Romance on the Rocks

Where Happily Ever After is always on Tap!

Putting In The Work

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When I was twelve, I wanted a garden, so my parents gave me a little corner of the yard where I planted strawberries and sugar snap peas and tomatoes. I loved getting out there and pulling weeds, watering my little garden, and harvesting the fruits (or vegetables) of my labor. But then I got into high school, and then college, and then marriage. SuperHubby and I lived in … [Read more...]

Why We Write

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This has been a difficult month to be a citizen of the world. I don't think I need to elaborate, and honestly, I don't want to. When tragedy and injustice strike, I often retreat from life on the interwebs. It's not that I don't care. It's that I feel inadequate to fix what's broken. I'm not a first responder. I don't work in the medical field, I'm not trained in grief … [Read more...]

Stranger Than Fiction

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We romance writers and readers love it when our heroines face all kinds of obstacles, though we writers have to balance that line between what's funny and entertaining with what's potentially believable. But then sometimes things happen in real life, and we all question if people would believe it if we put it into a book. Like the week my hard drive died, my husband had a … [Read more...]

Writer Go Bragh

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Hello, Romance on the Rockers!! Happy St. Patrick's Day! In honor of this very green occasion, today, I'd like to present you with Ten Ways Writers and St. Patrick are alike. 10. Just as St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, writers drive extraneous "justs" and "thens" and "verys" out of their manuscripts. 9. St. Patrick's Day is a day for drinking beer. Drinking … [Read more...]

Do You Want To Have A Snow Day?

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Winter is a tough time for work-at-home writer-moms to have a regular schedule. Not only is it cold and flu season, but it seems school is canceled for weather every time other day. Here in the metro DC area, most school districts have had eight or more snow days since mid-January. Between that and the federal holidays, teacher work days, and end-of-semester days off, the kids … [Read more...]