Woot! It’s release day! The third book in my Triple Trouble shape-shifter series, “Trouble Comes in Threes” (writing as Tymber Dalton) is now available from Siren-BookStrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/product-threedognight-14722-200.html Description [Menage Amour: Erotic Paranormal Menage a Quatre Romance, F/M/M/M, Shape-Shifters] For Elain
Writing How-To: Tag, you’re it!
Dialogue (or dialog) tags tend to trip some writers. Add to the mix that the US tag standard differs from the UK, and it can add to the confusion. CORRECT: “I don’t like spinach,” she said. CORRECT: She said, “I
Happy Anniversary, Honey!
Pardon my mushiness, but it must be said. Twelve years ago, I married the sweetest man in the world, a man who rocks my world and owns my heart and soul. My soul mate, my best friend, my rock, my
Teen/YA paranormal/supernatural read suggestions needed.
Because the stupid voice in my head (aka “the Muse”) won’t shut the hell up, I’ve now got a paranormal teen/YA story percolating. (Don’t these kids know I write erotica? Why are they picking on me?) I have read the
Writing How-To: Random writing.
Sometimes our creativity…hits a wall. Whether you want to call it writers block or mental constipation or what, sometimes an outside source can jumpstart you. Below are a few fun random word and phrase generators for your perusal. Some pull
Big Bhudda Binge and Woodchipper Woot!
Yeah, like THAT title made sense. Following up my post of last week where I lamented that I only had two of the smiling Bhuddas out of what turned out to be a set of six, I returned to the
Writing How-To: A little hashed phrase to go with the word salad…
Anchors away for our next topic! Um, no, not really. “Aweigh” is correct, however. This hint goes well with the word salad post from last week. See, the English language is a hair-rippingly funny beast. The bastardized, red-headed step-child of
Writing How-To: He said WHAT?
Continuing the writing how-to series, another frequent issue that crops up, especially in romance/erotica novels — guys speaking unnaturally. “You little minx.” Now, honestly. When have you EVER heard a modern guy call a woman a “little minx?” I’m not
Here there be dragons…
Yes, I know, new blog header. I love dragons. Love love luuurrrrvvv them. I went to a local shop the other day with BFF because I’d won a drawing for a “body bag” (turns out no, it wasn’t a body
Writing How-To: Can I get ranch dressing on my word salad?
Continuing the writer how-to series, our next quickie topic: word salad. That’s probably not the best term, because there is a condition called word salad, but for the purposes of this tip it’s the phrase I’ll use. Here’s how you
Moonfaker.
I was mightily surprised to find out today, on this 40th anniversary of the moon landing, that there are some braniacs out there who honestly believe the moon landing was a hoax. Really? I guess these people turn themselves inside
Writing How-To: Characters Behaving Badly
(Before I kick off the first in my writing how-to series, I wanted to put out a shameless self-promotion plug for my new book, “Good Will Ghost Hunting: Hell’s Bells,” book 2 in the series. It’s available starting today from
How “real” do you like it?
I know, it’s been a while since I’ve written. Been swamped in a good way! And on Monday, July 20th, “Hell’s Bells,” the second book in the Good Will Ghost Hunting series, is coming from Lyrical Press. Today’s question is
"Advances" in publishing…
An article in the New York Times made me think. It talked about book advances and how they’ve changed, how the amounts are influenced. The article talks about how 7 out of 10 books don’t earn out their advance. That
#amazonfail & #glitchmyass
Remember how I said I was a Twitter twit? Weeeelll, having something hit really close to home changed all that. Amazon.com, in their infinitely short-sighted wisdom, has apparently decided they are going to delist the sales rankings of a LOT