A great many authors start off their stories by asking themselves a very famous question. What if…? For example, the English author of action thrillers, Desmond Bagley, wrote his best seller, Running Blind, not because he wanted to write a spy thriller, but because he had spent his summer vacation in Iceland, and wanted to […]
Today’s guest blogger is Jan Scarborough. ___ In September, I attended the 2015 Imaginarium, a convention covering all facets of creative writing. There I participated in a panel entitled “Outside Influences.” I learned from the discussion that the other four writers, no matter the genre, had similar paths to their careers—a passion for reading, an
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There were two major influences that drove me as I wrote Heart of Vengeance, one of them positive, the other horribly negative…but I’ll get to that one in a minute. The positive one was an old 1952 movie that I must have watched three or four times growing up. There was only one TV station
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Perilous Princess came out on Friday, and has received some rave reviews already. The fact that I’m still mulling over this story tells me that the plot was more complex than I originally imagined. I read the book in very short order, and found it hard to put down. No matter what genre – Tracy
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Hello, everyone! I’m Rachel Leigh Smith, author of romance for the hero lover. Tracy kindly let me come on to tell you about my sci-fi romance series A’yen’s Legacy. As a writer and a reader, I have a preference for a certain type of hero, the warrior hero. The first thing that comes to mind
Pulse Pause Moments – Han Solo I don’t think it’s any sort of secret at all that I was kick-started into writing fiction by the original Star Wars movies, and romance was a lock-in after Han Solo’s “I know”. I’ve written that story in a few places, including here. It would be fair to say
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I get a lot of mail from readers asking for technical help, usually for very simple things like uploading books to their readers. A lot of these same readers add something along the lines of “I’m not very computer savvy…” As uploading books to an ereader or mobile device is one of the simplest things
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Oh, how lovely! There was lots of chatter on Jenna Ives’ guest post the other day. I think the sex bots hit a nerve (or two!). The winner of the copy of Programmed to Please is Kris — congratulations! Everyone who did stop by and comment, thank you. It was great to make Jenna feel
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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell [link] I fell for this story with a loud thunk when I was in my early teens. I remember seeing the cover and that gorgeous white dress of Scarlett’s (from the movie) around the bookstores for years before I actually picked it up. It took matching up “big,
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Jenna Ives writes futurist romances that are hot, hot, hot. I recently had a chance to read her Tau Cetus Chronicles, which features…. …sexbots. 🙂 It’s a very cool idea and makes for some very interesting reading! Meet Jenna: ____________ Thanks, Tracy, for having me on your blog today! Like you, I write Sci Fi
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