Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin once called editors “a writer’s natural enemy.” He may have also claimed editors drive authors to drink and crimp their sex lives, but that’s another story. He is right, though, about the [...]
Inspiration comes from all sorts of places for authors. I didn’t expect it to tap me on the shoulder one day while I was downing a drink or two at the local pub, but suddenly I found myself drawn [...]
I love writing about desire between women. It’s a delight and also a privilege – how many women throughout history ever got a chance to do that? Living at a time when silly, joyful lesbian smut can be shared [...]
London. One of the greatest cities in the world, and the place I have called home—albeit with a couple of interruptions—for the past twenty-seven years. It’s a city that conjures up a wealth of adjectives in the thoughts most [...]
Right, let’s get down to drenched panties. Writing sex scenes is hard. Doesn’t matter whether it’s pro stuff for published lesbian fiction, or amateur hijinks in fanfic, it’s up there with dentist chairs for many a writer. And no, [...]
I love romance. Love it, love it, love it. Nothing satisfies me more than getting to the end of a well-written lesfic romance, closing the book (or switching off the Kindle), and breathing out that deep sigh of bliss [...]
I was asked recently why I write and my answer was: for the rollercoaster. I love that emotional ride of an intriguing story and the bigger the highs and lows the better. Whether the highs are comic joy, consummated [...]
Sometimes ideas hit you. Sometimes they don’t. The latter sucks. When trying to come up with an idea for a crime novel or novella, the last thing you want to do is to sit around for weeks pondering dark [...]
Every story has already been written. If you have formal education in reading or writing you’ve probably heard this before. So, if every plot has already been written, why do we still write? We write to tell our version [...]
Whenever I talk to people about writing, I tend to stress the fact that it’s “just a job.” I mean, there’s a story to tell, there are words to find, and then there’s the matter of putting them in [...]