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...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 6, 2013 | Books, Romance, Writing
I blame Twilight. Closely followed by its fan fic, 50 Shades. But lately, it seems that everywhere I look I see romance novels populated by stalkers and abusers, general alpha-holes, who wouldn’t make it past my front door. These are guys who won’t take...
by Laura K Curtis | Jul 21, 2013 | Romance, Writing
I’ll no doubt have more to say about RWA in coming weeks when my brain has settled somewhat, but first, a brief glimpse at my experience. I arrived on Wednesday, got checked in, and met up with friends for dinner. After that, we went out to the Smart Bitches...
by Laura K Curtis | Jun 26, 2013 | Writing
Once upon a time, in the early days of blogging, back when you had to install software on a server to have a blog, I had one. It was required for my job as an admin for an academic computing lab. I hated it. I felt as if I had nothing to say and no one was listening....
