by Laura K Curtis | May 20, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
Can you tell I am just a tiny bit excited? Maybe even more so than I was for my debut. There’s something about the story of Lost that resonates for me in odd ways. You can see an excerpt from the book on my site, and I am trying to come up with something cool to...
by Laura K Curtis | May 11, 2014 | Books, Romance
Or, at least, I am GOING to New Orleans. It’s not really moving to NY. It’s the Romantic Times booklovers’ convention and I must admit to being a wee bit intimidated since it’s my first time at the con. But be that as it may, I am ready. Or at...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 25, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
I spend a fair amount of time thinking and talking about marketing. (In fact, if you’re going to be at the RWA conference in NJ in October, you can come hear me talk about author branding.) But I like to think everything I do amounts to “truth in...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 24, 2014 | Books, Romance
Recently I had a discussion with some friends on Twitter about “alpha heroes.” Now, you may remember that I have an intense dislike of the “Alphahole,” but there are heroes who are alpha without being jerks. But let me back up a minute. This...
by Laura K Curtis | Feb 26, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
A discussion over the last several days on Twitter, and a long and interesting post with a great discussion on Dear Author, on the topic of what kind of ending readers require in a romance–HEA (happily ever after) or HFN (happy for now), and indeed, what...
by Laura K Curtis | Feb 15, 2014 | Dogs, Romance, Stuff!
This is my treacherous dog, Philomena. See all that ice and snow? See that nice path we shoveled and blew for her? Well, she doesn’t care. She wants to jump up on top and run around. Which would be fine, except that at 30 pounds or so, she can go about ten or...
