Category: Book Reading
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My Favorite Scene | The City Beneath
Today, I’m starting a “My Favorite Things” video series, where I celebrate some of my favorite memories from my books. In this first video, I discuss my favorite scene. Spoilers ahead! I could see the ending of The City Beneath from the very beginning of writing that book. I envisioned the hero, Dominic Lysander, flash…
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Stay in the Spooky Mood with Brewing Tricks Before Treats
I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! If you’re not ready to let go of the spooky mood, visit the Funk-N-Fiction blog to read Brewing Tricks Before Treats. One of my favorite parts of writing romance is seeing my hero through my heroine’s eyes: “Considering his towering height, intimidating physique, and penetrating gaze, the man…
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Sneak Peek Reading of Brewing Tricks Before Treats
Brewing Tricks Before Treats is coming soon, to release as a FREE short story on the Funk-N-Fiction blog Oct. 25! One of my favorite parts of writing romance is seeing my heroine through my hero’s eyes: “Gerard tugged at his jacket—he was roasting!—sent a fervent prayer to the Goddess that his fake tats didn’t smear…
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Rain or Shine, Its Perfect Weather to Read a Favorite Author
So many Ilona Andrews books so little time! Having read and adored their Kate Daniels, InnKeeper, and Hidden Legacy series, I dove into On The Edge over Labor Day weekend. Everything Ilona writes is magic, literally and figuratively, so simply knowing they wrote it is its own recommendation. Although this weekend is considerably more rainy…
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The Joy of Writing Alien Heroes: Sight Beyond the Sun
Writing alien heroes falling in love with human heroines is so much fun, especially in the scenes where they discover something new about one another—something that might seem mundane to us (as humans) but becomes exceptional to someone from another planet. In this reading, Raveno thinks he’s having a simple fight with Kinsley, but when…
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The Love of a Good Monster | Eternal Reign, Night Blood 3
What makes paranormal romance so addictive (in my opinion) is the thought that the monster, the very creature that would maim and rampage everything and everyone else, is on your side, fighting for you: “I’d been delightfully, delectably wrong. Despite all my efforts to distance myself from Dominic and his limitless reach by transforming my…
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Paranormal Romance: Writing Magic to Reflect Life & Love
Writing paranormal romance is especially fun because it gives me the opportunity to use elements like magic to reflect problems in real life. I loved doing this in my story, Ghostly Intentions. The hero, Colton, has never enjoyed practicing magic. His powers are dangerous and unpredictable, often with their own intent opposite of his own,…
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From the Pet’s POV | Beyond the Next Star Reading
One of the many joys I experienced while writing Beyond the Next Star was depicting the bond between pet and owner. In my novel, normal, seemingly uneventful interactions become hilarious, awkward, and even frightening from the pet’s point of view – because the pet is a human. In this reading, you’ll hear one of these…
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Sight Beyond the Sun | Part 2 Book Reading
Sometimes it’s the smallest gestures that have the biggest impact: “Breathe, he thought at her, because he could tell by the strain in her corded neck that she wasn’t. With the live display projectors capturing every nuance of his expression, he couldn’t say the words. No matter how he felt for her, he couldn’t take…
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Til Death Don’t Us Part: Making the First Kiss Unique and Soul Deep
As a romance writer, I’m always looking for fun and exciting ways to describe the “first kiss.” Whether it’s a metaphor that connects to the character or plot, I love anchoring the hero and heroine’s kiss in the story in some new or fresh way that makes their kiss uniquely theres. One of the stories…
Author Melody Johnson 