First up I’d just like to say a big (and very jolly) happy second anniversary to Routines for Writers. As a writer who has a very bad routine, I’m a big fan of anything that can help motivate writers to…well write!!! However, today I thought I would take my author hat off and tell you [...]

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I am so pleased to welcome Mona Hodgson to Routines for Writers! She’s been my friend for a long time, and was a mentor to me before that. She has written wonderful stories for children for years, and today she celebrates the release of her first novel for adults. Please welcome her! I know you’ll [...]

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My very first writers conference was a gift from my friend Janet. She didn’t want to go to her first writers conference alone. Together with our also-first-timer friend Lisa, the three of us sat in on a five-day workshop for fiction writers, all of us trying to believe we weren’t scared to death. But as [...]

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I first met Pamela Britton at a Romance Writers of America meeting. When she said she wrote books with NASCAR heroes, I thought, “Whatever.” But as she gave her talk, I found her funnier and cooler and I finally decided I had to at least try one of her books. I loved them! I’ve read [...]

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I’ve been reading Jackie Diamond’s romances for years. They always make me laugh and smile – real “feel good” books! Her characters always seem like real people to me, and I always find myself genuinely liking them. Just like I genuinely like Jackie! She’s just the nicest person you could hope to meet – friendly, [...]

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I’ve been reading Julie Garwood’s books since just about the time she started publishing them. There is such a sense of adventure, not just to the life of the heroine, but to the love story itself! I have read and re-read The Gift so many times I almost know it by heart. I found Guardian [...]

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In the process of reading several Harlequin American Romance books to understand the line I want to write for, I kept finding Marin Thomas books and thinking, “Hey, I really like this one.” Over and over. It didn’t take long before I decided – she is one of my new favorite authors! I wrote and [...]

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I’m so excited to introduce you to one of my favorite new authors! When a friend at a writer’s retreat raved about Demon: A Memoir last summer, half of us bought the book immediately on our Kindles. Unfortunately, the one time my husband was listening while I was talking was when I told him about [...]

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It took me years to discover that I am an A.D.D. writer. Though I don’t have a startling amount of Attention Deficit in my everyday life, the facts don’t lie and my A.D.D. shows up in my writing like a big ugly neon elephant, along with my fear of commitment.
[I’m sure some of the single [...]

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Routines for Writers is pleased to welcome Janice Elsheimer as our special guest every Tuesday in November. While we’re all busily writing away, Janice will give us tips and ideas for increasing our creativity. Please join us in thanking Janice for being with us this month!
After my first book was published, I experienced post-partum depression. [...]

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