by Laura K Curtis | Sep 11, 2013 | Recipes, Stuff!
Tonight our town, like so many towns across NY state and the nation, held its 9/11 ceremony. Our town hosts several surrounding towns, and our fire department puts on a shindig for all their brothers and sisters in uniform from the area. The Women’s Auxiliary...
by Laura K Curtis | Sep 9, 2013 | Books, Romance, Writing
I love romantic suspense. It’s my favorite romance subgenre. Police procedural, innocent character in jeopardy, or paramilitary, from the completely closed door to the extremely sensual, I gobble it all up. But recently I’ve been thinking about the heroes and whether...
by Laura K Curtis | Sep 3, 2013 | Books, Romance, Writing
One of the nice things about living a reasonable train-ride away from NYC is the variety of events and organizations available. While my RWA chapter meets in CT, my Sisters in Crime and MWA chapters both meet in the city. And I am close enough to get downtown for...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 27, 2013 | Books, Writing
I like to write to music. My personal preference is a little strange: I like to have music playing in the foreground and some kind of noise, like the ballgame on TV, in the background. I am pretty sure this comes from years of having to concentrate at the kitchen...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 17, 2013 | Writing
At the Romance Writers of Australia conference the other day, Julia Quinn made a statement that quickly spread all over the writing communities on Twitter: You’ll never hurt your career by helping another author. It brings me back to something I have been...