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Merry Christmas!
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | December 2nd 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Mistletoe Rules Last month I said I’d post the blurb and an excerpt for my new Christmas anthology release, MISTLETOE RULES, so here it is. Christmas recipe for love—combine a matchmaking Santa, lots of mistletoe, one iron-clad rule, fated read more
Holidays Are Upon Us.
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 27th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, a time to reflect on the year before it ends. And it’s the traditional kick off shopping day for Christmas in the US. Bazaars are all over the place and I’m noticing them more this year because last year the read more
Don’t Just Read — Analyze!
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 25th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Writers read. You’ve probably heard the advice many times — you can’t expect to write well in a genre you don’t read. But I’m going to add a caveat. Great writer’s don’t just read. They analyze. I recently at read more
The Grass is Always Greener…
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 24th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I write urban fantasy and it’s also a genre I love to read, but there are times when I want a change of pace–especially when I’ve been struggling to get a book finished and I can’t be distracted by shiny new ideas–so I read more
Friends, Readers and Leopard-Skin Slippers
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 20th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Recently my chapter’s newsletter posed a question to its members, “What part of being a writer are you most thankful for?” and one of the most common responses was “The people you meet.” I couldn’t agree more. So w read more
THE HELP YOU GET ALONG THE WAY
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 19th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I’m blogging today about becoming a finalist in the EPIC Awards. Now wait, don’t go yet. This is not “all about me”—I promise. Most people that I’ve met in the last half of my adulthood would never describe me as “shy,” but as a read more
NaNo vs. Do It First
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 18th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
This is Nano month. If you’re a writer, you probably know about National Novel Writing Month - that challenge to write 50,000 words in one month, no excuses. If you’re a writer, you’ve probably participated or at least thought a read more
This Old House: Love Comes Home
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 13th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
2009 has been an incredible year. In January “For Love or Money” was released. In September “Forever Love” and in October “This Old House: Love Comes Home” came out. And, I still have another romantic suspense scheduled for read more
On Music
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 10th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I was going to prepare something better for this blog, but I ran out of time. This article (for lack of a better word) was already typed up nice and neat, waiting to be used on my own blog. And so now, the blogging will commence. I have to write to m read more
The First Draft and How to Get Through It
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 9th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I have an audio tape version of Stephen King’s book, ON WRITING. And for anyone who hasn’t read or listened to this book, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s a terrific resource for writers, no matter where you are in the read more
First Draft in 30 Days.
Adventure into Romance | November 9th 2009 by Shelley Munro
As a writer I’m always interested in craft books, and I’ve been meaning to pick up this particular one for a long time. The title—First Draft in 30 Days is a bit misleading because if you follow the methods prescribed you’ll end up with a ver read more
Happy Just to be Nominated…Well, Not yet
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 6th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Well, I did it. After years of tossing it back and forth: Should I, shouldn’t I? What’s the point? Is it worth it? I finally decided. I entered the Golden Heart. For those of you who may not know, the Golden Heart is the creme de la cre read more
Beginnings…
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | November 4th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
This month, I was going to promo my new Christmas anthology, MISTLETOE RULES (release date Nov. 20th), but my 8yr old daughter gave me a different idea Halloween afternoon and I decided I’ll pimp my book with an excerpt in December. (Of course, i read more
A Writer’s Retreat
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 27th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I was very lucky this weekend to be able to take part in a retreat with five other authors that I know from my RWA Chapter. We got together and rented a really nice little suite at a ski chalet. Of course, we did it in October so as not to be tempted read more
Hero Archetypes – Where Does Your Hero Fit?
