Browse through all 460 Ink Diva posts below. Click on a month to expand it.
It took me way too long to figure this out: the number in front of each post is the date it was written. If that seems obvious, it’s only because I explained it so well.
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- January 2021 (1)
- 15: Bridgerton and Romance Accessibility (1472)
- December 2020 (1)
- November 2020 (1)
- 19: DAfRN: Master and Apprentice (0)
- October 2020 (1)
- September 2020 (1)
- 14: So… 2020 (0)
- July 2019 (1)
- June 2019 (2)
- 21: DAfRN: The Bastard (0)
- 09: New Covers for Viva Las Vegas (0)
- January 2019 (1)
- 11: What Comes Next? (0)
- November 2018 (1)
- 16: To Write or Not to Write? (1)
- August 2018 (1)
- 07: Release Day: My Vegas Comeback (0)
- July 2018 (1)
- June 2018 (1)
- 22: My Vegas Comeback: Cover Reveal (2)
- May 2018 (1)
- 20: Love & Laughter May Giveaway (0)
- April 2018 (2)
- 27: April, the Rollercoaster (0)
- 10: My Big Fat Vegas Wedding Release + #Contest (0)
- March 2018 (2)
- February 2018 (2)
- January 2018 (2)
- 19: My Fake Vegas Boyfriend: Coming Soon! (0)
- 01: Hold Them Close This Year (2)
- December 2017 (1)
- 22: Happy Holidays (2)
- November 2017 (1)
- October 2017 (3)
- September 2017 (3)
- 20: How Likable Does My Heroine Need to Be? (0)
- 06: Author Interview: Landra Graf (3)
- 05: Back 2 School Special: Romance (0)
- August 2017 (4)
- July 2017 (2)
- 21: Wicked Reading Earrings (0)
- 05: Book Spotlight: Angels Fly by Donna Simonetta (4)
- June 2017 (3)
- May 2017 (2)
- 24: Author Interview: Jean M. Grant (10)
- 19: It’s Been A Killer of a Month (2)
- April 2017 (2)
- March 2017 (2)
- February 2017 (1)
- January 2017 (3)
- 20: 2017 Can Bite Me (4)
- 18: Author Interview: Darlene Fredette (2)
- 05: Author Interview: Marin McGinnis (10)
- December 2016 (4)
- 16: 5 Gifts for the Book Lover (1)
- 14: Release Day for Infamous! (2)
- 10: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (2)
- 07: Author Interview: M.S. Spencer (6)
- November 2016 (3)
- October 2016 (5)
- 26: Guest Blog: CB Clark (25)
- 21: DAfRN: Magnate (4)
- 14: Cover Reveal: Infamous – Coming 12.14.16 (8)
- 12: Spotlight: Bewitched by Nancy Fraser (1)
- 07: Me, Elsewhere: Writing Groups (0)
- September 2016 (1)
- August 2016 (1)
- 19: Revisited: Tools of the Trade (16)
- July 2016 (2)
- 22: My Guilty Summer Treats (24)
- 15: July 2016: Digging Right Now (0)
- June 2016 (2)
- 17: DAfRN: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (0)
- 15: Guest Blog: L.A. Kelley (2)
- May 2016 (2)
- 20: Reading with Verna (3)
- 08: Moms Know More (0)
- April 2016 (2)
- 30: He Put It On Twitter, Though (0)
- 26: I Signed a Contract! (0)
- March 2016 (2)
- December 2015 (1)
- 21: I Sort of Suck (1)
- November 2015 (1)
- 20: DAfRN: Hollywood Dirt (0)
- October 2015 (3)
- 30: October 2015: Digging Right Now (0)
- 23: In My House: Jazz Hands and Math (0)
- 16: Ink Diva Diaries Turns 8! (0)
- September 2015 (1)
- August 2015 (3)
- 21: DAfRN: If the Shoe Fits (0)
- 14: August 2015: Digging Right Now (0)
- 07: My Process: Plotting on Crack, Part 1 (0)
- July 2015 (6)
- 31: We Totally Didn’t Screw That Up (0)
- 23: Sue Ellen Ewing (0)
- 17: I’m 41, baby! (0)
- 14: I Heart School Supplies (0)
- 14: Me, on Different Ways to Relax (0)
- 04: Rules I Live By #3: Born to Be Nice (0)
- June 2015 (4)
- 26: 5 Things: Writers Do on Twitter That Annoy Us All (0)
- 19: 5 Things: I learned raising 3 girls (0)
- 12: Me, on Writing Accountability (0)
