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How to Write a Sex Scene
How to Write a Sex Scene
One of the more intimidating parts of writing a romance can be when it’s time down and dirty with your words. Now, not every romance novel needs to have sex described in the barest details. How vivid you make the scene is up to you, what really makes a sex scene isn’t the sex. It’s the tension that you build between the characters leading up to that scene.
Every good sex scene should include…
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Thirty-Four
It’s that time of year, that point where I acknowledge that it’s the New Year for me, and I talk about my goals, and my desires, and my failings. I usually make my birthday posts at least slightly humorous, but I’m not feeling much in a humorous mood this year.
I am feeling overwhelmed. And tired. And grateful. And confident. And anxious. And sad.
I’ve spent a lot of time this past year…
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Be Calm. Be Brave
Be Calm. Be Brave
I posted on Instagram yesterday about my 2019 writing goals. You can see my “other goals” for the year down at the bottom. They are pretty broad, but they include the mantra I’ve lived by for the last couple of years. I’ve never made it public before, but these are the short, simple sentences I repeat to myself every morning, whether it’s during my yoga practice, or when I open my laptop for the…
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2019
I’m not in the habit of writing New Year’s posts.
In fact, I haven’t been in the habit of writing posts at all lately. But that is something I would like to change in the coming year. I’m more of a “goals” than a “resolutions” sort of person, but I already know 2019 is going to be a year of change and new challenges both personally, professionally, and emotionally. This is true of most years,…
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Ethan & Juliet Cover Reveal!
Ethan & Juliet Cover Reveal!
I absolutely love this cover. The composition of the image absolutely slays me. The embrace perfectly symbolizes the push and pull of Ethan & Juliet’s relationship. (Scroll down for a larger image.)
Ethan & Juliet: The first in the Try Again Series, a collection of three interconnected second chance romances releases December 4th, 2018. Look for Sparkle & Shine and Read & Wright in 2019!
Pre-Ord…
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Ethan & Juliet Chapter One
Ethan & Juliet Chapter One
If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have heard me talking about Ethan & Juliet since August at least. And if you’re one of the real lucky ones who read all the way to the end of The Other Lane, then you’ve already seen it. BUT, for anyone who hasn’t, this is an early teaser of what’s to come December 4th!
Chapter One
Juliet slapped her palm against the steering wheel as traffic closed in around…
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How to Prepare for Nanowrimo When You Don't Plot
How to Prepare for Nanowrimo When You Don’t Plot
It’s that glorious time of year again. That time when thousands of people frantically write a new novel together. It’s like a writer’s Christmas time.
This year I have given myself the extra challenge of releasing a book four days after nanowrimo ends, which means I will be writing a brand new book from scratch while I’m promoting a Ethan & Juliet. Yes, I probably lost my mind, but it seemed…
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Ethan & Juliet is Coming!
Ethan & Juliet is Coming!
Sometimes I get so busy writing I forget I have a blog. The past couple of months that has so been the case. I spent July finishing the first draft of my fourth novel, The Van Birch Incident. Then I spent August revising Ethan & Juliet and beta reading. September passed in a blur of revising my third novel, Sparkle & Shine, and here we are back in October putting the final touches on Ethan &…
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Sometimes I forget I don’t live in a safe, feminist-thinking, people loving bubble.
I mean, at home, we have two mostly non-verbal kiddos. It’s a love-fest of speech coaching, playing in the hose, and sneaking words in on the stair case when the kiddos aren’t looking. My husband is the wokest straight white dude I know. He’s pretty fantastic actually.
I work at bar/restaurant where they ask for…
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Anxiety
Anxiety is not my friend.
It’s the demon on my shoulder that I’ve carried around since I was 7 or 8 who consistently tells me I’m not good enough. Who tells me I am going to fail. Who tells me to give up and not even try.
It drives my otherwise fabulous blood pressure sky high. It hovers in my chest, threatening panic attacks over the smallest things.
I exercise daily.
I walk.
I do yoga.
I…
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The Other Lane is Live!
The Other Lane is Live!
Today’s the day! It’s here!
So, first things fist, where can you buy the book?
Pick up Your eBook Copies Here: Kobo iTunes Nook Amazon
And the Print Copies: Get Your Autographed Copy Directly from Me! Amazon Barnes & Noble
Now, there are two other big things you need to know. First, I am hosting a live Virtual Launch Party on Instagram today at 1pm central time. To attend, all you need is an Instagram…
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The Other Lane Cover Reveal!
The Other Lane Cover Reveal!
This post has been a few weeks in coming. If you’re signed up for my email list, you got a peek at the cover a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been waiting until I received my print copy to do the big reveal. And it finally came!
I can’t believe it’s real! I can’t stop petting it.
If you’ve been paying attention to my branding and the cover of When Abe Met Lane. They are two parts of the same image…
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Simple Worsted Weight Flip Top Mittens
Simple Worsted Weight Flip Top Mittens
I know what you’re thinking, a knitting pattern? I thought you were writing novels now. I am, and we’ll get back to your regularly scheduled bookish content tomorrow, but I owed my Tiny Dino Studios YouTube subscribers a knitting pattern. I promised them a worsted weight version of the simple chunky mittens all the way back in December. And I might be slow, but I don’t like to renege on my…
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The Other Lane, Chapter One
The Other Lane, Chapter One
Publication day is only six weeks away! I’m so pumped, and I can’t wait to share Abe and Lane with you. So I’m not. Here’s your free sneak peek of the entire first chapter. The Other Lane will be for sale in print and eBook July 10th, 2018.
Cristo’s Coffee House was a trap–a horrible stinking tar pit of a job that threatened to smother Lane beneath its bubbling surface. It was the worst coffee…
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I Guess I'm an AuthorTuber Now
I Guess I’m an AuthorTuber Now
Ya’ll probably remember a few months ago when I posted a few mitten knitting videos. I loved making the videos, but I have this problem with knitting for anything but my own enjoyment, so the videos I promised back in December completely stalled out.
That, and let’s be honest. Knitting is a hobby. Writing is my passion. And even thought I need a better microphone and eventually, a ton of better…
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Review of The Busy Mom's Guide to Writing
Review of The Busy Mom’s Guide to Writing
(Note: This review was unsolicited and totally independent. The authors don’t know me. The links, however, are amazon affiliate links.)
I picked this book up on Amazona few weeks ago when I was trying to fit a few more hours into my day. And if I were leaving this review on amazon, I’s probably give 4 out of 5 stars, because it’s practical AF. But, the reason I picked it up was because it…
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The Story Behind The Other Lane
The Story Behind The Other Lane
A post shared by Marla Holt (@tinydinostudios) on Apr 14, 2018 at 8:11am PDT
It’s no secret that I wrote The Other Lane for Nanowrimo in 2014, but what I haven’t mentioned was that I first wrote Lane as a character in a short story for one of my fiction writing classes all the way back in 2010.
I was in my final fiction writing workshop of my college career, and everyone in the class…
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