The Plot Cafe Creative Writing Magazine | October 23rd 2009 by Arwen Taylor
I’m chasing heroes. You heard me right. I’m chasing heroes. (Yes, I’m married, and my husband’s fine with it). Who doesn’t love a bad boy, or need a professor now and then. The swashbuckler or the warrior can defend my h read more
Mid List
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 23rd 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I’ve certainly heard the term ‘Midlist’ and never gave it much thought. If I thought about it all, I guessed it was something to do with a back list. Duh!! So, and I know everyone but me knows this, but Midlist is a term used to defin read more
TRAVELING IN OUR WRITING
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 22nd 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
When we write a short story or a novel, that work is a “journey” from beginning to end in many ways. Hopefully, our main characters will learn something about themselves and grow emotionally and in their personal values of not only each oth read more
Ze Comfort Zone
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 21st 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I’ve been a romance reader since age fourteen. You can blame my sister. I’ll be giving away my age and hers here, but her husband went to Vietnam for the second time in his military career, and she moved home with her toddler son for read more
Blogs, Live Chats and the Kitchen Sink
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 20th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Hands up (raise your right arm) who of you authors out there thinks they’re not doing enough promo for your books? Keep your hands up. Now hands up (raise your left arm) those who think they’re not doing enough? OK, how many of you have read more
Understanding Story Structure from the Movies
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 19th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
This weekend, I discovered a series of blog articles on story structure (thanks to twitter!), written by Larry Brooks at storyfix.com. (I definitely suggest subscribing to his blog — great stuff.) The information isn’t new and it̵ read more
‘Tis the Season…For Me Anyway
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 16th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I’m feeling much better than I have in a long time and I’m slowly getting back into my writing. But owning a fireplace and chimney restoration company doesn’t bode well for me as the temperatures drop and the workloads rise (we work read more
Geez, This is Embarrassing to Admit!
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 14th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I couldn’t put Twilight down. I read those four enormous books in less than four days. Oh, I’m a bright, well-educated, grown woman. I love literary fiction, and I definitely can recognize good writing. But I couldn’t put those bo read more
Writing Schedules
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 13th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
A few weeks ago Laurell K. Hamilton posted a blog saying that she was a little disturbed that writers read her blog are trying to write as much as she does in a day. For those of you who don’t follow her blog, she writes A LOT. She basically tre read more
Could your neighbor be a romance writer?
Denise Robbins Blog | October 13th 2009 by Denise
This weekend, Sausan Cragin, author of Nuclear Nebraska and member of the New Hampshire Romance Writers had an article she wrote published in the Concord Monitor, a local newspaper. Is your neighbor... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web read more
Changes
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 9th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
A favorite question for authors seems to be, “where do you get your idea’s from?” Everywhere, a walk in the woods, a sunset on the beach, the newspaper, the nightly news and …. LIFE. Think back to maybe five or ten years ago and note read more
Novel Idea
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 6th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
It’s October. Already. The dog days of summer are dragging to an end and the crisp coolness of the Autumn air envigorates and… Wait! OCTOBER!!??!! Ack! Do you know what that means? National Novel Writing Month is only 25 days away! Do yo read more
Forgive Yourself
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | October 2nd 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Lately I’ve felt like I’ve been neglecting my writing. I’ve had this nasty cold for three weeks now and, frankly, it’s starting to tick me off. It’s a crafty little bug–making me feel like it’s finally goin read more
Book Covers Do They Sell A Book?
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | September 25th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
RT Book Reviews has a great article about book covers in its June issue. It’s titled Decoding Book Covers – You Really CAN Judge a Book by Its cover. Some things editors and books buyers are saying; “It’s the biggest selling tool we h read more
Do Your Minor Characters Dream?
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | September 23rd 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
Yesterday while I folded clothes, I watched the movie Dreamer, the one with Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning. It’s a wonderful, inspiring film, about a horse trainer and his daughter who try to save a race horse that has broken its leg. But that read more
Writing Romance in Sin City
Living Las Vegas | September 23rd 2009 by Mark Sedenquist
Secrets of publishing are revealed to the attendees of the monthly meeting of Cactus Rose Romance Writers, the Las Vegas chapter of Romance Writers of America. [Read more] read more
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