Romance Divas

Nancy Naigle writes love stories from the crossroad of small town and suspense. After spending most of her life on the Virginia coast, she and her husband left Tidewater for greener pastures a little further inland in Southampton County. They now live on a 76 acre goat farm where Nancy spends every spare moment working [...]

Dr. Bastian Talbot and self-proclaimed sex goddess Charlie Pierce heat up the air waves with their flirty banter as radio hosts Dr. Hot and the Honeypot. Off the air, they’re best friends…but Bastian wants to be so much more. He wants Charlie—in bed, and forever. Problem is, Charlie doesn’t do commitment. Sure, she’s had X-rated [...]

GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME I used to write. I mean, with a pen, in a notebook. It was an activity on par with sticking my fingers in jelled paint and slicking them across a paper. That is, it was a riot. A messy, colorful bomb of “and how about this?” I’ve spent much of [...]

The Importance of Sir Humpalot (or why my books are so dang long.) I was whining recently about the demise of my career (something writers enjoy doing with some regularity) and a friend suggested that maybe I ought to try my hand at writing a category romance.   You know, a Harlequin Desire or Blaze, an [...]

Hot Sci-Fi Heroes Confession time: I can be very shallow. As much as I love adventure set in the furthest reaches of outer space, one draw of science fiction is the extremely hot heroes. Maybe there’s something about the hostile environment that seems to breed fine specimens of masculinity. Lack of oxygen? Low gravity? Whatever [...]

Underestimate Romance Readers At Your Peril Romance readers are employed in a wide variety of science-related jobs. We all probably know at least one medical doctor, physicist, biologist, astronomer, psychologist, chemist, software engineer, among others. I mean, wow! These are some smart women (and men, too—I know you’re out there). Not only that, but many [...]

NAME MY HEROINE by Emma Shortt Picking a character’s name can be a tricky business. Names can hold different feelings for different people, and when you’re a romance writer things get a little more complicated. Take, for instance, the names Sarah and Victoria. There’s nothing wrong with those names, far from it. But I could [...]

Strange Bedfellows By: Marie Force I love the old saying that politics makes for strange bedfellows. In fact, Strange Bedfellows was the original name I gave Fatal Affair, the first book in my series about a Washington, D.C. homicide detective who’s in a relationship with a U.S. senator. My agent didn’t think that title was [...]

By Victoria Janssen Erotica stories, by their nature, are somewhat the same. The gender or sexuality of the participants, and the sexual acts involved, are barely an issue in the structure.   One needs to understand this structure before you can work with it to make your stories stand out. Here’s a breakdown of this basic [...]

The Importance of Mentoring by A. Catherine Noon Much has been written about the necessity of learning.  I’d like to take a tangential approach and write about the value of teaching.  I had the opportunity this year of becoming a Mentee in the Mentor Program at Romance Divas, and found the experience invaluable.  The reasons might surprise you. [...]