I’ve talked a little bit about why I wrote the hero of Awake, Luke Reed, the way I did (in this guest post on “Good Guy Heroes” on the fabulous Nancy Kelley’s site), but I have yet to talk about the heroine Alexandra, and why she is the way she is. The now infamous Bella Swan as played by Kristen Stewart There is criticism, and some of it is rightly deserved, of Young Adult novels relying to heavily on the “smart and pretty girl...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those...

Hi!  I'm guest posting today on Nancy Kelley's site!  Come read my case for the Good Guy Hero and see pics of hottie good guys...here's a sample:     Also, you can enter to win a paperback copy of my novel, Awake: A Fairytale!  (I should have some Very. Exciting. News. regarding the paperback going on general sale within the next few days!)   As an added bonus, Nancy has a separate giveaway on her site.  It...

One of the best things about being an author is getting to create heroes.  Yes, heroines are fun, and most of my stories center around a female lead, but there is something really awesome about being able to come up with the perfect guy for each heroine.  There are some great heroes in literature and movies.  Heroes that inspire us, that make us go week in the knees, that cause us to refer to them as "literary boyfriends," that inspire wacky...