I was a theatre major and took Expository Writing. Taught me how to tell a story straight and improved my joke telling forever. It also may have taken the Vulcan mind-meld actors practice in becoming a character, blended this talent with straight-up storytelling, and turned me into a novelist. 👩‍🎓

Very tricky. I retitled my "Fair Game" as "Playing to Win" b/c when I got my rights back from Signet another book called "Fair Game" had just come out. A few readers were annoyed when they bought "Playing to Win" and realized they already owned it as "Fair Game." I did try to warn buyers, but...!

So what's the last line? "But pineapple's ok, if you must." ?

And as a geneaologist, trust me, the people who don't know their parents' birth dates or their mother's maiden name turn out to be the very people who fill out their death certificates. Incorrectly.

I was impressed that a character was named Honey because of her hair. Not because she was sweet or anything gooshy like that.

Life is so unfair. :sigh:

Oooh, my favorite. Unrequited love, or two people who love each other but can't be together... so satisfying when these couples find their happy ending! You might try The Nobody by, ahem, me. Or The Fortune Hunter, again by me. ;) Happy hunting!

The Nothing-To-Be-Proud-Of Boys

People are exhausted. Also stunned. Also afraid. This time, he said he was coming after us if we resisted. Many people are still trying to come to grips with that, decide what it means, and what to do about it if it means what we think it means.

Done!

Oh, honey, it is SO "on."