May 24, 2010
– a kiss of youth and love. (Oh, Byron, you are so dreamy.)
I often think that the kiss, rather than the sex scene, is the primary romantic force of the romance novel. For me, a sex scene is emotional, sure, but for the most part shows up as titillation for the reader. The kiss, though, [...]
May 14, 2009
Well, I imagine some people know these things. In fact, I bet a bunch of people know them, and are now wondering why I am even bringing this up.
The next book from the Anna Katherine Co-op of Evil will be set in our Door-filled New York, and it will star vampires. I’ve gotten into a [...]
May 7, 2009
There is a very popular idea in fantasy writing that magic should have rules. What I mean is, there should be a system, a consistency to the magic being used by the characters.
I am totally fine with this idea. Since magic often takes the place of (or artificially creates) real-world systems, it makes sense that [...]