by Laura K Curtis | Jun 17, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
Many of you know I will be publishing my first contemporary romance this summer. This is my cover. Isn’t it pretty? And here’s the cover copy: Good girl gone bad… Evie Bell couldn’t wait to get out of the small town that had labeled her a goodie...
by Laura K Curtis | Jun 14, 2014 | Books, Romance
In one of those weird coincidences, my tweetstream and my email box are full of the same thing today: discussions of relationships and sexuality. It started with an article that was, I think, meant to be a puff piece to shine a light on women who write male/male...
by Laura K Curtis | Jun 9, 2014 | Books
On Thursday evening, I’ll be on a panel with some really cool people at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library. You can find details on the library’s site, but here’s the flyer:
by Laura K Curtis | Jun 8, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
When I tell people that I’ve never written a query that didn’t result in a request for pages, they can’t believe it. When I tell them I ever sent out three (or six if you count the random assignments I was given to pitch to at conferences) queries,...
by Laura K Curtis | May 29, 2014 | Books, Romance
If you ask someone who’s been married a few years about their spouse, you’re apt to get an answer that begins with “I love him/her to death, but…” That’s because marriage is hard. The falling in love part, the part we see in romance novels, may be angsty and difficult...
by Laura K Curtis | May 23, 2014 | Books, Stuff!
The latest shots have been fired in Amazon’s bid to take over the world, or at least to become the Wal-Mart of the digital set. If you’re not familiar with their latest move, the NYT has covered it quite thoroughly in multiple articles. This particular...