May Round Robin–Romance Novels

May Round Robin–Romance Novels

This month’s the Round Robin is about: What changes have your seen in romance novels in the past decade? Is there a change in romance novel direction? Is there still a market for non-explicit sex stories? When I first started publishing some 15 years ago, romance had...
Round Robin — Good Storytelling

Round Robin — Good Storytelling

Today’s Round Robin topic: What glues you to a story start to finish? And/Or what hooks do you use to capture your readers? This is an interesting question because I don’t generally think in terms of what keeps me reading, but rather in terms of what will...

March Round Robin–Research

This month’s Round Robin topic is about research. All story genres take some research for establishing details in the setting. What type of research have you had to do? Does it bother you when you read something happening in a story that is inaccurate...

Round Robin: Bucket List

This month’s Round Robin topic is: If you have (or even if you don’t have) a bucket list, what top priority thing(s) do you want to accomplish? A bucket list. I’ve thought about it, but have always thought I’d have the time to do everything I’ve wanted to do…...

Writing and Reading–Round Robin

This month’s Round Robin topic is: What is your favorite time and place to read? How about writing time? Do you have to make time? Do you have a ritual or is your plan helter-skelter? What’s your method? A favorite time and place to read? Whoever heard of...

Round Robin–Christmas Story

This month’s Round Robin is “a gift for readers. Write a short poem, flash fiction, vignette, or other short piece about hope, love, forgiveness, Christmas, or you can use excerpts from a your published work or WIP.” I’ve posted this Christmas...