I’ve heard many writers say that setting is just the place where your story happens. In a literal sense, this is true. Every character I dream up needs a place to lay their head at night, a place to fight for, and a place to fight with other people. But I’ve always thought setting should do more than provide a bed (or as in many of my novels, a sleeping bag) for my characters. I wrote the first several drafts of Crevice before visiting the … [Read more...]
Portrait of a Hero – FINN CARSON
Perhaps not in all genres of fiction but certainly when it pertains to romance, the portrait of the characters holds an inevitable importance. Having an attractive hero or heroine doesn't mean that you've created some super-human hunk or otherworldly goddess, but rather that they hold a certain appeal to their match in the story. Swoony me, he so dreamy ;) Attraction! Sometimes it's obvious, other times it's inexplicable, but it often … [Read more...]
Janice Boekhoff’s CREVICE Cover Contest
Help Us Finalize A Cover for CREVICE, A Romantic Suspense Novel by Christian Author Janice Boekhoff Please vote on the cover for Janice Boekhoff's romantic suspense novel, CREVICE, that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: Desperate to save her family’s struggling gold mine, Elery Hearst orders her crew to dig a new tunnel in a last-ditch effort to intersect the original gold vein. Rather than saving her … [Read more...]
“Must-Read” Novelist Amy Leigh Simpson Heats Things Up With Romantic Suspense
"I’ve always been something of a romantic." Unlike most authors who cut their baby teeth on the bindings of the classics, it was never in my plan to become a writer. I didn’t even catch the reading bug until college, merely tolerating fiction for book reports and class assignments. My family couldn’t understand my aversion as they almost always had their noses buried while my formative years were spent performing. Theater, dance, … [Read more...]
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