Happy Friday, y’all! Today’s guest is author Melissa Keir. As always, to read a blurb of her upcoming work and to find out where you can follow her online, be sure to click “read more” at the end of the interview. Melissa Keir: Thank you Holley for having me visit your blog today. I’m so Read more of this post »
March, 2012
End of Month Round-up!
I know it’s not quite the end of the month yet, but 27 is pretty close to 31. Here’s what’s going on in HolleyDom: Edits are essentially done on Executive Decision. It’s going through line edits at Musa right now. I hope to have some cover art to show you in the next couple of Read more of this post »
Friendly Friday with Desi Moon
Hey, party people! Holley here. Today, Rebel Ink Press author Desi Moon has stopped by to talk to you about how sometimes the characters of a book write their own story. Anatomy of Character Rebellion Often my characters approach me quietly, often whispering in my ear. A couple of characters were a bit louder than Read more of this post »
On Rejection
I was going to write today about the vernacular of my home state and upload a little recording of me reading a bit from my short story Kristy. But, this morning I woke up to a big fat R in my inbox (that’s “rejection” to you uninitiated masses) and I want to talk about it. Read more of this post »
Friendly Friday with Suzzana C. Ryan
Hey there, hi there, ho there – back with another Friendly Friday installation for you. Today, Rebel Ink Press author Suzzana C. Ryan wants to talk to ya about her vamp obsession. Click through to the extended post for a couple of blurbs from her books and for info about where you can find her Read more of this post »
It’s a tangled web I weave.*
I’ve talked before about how I stumbled into creating the HolleyVerse. Now I’d like to talk about how it keeps growing. It’s sort of like a spider web that expands from the inside out. When [plot] holes show up, I climb delicately up the webbing to patch them. You can see what works I have Read more of this post »
Friendly Friday with Jason Barret
Hey, hey! Holl, here. I love having guests who write different sorts of fiction than what I write. I write snarky romances and rural fantasy, but I’ll read pretty much anything with compelling characters and world-building. Jason Barret, author of Saint’s Sword – a paranormal romance set in 1332 Eastern Europe (out now!) – has Read more of this post »
Let’s talk about sex.
If you’d like, you can imagine I’m wearing huge doorknocker earrings, stretch pants and slouch boots. (I do a pretty good booty dance, too.) Specifically, let’s talk about sex in romance writing. How do I know when to write it into a scene? Where’s the “line”? I’m thinking about this now because last week I Read more of this post »
Friendly Friday with Donna Steele
I’m building quite a stable of science-fiction-leaning Friendly Friday guests. This week Donna Steele has stopped by to tell you “Why Sci Fi?” Stick around for the extended entry for a blurb to her novel Rth Rising!*** Why Sci Fi Well, that goes back a long way in my case. I’ve been reading as long Read more of this post »
