Confessions of a Closet Romance Reader
Hi. My name is Jeanette. And I’m a closet romance addict. Now, that may seem like a pretty strange confession to make, considering how many romances I’ve published – not to mention how many I’ve read....
View ArticleIf You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em – or How I Learned To Embrace The Beat Sheet
Hi. My name is Jeanette. And for the first three years of my writing career, I was a die-hard pantser. So what the hell am I doing writing a blog post about embracing beat sheets? Back at the beginning...
View ArticleWhen Your Escape Becomes Your Cage
I love writing. I love reading. They are the things that have sustained me for pretty much my entire life. In my darkest periods, they were my escape, and there have been a couple of times when they...
View ArticleSafe-Guarding Your Mental Health
This month, the Bad Girlz have been focusing on staying healthy in a crazy business. I’ve spoken at some length about how my pursuit of a career in writing has challenged my mental health. If you let...
View ArticlePaying It Forward
This year’s RWA National Convention in San Diego was one of my favorites I’ve attended for a lot of reasons. To my surprise, one of the highlights of the conference was also one of my biggest sources...
View ArticleLet Books Be Our Happy Place
I’m usually much more eloquent than I’m going to be in this post, but the truth is, I don’t have much to say—not much that’s appropriate for a group blog, anyway. Instead, I’m just going to leave you...
View ArticlePutting Writing First
Hey there everybody! This is my first post coming to you from the other side of becoming a parent for the first time. I’m the happy mom to a healthy two and a half month old girl. And you know what...
View ArticleThe Right Plot Bunny At The Right Time…
I’ve already written at some length about my weirdest plot bunny. So for this month’s theme, I’m going to focus instead on what has, thus far, been my most important plot bunny. The beginning of 2014...
View ArticleCalling It Quits
Recently, I did something that was incredibly difficult for me. I pulled the plug. I gave up. I walked away from something I’d put a lot of time and effort into. That’s right. I trashed a work in...
View ArticleOf Course It Makes No Sense. Just Go With It.
You know that crazy person on TV (or maybe in your life) whose office/home/room/laboratory is an absolute disaster? You walk in and have to pause because the sheer chaos makes your skin crawl? And yet,...
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