The Name Game

admin | February 23, 2010

My proposal was rejected yesterday. I thought I’d be heartbroken if it happened, and it does sting a bit. Who would not have wished to write the most perfect proposal that ever crossed an editor’s desk? I would, I would!  But the editor who wrote my exceedingly kind rejection asked for ideas for other stories, [...]

When a Rose is not a Rose

admin | August 29, 2009

Any other name just won’t always work in a romance. If you can’t love your hero/heroine’s name, the story becomes difficult to write. My heroine’s name is Ava, and for some reason, it’s always bothered me. Now, it’s gone from bothering me to stopping me every time I type it. (Which probably means there’s a [...]