- 05: DAfRN: Queen Mab (0)
- May 2015 (5)
- 29: Starting a Story Too Late (0)
- 22: Writing Through the Pain (0)
- 15: Revisited: The Importance of Pre-Writing (0)
- 08: 5 Things: Thanks, Mom (0)
- 01: I’m That Mom (1)
- April 2015 (4)
- 24: The Saga of Susan and Michael (0)
- 17: DAfRN: House of Cards (Novel) (2)
- 10: House of Cards & Anti-heroes (2)
- 06: DAfRN: Party Girl (0)
- March 2015 (2)
- February 2015 (4)
- 27: 5 Things: People Who Read Are Sick of Hearing (1)
- 20: In Which I Freak Out a Cashier (0)
- 13: 5 Things: You Didn’t Know About Me (0)
- 06: DAfRN: Heroes Are My Weakness (1)
- January 2015 (3)
- 30: Fix This Now (0)
- 23: DAfRN: Prince Lestat (0)
- 07: Me, Elsewhere, on Writing (0)
- December 2014 (4)
- 19: Basically, I’m Always Right (0)
- 12: What Writing Looks Like (0)
- 06: Worst. Fortune. Ever. (0)
- 05: Just Making Coasters (0)
- November 2014 (8)
- 28: Writing Fodder: Thanksgiving with the Family (0)
- 24: A Different Kind of Gift (0)
- 21: Rightness Reinforcement (0)
- 17: Why I Don’t Finish All the Books (0)
- 14: Essential Reading for Writers (0)
- 10: 4 Things To Do Instead of Writing (0)
- 07: In My House: Good vs. Well (0)
- 03: LY: Happiness & Responsibility (0)
- October 2014 (9)
- 31: My Take on Halloween (0)
- 31: DAfRN: Halloween Edition (0)
- 27: On being feeling-lady, genuine, and okay (0)
- 24: DAfRN: That Touch of Magic (0)
- 22: Guess who cut off a whoa-damn lot of hair? (0)
- 20: I Feel Underwhelmed Now (0)
- 16: Highlander Hotness and a Giveaway! (3)
- 10: DAfRN: Never Marry a Viscount (0)
- 02: The One with Volcanic Ash (0)
- September 2014 (2)
- 26: DAfRN: Sweet Nothings (1)
- 19: Cover Reveal! “With This Kilt, I Thee Bed” (0)
- August 2014 (3)
- 26: My Story. In Pictures. On Pinterest. (0)
- 23: Breakfast for Dinner (0)
- 20: Mommy Spellcheck (0)
- June 2014 (5)
- May 2014 (6)
- 23: Share Links Like a Boss (0)
- 19: I’ve Got a Mug Problem (0)
- 17: Are You a Princess? (0)
- 16: Crankypants (0)
- 13: Channeling Madonna (0)
- 12: Where is my bunny? (2)
- April 2014 (1)
- February 2014 (2)
- 18: If My Story Became a Movie (5)
- 16: A Rose by Any Other Name, Etc. (5)
- January 2014 (3)
- 20: Get Happier (0)
- 13: Veronica Mars is a Movie and I’m Dying Here (0)
- 07: Making “Resolutions” Stick (0)
- December 2013 (2)
- November 2013 (3)
- 08: I’m Coming Out (2)
- 07: Family Traditions, Turkey Dinners, and Crazy Making Holidays (0)
- 01: So… Read Any Good Books? (0)
- July 2013 (1)
- 30: Hiatus Due to Life Happening (0)
- May 2013 (4)
- 27: Life is a Puzzle (1)
- 13: Apparently, I’m the ‘World’s Greatest Mom’ (2)
- 07: The First Time… (0)
- 06: Rules I Live By #2: There’s Always a Lesson (6)
- April 2013 (3)
- 29: Twelve Flavors of Awesome (2)
- 22: How to Play a Drinking Game… with Kids (4)
- 01: I Quit (1)
- March 2013 (2)
- February 2013 (4)
- 26: The Black Moment is a Restraining Order, Part 1 (1)
- 18: Show Me More Love: Writing Heroines (2)
- 11: Show Me the Love: Writing Heroes (4)
- 04: A New “So Me” Kindle (3)
- January 2013 (3)
- 28: The Life and Death of a Kindle (2)
- 21: What Happened to The Words? (3)
- 18: So… (0)
- November 2012 (1)
- October 2012 (1)
- 10: Anti-Bullying Month: I Remember (1)
- September 2012 (1)
- July 2012 (1)
- 31: More On TV: Gossip Girl (2)
- June 2012 (3)
- May 2012 (4)
- April 2012 (2)
- February 2012 (1)
- 12: Glee: Owning Your Inner Loser (0)
- December 2011 (2)
- 20: Last Christmas (0)
