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 | May 3, 2014 | Books, Writing
At the Edgar Awards the other night, I was talking to a friend about a debut book that had garnered quite a bit of acclaim a few years ago, but which neither of us had finished. The reason I couldn’t finish the book turned out to be the same as the reason she...
by Laura K Curtis | May 2, 2014 | Books, Stuff!, Writing
Anyone who thinks the life of a writer is glamorous has been watching too many movies or too much Castle. In fact, most of the writers I know who don’t have to leave their house for day jobs or to take their kids to school spend a fair amount of time in sweats...
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...
