by Laura K Curtis | Oct 7, 2014 | Books, Writing
Several things came together this week—the continuing uproar over the Authors United letters and/or the Amazon-Hachette issues along with Ellora’s Cave suing Dear Author—to create this post. I have many, many things to say about this, so the post is apt to be...
by Laura K Curtis | Sep 18, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
So now that I’ve gotten my contract back and it’s all official and everything, I can announce that I have two more books coming from Penguin in April and November of 2015. They’re as yet untitled, but they will be romantic suspense, loosely related...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 28, 2014 | Books, Romance, Writing
This topic arose today on Twitter, particularly in the cases of “fated/cursed” lovers. In my first TICA—tropes I cannot abide—post I talked about alpha-holes. My dislike of insta-love isn’t as strong, but it’s still there. I’m going to...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 19, 2014 | Books
I stole this meme from my friend Ros Clarke, because I liked it and I knew she wouldn’t mind 🙂 Some of these I can’t answer because I honestly have no clue about things like the longest book I’ve read. A. Author You’ve Read The Most Books From: John...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 2, 2014 | Books, Writing
At conferences and panels, one of the questions that frequently arises is “how do you start writing?” Now, my answer to this is a little different from most: I just write. And I do it because I know I will eventually delete the first scene…or two, or...
by Laura K Curtis | Jul 29, 2014 | Books, Romance
Obviously, I haven’t read any of these yet since they just came out today, but I am going to ahead and say they’re probably pretty darn good! Molly O’Keefe, Between the Sheets. Any of you who read this blog know O’Keefe is a personal...