by libby | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, News, Writers
My kids are back in school, the leaves are starting to change, and my favorite time of year is right around the corner–yes, I’m talking about NaNoWriMo! National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November, and I’m teaching a number of classes at...
by libby | Jan 2, 2020 | Blog, Writers
Over the holiday break, the members of the romance writing community were stunned by a series of events within the national organization of Romance Writers of America. I’ve been a member since 2011, and as of January 1, became the president of my local chapter,...
by libby | Dec 19, 2019 | Blog, News, Writers
One of the buzz phrases in genre fiction is high concept. You might have heard this phrase in the sentence, “Your story is not high concept enough.” Well, not every story needs to be high concept, but it’s nice to know what it means, anyway. In my...
by libby | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog, News, Writers
Way back when I was a baby writer and I sat down to try to write my first romance novel, I began to write a historical. I fell in love with romance by reading historical novels full of humor and great dialogue and the angst of two people falling in love who society...
by libby | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, News, Writers
The California Dreamin’ writers conference is over, but I’m still flying high from all the amazing people I met, information I gleaned, and inspiration I gained at the conference. California is breathtaking this time of year–green and blooming...
by libby | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog, News, Writers
The RWA national conference was a whirlwind few days, but I can honestly say I grew and learned more in those three days than in the whole year before it! It was a fabulous conference with so many wonderful opportunities to meet new people and reconnect with contacts...