Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
August 30, 2010
11:27 am • Filed under: New book fun!,Writing
I just want to thank all of the readers out there who’ve bought Scandalous and kept it on the My Bookstore and More chart in the number one spot. How cool is that?
Even cooler? Y’all who missed Forbidden the first time around have gone out and bought it and now it’s landed at number ten on the MBaM chart! Wow! That book came out last November so I’m…shocked. And excited. And so so thankful!
In other news I’m working on my seekrit project and it’s going great. I still love it. I’m torturing my hero and heroine and though that makes me feel evil, it’s necessary.
What are you up to this Monday? Can you believe it’s almost September? I can NOT…
Tags: New book fun!, Writing
August 27, 2010
1:00 am • Filed under: Writing
My heroine is staring out this window at this very moment. Feeling trapped and sad that her new husband has left her all alone. The jerk. She’ll show him…
Photo credit: A Summer Song, Susan Kimball, found via black stone heart’s Tumblr.
August 26, 2010
12:49 am • Filed under: I have issues,Writing,inspiration
Wasn’t it Elizabeth Taylor who said in regards to her vast love life that the best part about falling in love was the falling part?
She should’ve been a romance author.
I think I’m going to sound like a complete lunatic but I don’t care. I gotta throw it out there.
Sometimes I create a particular hero in my own little mind that I end up falling madly in love with. Yes, a fictional character who doesn’t exist anywhere but in my head (and eventually in the book which hopefully will sell and then readers get to fall in love with him too).
This happened with Austin from Forbidden. Oh, how I fell in looove with hiiim. I wrote his story in two weeks. It was as if he whispered in my ear the entire time I was writing and it was pure bliss. I haven’t felt that high and in love with a hero since.
(I want to say that I always give my all with every story and I don’t think my falling in love with the occasional hero means that all the rest of my heroes suck. Definitely not. I love all the characters I’ve written. But yeah, when I do fall madly in love with the hero? The story does benefit. I cannot tell a lie)
It’s finally happened again and I’m there. I am In. Mad. Love. with my current hero. And he only came to me hmmm…last Friday? Thursday maybe? I don’t know but he’s pushing me hard to keep writing and it’s this super seekrit project that I haven’t told anyone about except my agent (oh yeah and my husband). I wrote the first three chapters in three days. I sent them to my agent Tuesday and she already read them and with a few suggested tweaks, she said she likes them and wants me to continue. Wheeee…
But I digress.
I don’t quite get why the occasional hero will really get to me. It just…happens and oh man, when it does, I feel positively giddy. I act like a fool in love. I fall asleep thinking about them (him). I wake up thinking about them (him). I sometimes even dream about them. It’s rather obsessive but when I am in that frame of mind, when they are consuming me I go with it. The words pour out and I’m so wrapped up I have a hard time breaking out of it.
It helps when you have visual assistance.
Meet my new boyfriend Henry Cavill. Good LORD he is gorgeous. And this isn’t even the picture that sends me over the edge. I’m holding on to that one like I don’t want to share it or something. Not that this picture is bad…seriously he doesn’t take a bad picture. And his voice. Dreamy…
I’m warning you now be prepared for more Henry photos because he is just too delicious to be ignored. And he’s so young! God, I feel like such a cougar and I hate that term with a burning hot passion.
Okay I gotta go. A certain hero is calling my name asking me to write his story. And I’m more than happy to oblige…
Tags: Henry, I have issues, Writing
August 17, 2010
1:23 am • Filed under: New book fun!,Writing
Here’s my cover for my novella My Favorite Mistake, part of the Tahoe Nights series coming October 12th at Samhain:
I don’t have blurbage yet. Sorry…
My editor calls the guy on the cover my sexy nerd. Ha! It’s true though. The hero in the book is a sexy nerd. Gotta love those quiet guys who wear glasses right? Hmmm…
My novella is coming out along with Anne Rainey’s A Little Bit Naughty and S.L. Carpenter’s Need You Now. I’m in good company right? That’s what I thought.
Watch for all three of them on October 12th!
Tags: New book fun!, Writing
August 16, 2010
2:00 am • Filed under: Writing
Have you visited my website lately? It’s been given a makeover. The lovely Emily at Swank Web Style made it so very, very pretty. I love it! Tell me what you think. Do you love it? Like it? Hate it with a fiery red passion? Let me know!
So have you discovered Tumblr? Oh goodness. Oh my. I have resisted for a long, long time and finally I caved in. Wasted (no not wasted!) most of my Sunday afternoon searching gorgeous Tumblr blogs and I’m calling it research. Yes, research because so many of the photos and quotes were inspiring. Isn’t the job of a writer wonderful? To call looking at pretty things research? Ha! I can justify anything.
I have my own Tumblr page – here’s the url: http://karenerickson.tumblr.com/
If you have a page, tell me in comments! Or follow me and I’ll follow you! Yet another site to hang out on right? Oh yeah…
Happy Monday!
August 9, 2010
11:17 am • Filed under: Writing
Whew I needed a week just to relax from the whirlwind that is known as the RWA National Conference! I had a fabulous time. The vibe at the conference was extremely positive. The hotel was awesome. I made new friends, hung with my old and beloved friends, met my agent, went to parties, went to workshops…I was a busy chick.
But now I’m home. Been hanging with the kids, writing, cleaning and preparing for school to start. A week from today they go back to school. Where did the summer go? I blinked and it was gone! But secretly? I’m ready for them to go back. Getting back on a regular schedule will be good for all of us. Especially me. Ha!
Today I’m doing laundry, mopping the floor (sad face) and writing! What are you up to?
