• Author Life,  Romance Books

    Pirates and Plagiarists

    Dark topic today, folks. We’re talking pirates and plagiarists! Why? Because the drama in Romancelandia has been alive and well, these past few days. Drama itself is a fairly typical event and one that I try to stay away from but when it comes to these specific topics, I feel it’s important that we all step up. Plagiarists This week, news got out that an “author” stole word-for-word passages from another well-known author. It’s certainly not the first time that this has happened, and sadly, it probably won’t be the last. Typically, when this situation occurs, ghostwriters are blamed. The accused will say that they had no idea and completely…

  • Author Life

    Behind the scenes of this author’s process…

    Want to know what goes on behind the scenes of this author’s process? Readers often ask me what my writing process is. Where do I get my ideas from? How do I mesh them all togther and create a book? So, with this in mind, I’ve decided to give you a little inside scoop on how it’s done! First of all, it’s important to note, that every writer has a different process. Sure we are all either plotters, pantsers or something in between, but in the end, it’s about settling on an idea and running with it. I like to think of myself as a plotster, a little of this…