We had a bit of a break, but I think today you need a nudge… #writingprompt

I thought you might need a tiny kick in the butt today. So. Surprise Tuesday Writing Prompt: Cowboy boots. That’s the image from the Queer Christmas in Cowtown collection, by the way. Nice, hey? Makes me want to hum a

We had a bit of a break, but I think today you need a nudge… #writingprompt

I thought you might need a tiny kick in the butt today. So. Surprise Tuesday Writing Prompt: Cowboy boots. That’s the image from the Queer Christmas in Cowtown collection, by the way. Nice, hey? Makes me want to hum a

Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 2, Part 2-Crafting the DARK MOMENT

Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure! This week, we careen towards the DARK MOMENT. This is the most difficult and critical part of the novel. I mean, if we can make such generalizations. What’s more important,

Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 2, Part 2-Crafting the DARK MOMENT

Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure! This week, we careen towards the DARK MOMENT. This is the most difficult and critical part of the novel. I mean, if we can make such generalizations. What’s more important,

Happy Halloween! #bittersweethalloween #newrelease #hotread

Ready? True fact: reading this story will not rot your teeth, spike your blood sugar, or cause bloating. But it might make you horny as fuck. #halloweenread #hotread #newrelease #quickanddirty $0.99/e-novella, all platforms 🎃 BUY BITTERSWEET HALLOWEEN 🎃 This post has no

Happy Halloween! #bittersweethalloween #newrelease #hotread

Ready? True fact: reading this story will not rot your teeth, spike your blood sugar, or cause bloating. But it might make you horny as fuck. #halloweenread #hotread #newrelease #quickanddirty $0.99/e-novella, all platforms 🎃 BUY BITTERSWEET HALLOWEEN 🎃 This post has no

Welcome to Week 5 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 2, Avoiding the Saggy Middle

Welcome to Week 5 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure! Yesterday, the class got to come… er… you see, what I’ve been doing, is I’ve been teaching them edging… um… well, we can cover that here another day. Anyway, today

Welcome to Week 5 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 2, Avoiding the Saggy Middle

Welcome to Week 5 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure! Yesterday, the class got to come… er… you see, what I’ve been doing, is I’ve been teaching them edging… um… well, we can cover that here another day. Anyway, today

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 34 #writingprompt (today, you get to come)

POINT OF NO RETURN. Oh. yes… WRITING PROMPT: He could be romantic, of course, but right now… RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 34 #writingprompt (today, you get to come)

POINT OF NO RETURN. Oh. yes… WRITING PROMPT: He could be romantic, of course, but right now… RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 33 #writingprompt

(1 day to POINT OF NO RETURN! How excited are you? Between today and tomorrow, the tension in your innards should be UNBEARABLE.) WRITING PROMPT: Cinderella’s glass slipper story got it all wrong.   RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back,

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 33 #writingprompt

(1 day to POINT OF NO RETURN! How excited are you? Between today and tomorrow, the tension in your innards should be UNBEARABLE.) WRITING PROMPT: Cinderella’s glass slipper story got it all wrong.   RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back,

A Manifesto: The Future is Hybrid #publishing

Last night, I attended an explosive game show-style panel at Owl’s Nest about the future of the publishing industry–Battle of the Publishing Paths: Traditional versus Indie (the organizers kept on referring to it as self, but self-publishing is what that

A Manifesto: The Future is Hybrid #publishing

Last night, I attended an explosive game show-style panel at Owl’s Nest about the future of the publishing industry–Battle of the Publishing Paths: Traditional versus Indie (the organizers kept on referring to it as self, but self-publishing is what that

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 32 #writingprompt

(2 days to POINT OF NO RETURN!) WRITING PROMPT: She would not be able to endure it. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 32 #writingprompt

(2 days to POINT OF NO RETURN!) WRITING PROMPT: She would not be able to endure it. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written

