Romance Writer News

I’m a romance author, but I’m a writer with a day job which means I have to organise my schedule.

This morning I’ve been to my day job, then I walked my dog, and this afternoon, I will be writing. This is my usual daily routine. There will be many cups of tea and lots of nibbles.

First Draft Finished

I’ve finished writing Protecting Their Heart and it’s the first book of the Accalia series. It’s a paranormal romance, between three people. Yup, that’s right. It’s also a menage romance.

Adam and Ethan, two wolf shifters, are about to fall for Penny, a baker who just moved to town, and has already caught the eye of someone who is obsessed with her. Adam and Ethan are determined to keep her safe from her stalker. She’s determined to live her life as normal.

Now to Edit

With the first draft finished, I’ve jumped straight into edits. I’m halfway through the first revision, but the first run has mostly been removing the words ‘just’ ‘really’ and ‘very.’ I have certain words that I seem to love a lot.

While I’m working on edits, I’m plotting the second book of The Shadow Coven series. After River’s Heart, Martha’s story is the next to be written.

Romance Author Writing

That’s about where I’m at with writing. Editing and plotting. I’m excited to get more books out there and to advance the series that I’m working on.

Protecting Their Heart is coming soon, but in the meantime, take a look at stories available on my Smashwords page or if you want to stay up to date on this romance author, visit my website. 

Lifestyle and Romance Writing

 This blog is a bit of a lifestyle post. I’m writing it from a single woman point of view, rather than a romance writer point of view. Or maybe both. I’m a romance author all the time.

To the lifestyle blog of it, here it is. 

Inspired by Lifetime Movies

I’m watching a movie. It’s a daytime movie. One that’s on channel 5 in the afternoons.

I love this kind of movie. They’re dramatic and predictable and easy to watch. Not to mention that crazy characters are hella fun to watch.

In this particular movie, there’s this one scene where the couple are sitting at the restaurant, it’s a pretty patio with twinkling lights, it’s late evening, and they’re on a date. The chick is crazy, but that’s not the point of this. The point is the crazy chick was wearing this cornflower blue dress. It’s low back, it’s v neck with spaghetti straps.

It’s a beautiful dress.

Evenings in London

The point is that it brings me back to nights in London, at the restaurant overlooking Tower Bridge. My favourite moments in my past.

Over the past few years, I’ve become a bit reclusive. Covid hasn’t helped. In some regards, I have improved. I’m more motivated, I’m trying to build my writing career and while I’m not at any risk of earning millions, it is currently the best it’s been.

But… I miss London. I miss wearing a pretty dress and sitting at a restaurant on the outside patio on a warm evening, eating ravioli and drinking wine. I miss having a cocktail and exploring the city.

I want to go again.

The crazy chick in the movie, sitting at the restaurant in the pretty dress, marked the moment I decided I wanted to get off my ass and find my motivation.

Lifestyle Change Please 

Currently, I’m unhealthy, and overweight which makes me lethargic and fatigued. I’m lazy and that doesn’t help the situation. I’m a little bit of a scruff-bag.

I don’t want that to be the case anymore. I don’t want to go to work, come home and never do anything. I want to write short stories and romance novels, and when I’m not writing to go outside.

I want to wear a pretty dress and sit at a restaurant on an outside patio on a warm evening, as I eat ravioli and drink wine. Now, though, I want it to be a dog-friendly one, so my furbaby can be there too.

Romance Writer Leaves the Cave 

My writing cave is super cute. It has a big bed, a big TV and it’s stocked with junk food and booze, but now, I feel like it’s time for me to step out of it. At least every now and then.

Maybe do some exercise. Eat some healthy food. Breathe some outside air. 

I need to be more active than I  have been! 

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