I can only talk about the best steamy romance novels I’ve read personally, which is only a teeny, tiny fraction of all of them out there. Additionally, all book opinions are very subjective, and that’s especially true of spicy romance books! One reader’s swoon is another
I came across some of these medieval love quotes when I was doing research for my forthcoming novel Her Knight at the Museum, which references both medieval songs and the story of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle. I always love romantic quotes, and I figured that Valentine’s Day week was a great time to share them! I should say,
For this post, I’ve gathered 50 movie logline examples and 50 book logline examples. The examples of movie loglines span decades, while the novel loglines are from the past twenty years or so. That’s because I used IMDB for the former and Publishers Marketplace deal announcements for the latter. How Long Should a Logline Be? In general, I would
I decided to do a roundup of the best books on confidence because a few years ago, “confidence” was my “word of the year“…and someone told me a few weeks ago that it was their word this year! I was also thinking about confidence because I was watching the last season of The Crown. Queen Elizabeth II always carried herself
It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup of science fiction and fantasy publishers, so today I’m highlighting some that accept unagented manuscripts. There are way fewer of these than there used to be, so they can be hard to find! I don’t want anyone to get the idea that I am against working with an agent! You do