Speaking of climax #bittersweethalloween #gettingtoknowflorence #dirtywriter

This week, I’m taking my More Than A Guilty Pleasure class from inciting incident to first climax 😉 and explaining how a good romance novel is more like the female orgasm than the male orgasms. Um. More or less. Ok, maybe

Speaking of climax #bittersweethalloween #gettingtoknowflorence #dirtywriter

This week, I’m taking my More Than A Guilty Pleasure class from inciting incident to first climax 😉 and explaining how a good romance novel is more like the female orgasm than the male orgasms. Um. More or less. Ok, maybe

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 31 #writingprompt

(3 days to POINT OF NO RETURN!) WRITING PROMPT: There was probably a good explanation for this. Probably.   RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 31 #writingprompt

(3 days to POINT OF NO RETURN!) WRITING PROMPT: There was probably a good explanation for this. Probably.   RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 30 #writingprompt

(Congratulations! You’ve been writing daily for 30 days!) WRITING PROMPT: No adult ever plays Twister sober. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it.

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 30 #writingprompt

(Congratulations! You’ve been writing daily for 30 days!) WRITING PROMPT: No adult ever plays Twister sober. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it.

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 29 #writingprompt

(This is Week 4, and you’re writing Act 1, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. Re-read the rules if you didn’t read them yesterday.) WRITING PROMPT: “What the hell do you think you’re doing with that? RULES (for everyone) Write–no

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 29 #writingprompt

(This is Week 4, and you’re writing Act 1, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. Re-read the rules if you didn’t read them yesterday.) WRITING PROMPT: “What the hell do you think you’re doing with that? RULES (for everyone) Write–no

Welcome to Week 4 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 1, from Inciting Incident to First Climax

We are in Week 4 (five, if you count our class-less but prompt-full week) of the More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Mastering the Romance Novel Form to Tell the Perfect Story class, and this week, we drill into the do’s

Welcome to Week 4 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 1, from Inciting Incident to First Climax

We are in Week 4 (five, if you count our class-less but prompt-full week) of the More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Mastering the Romance Novel Form to Tell the Perfect Story class, and this week, we drill into the do’s

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 28 #writingprompt

(The rules change today, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. Read them.) WRITING PROMPT: This was not the way it was supposed to end. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 28 #writingprompt

(The rules change today, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. Read them.) WRITING PROMPT: This was not the way it was supposed to end. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 27 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: How hard could it be to seduce someone that shy? RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 27 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: How hard could it be to seduce someone that shy? RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 26 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: She didn’t want him to know. About any of it. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 26 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: She didn’t want him to know. About any of it. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 25 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: It was just a bowl of fruit. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 25 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: It was just a bowl of fruit. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write

Have you got your halloween costume yet? #bittersweethalloween #halloweencostume #contest

I want to play a game today. If you’ve read Bittersweet Halloween and you know what Will and Florence’s Halloween costumes are–email me at TellMe@mjanecolette.com with the answer for a chance to win an ARC of Text Me, Cupid. If

Have you got your halloween costume yet? #bittersweethalloween #halloweencostume #contest

I want to play a game today. If you’ve read Bittersweet Halloween and you know what Will and Florence’s Halloween costumes are–email me at TellMe@mjanecolette.com with the answer for a chance to win an ARC of Text Me, Cupid. If

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 24 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: Sometimes, it’s just about the cleavage. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to

More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Day 24 #writingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: Sometimes, it’s just about the cleavage. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to

How & Why To Use Writing Prompts #writingprompts #writersos #dirtywritingsecrets

True story: I wrote the entire first draft of Consequences (of defensive adultery) in response to writing prompts. So I’m a fan of this technique. There are four main reasons WHY I love writing prompts so. <<1>> They are an excellent

How & Why To Use Writing Prompts #writingprompts #writersos #dirtywritingsecrets

True story: I wrote the entire first draft of Consequences (of defensive adultery) in response to writing prompts. So I’m a fan of this technique. There are four main reasons WHY I love writing prompts so. <<1>> They are an excellent