by Laura K Curtis | Oct 22, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
Back when I was writing cozy mysteries, my favorite conferences were Sleuthfest and Crimebake. Since I became part of the romance community, however, I’ve attended chapter meetings (very local) and national conferences, with nothing in between. National...
by Laura K Curtis | Sep 18, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
So now that I’ve gotten my contract back and it’s all official and everything, I can announce that I have two more books coming from Penguin in April and November of 2015. They’re as yet untitled, but they will be romantic suspense, loosely related...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 28, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
This topic arose today on Twitter, particularly in the cases of “fated/cursed” lovers. In my first TICA—tropes I cannot abide—post I talked about alpha-holes. My dislike of insta-love isn’t as strong, but it’s still there. I’m going to...
by Laura K Curtis | Jul 29, 2014 | Books, Romance
Obviously, I haven’t read any of these yet since they just came out today, but I am going to ahead and say they’re probably pretty darn good! Molly O’Keefe, Between the Sheets. Any of you who read this blog know O’Keefe is a personal...
by Laura K Curtis | Jul 21, 2014 | Books, Romance
I love romance of all types, but I must admit a certain fondness for the small town contemporary. However, I occasionally find myself wondering whether the authors of these romances have ever lived in a small town, or whether their definitions of “small town” are just...
by Laura K Curtis | Jul 16, 2014 | Books, Romance
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It takes far more to interest me in a self-published work than in a traditionally published one. I know that my own self-pub work, Toying with his Affections, which came out today (woohoo!) will face the same...
