by Laura K Curtis | Apr 4, 2016 | Stuff!, Writing
Contracts are a way of life for the self-employed. If you freelance, you probably sign your name nearly as often as you write anything else. Reading those contracts carefully is absolutely essential. There are a few resources that can point out the worst contract...
by Laura K Curtis | Mar 16, 2016 | Books, TBR Challenge, Writing
This book actually hasn’t been in my TBR all that long. But at the end of last year I decided I wanted to try writing a different kind of book and as I tried to get my head around it, I had a lot of trouble imagining that I would make it all the way through. I...
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 27, 2016 | Books, Writing
*Edited to Add: Today, Amazon changed the categories for this book from “romance” to “fiction.” The rest of this still applies. Amazon’s Lake Union imprint is publishing this particular book, so you’d think they would know what it...
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 1, 2016 | Books, Romance, Stuff!, Writing
2015 is going out on a decidedly easier note for me than it came in on. But many of my friends are not so lucky. To anyone who’s feeling the pain right now, I offer a shoulder and an ear and anything else I have that you need. This time last year, I was leaning...
by Laura K Curtis | Dec 6, 2015 | Writing
We like to believe that tales of haunting were the product of gullible and overwrought Victorian imaginations, that we are too sensible, too intelligent for such fancies. And it is certainly true that stories of visitations from the dead have decreased in the...
by Laura K Curtis | Oct 22, 2015 | Books, Romance, Writing
Lately, there’s been a lot of chatter about reclaiming the word “smut” in the romance community. I tried to have a conversation about this on Twitter, but 140 characters (or even 280 characters) doesn’t really cut it when you’re trying to...
