Tag: Witchy Business
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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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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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Fated by Fire: The Misadventures of Wrong First Impressions
Romancing the Holidays, Volume 2, features my Witchy Business short story, Fated by Fire. This romance was so fun to write because it explores the misadventures of wrong first impressions. My heroine is a psychic, but her visions of the hero are all doom and gloom and villainous. When she meets him in person, however,…
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Exploring Unfinished Business with Ghosts & Second Chance Romance
The very first short story I ever wrote with First Coast Romance Writers was for Romancing the Holidays, Vol. 1. It’s a story titled, Grave Promises, and it features two characters who have unfinished business – with ghosts and each other. This second chance romance is snappy, witty, and haunting; I thoroughly enjoyed bringing their…
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Favorite Quotes | Ghostly Intentions, Short Story in An Autumn Embrace
There’s nothing I love writing more than the magic of a first kiss! “Nannette slid into his kiss the way she might the ocean after a storm, knowing she was in over her head and thrilled by it even as she was pulled under. His mouth pressed and ebbed, coaxing hers like the swaying tide.…
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Throwback Thursday | Head Over Undertow
Happy Throwback Thursday! Last year, I published Head Over Undertow for Funk-N-Fiction’s annual Halloween Flash Fiction Blog Event. After twenty years firmly locked in the friend-zone as his best friend’s little sister, Peyton St. Peters is seducing Walter Reece at this year’s All Hallows’ Eve celebration. She’s wearing the bikini. She’s rocking the heels. She’s…
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Meet the Heroine | Isrid Belini
In my newest Witchy Business romance, Pumpkin & Spice, my hero uncovers something unexpected about my heroine… and his reaction is EVERYTHING. “Garth wiped the cloth down the bridge of Isrid’s nose from brow to tip, removing pumpkin guts and uncovering more of her birthmark. It began at her temple, was solid over her cheekbone,…
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Pumpkin Inspiration
Each short story in Funk-N-Fiction’s annual Halloween Flash Fiction Blog Event is inspired by an image from a DeviantArt artist. My idea for Pumpkin & Spice sprouted from this gorgeous pumpkin photo by Moyrah. As I was crafting my story, I thought to myself, “What would a person do with that many pumpkins?” And that’s…
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Sneak Peek First Kiss | Pumpkin & Spice
Isrid and Garth are quite the dynamic duo in Pumpkin & Spice, my newest Witchy Business romance. Here’s a sneak peek into their first kiss: “In true Garth style, his kiss was a torrent of contradictions. His calloused palm gently stroked her face. His breath was sweet and ragged. The flex of his firm muscles…
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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 Nine years ago, Derek Bradley and I carved our first pumpkins together. He didn’t own a ferret, I didn’t have a cat, and we only carved three pumpkins, not 13, but this memory was the seed of inspiration that sprouted my newest Witchy Business Halloween romance, Pumpkin & Spice, now available…
Author Melody Johnson 