Tag: Book Reading
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Recharging with Sand, Sunshine & a Favorite Author
The last 10 days have burned me out: working my 9 to 5, developmental edits on Romantasy book 1 (which are proudly back with my agent and have GREATLY improved my story!!), launching Brewing Tricks Before Treats, and yesterday’s craft fair book signing. All exciting stuff, but my engine was running on fumes. Today, I’m…
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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…
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Reflecting on witty banter, a dangerous hero, and a determined heroine
The City Beneath was the third book I ever finished, but the first I published. As my debut novel, the hero (Dominic Lysander) and heroine (Cassidy DiRocco) will always have a special place in my heart. Writing their witty banter was especially fun because Dominic is such a dangerous, dark character and watching the sparks…
Author Melody Johnson 