- 07: Hiatus through the Holidays (0)
- November 2011 (3)
- October 2011 (3)
- 25: Dog: Fixed. (1)
- 12: How to Raise Your Characters Above the Status Quo @ WritersDigest.com (0)
- 06: The Hunger Games: I Read It. (27)
- September 2011 (8)
- 21: Plotting and Motivation (2)
- 19: Best Writing Linkage 09.19.2011 (0)
- 14: My GMC “In the Wild” (0)
- 12: Best Writing Linkage 09.12.2011 (0)
- 09: Friday Mashup 09.09.2011 (0)
- 07: How to Find a Character’s GMC? (3)
- 05: Best Writing Links 09.05.2011 (0)
- 02: Revisited: How I Conquered the Synopsis (0)
- August 2011 (11)
- 31: Writing Free Form Character Biographies (0)
- 29: Best Writing Linkage 08.29.2011 (0)
- 26: Friday Mashup 08.26.2011 (0)
- 24: Develop Characters Without Worksheets (2)
- 22: Best Writing Linkage 08.22.2011 (0)
- 19: Friday Mashup 08.19.2011 (0)
- 17: Revisited: GMC by Debra Dixon (0)
- 15: Best Writing Linkage 08.15.2011 (1)
- 10: Revisited: Finishing That First Manuscript (0)
- 08: Best Writing Linkage 08.08.2011 (0)
- 03: Revisited: 10 Ways to Unblock Writer’s Block (0)
- July 2011 (3)
- June 2011 (4)
- May 2011 (4)
- 31: Recommended iPhone App: iReadG Free (0)
- 23: Feeding Your iPhone (0)
- 23: Why Writers are Annoying People to Know (4)
- 21: Finding Truth in the Things We Say (3)
- April 2011 (10)
- 30: Slight Hiatus (0)
- 20: Why Index Cards Don’t Work (For Me) (5)
- 19: Having a ‘Healthy’ Imagination: Two Sides (11)
- 15: Watching TV Makes You a Better Writer (6)
- 14: Kindlefeeder Revisited: Premium Service (3)
- 11: A Little Grammar Sluttiness | Link Licker Pick (1)
- 09: What is Love in Romance? (2)
- 07: Brainstorming 100 Ideas Resurrected My Story (0)
- 06: Party Like You’re 14 (4)
- 04: A Glance at: Red Riding Hood (2)
- March 2011 (14)
- 30: How to Grow a Character (6)
- 30: Character Development Questions by author Heather McCorkle (0)
- 28: More Fun With Searching (4)
- 27: Carole, Bendy Buses, and Life | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 25: A Time to Write (4)
- 22: Wit & Pendulum | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 21: When Did I Become the Zombie Queen? (1)
- 17: You Can LOAN Kindle Books? (0)
- 16: What About the Query? (2)
- 12: On Agents, Failure, & Why We’re Even Here (9)
- 08: Kindle–Way More Than eBooks (2)
- 06: A Psychic, Ghosts, and Graveyard Sex–oh, My! (2)
- 05: Prewriting is NOT a Waste of Time (4)
- 03: Just My Novel’s Word Cloud (1)
- February 2011 (4)
- 26: Putting It Out There (1)
- 21: Reading, Breathing, Sleeping. The Necessities. (2)
- 06: The Kernel Idea–Not Popocorn (4)
- 02: Starting Over (0)
- January 2011 (2)
- 20: Research Help (2)
- 19: Kindle Bringing Reading Back (2)
- July 2010 (3)
- April 2010 (4)
- March 2010 (7)
- 28: Stages of Change and Character Arc (2)
- 21: 5 Things I Love About Twitter (0)
- 15: When You Hit a Writing Wall (1)
- 14: Material Girl: Writers and Readers (0)
- 06: Create Your Writing Bible (5)
- 04: Oatmeal is Good for You (0)
- 03: They Don’t Call It the Sagging Middle for Nothing (1)
- February 2010 (11)
- 22: Ruth Fowler: You Want My Opinion? Never. Write. Again. (2)
- 22: True Blood (2)
- 20: Bringing the Sex (1)
- 15: Vamps for a Buck (0)
- 14: Dear Lost Writers: (0)
- 12: Romance Novels – No More Rapage, Yay! (0)
- 11: A Romance Novel By Any Other Name… (0)
- 10: Organize much? (0)
- 10: Give It (0)
- 08: Writing Isn’t a Game (0)
- 07: Rules are NOT my friends (0)
- January 2010 (8)
- 31: Read Me, Someone. Anyone. (0)
- 24: HCM Plotting (1)
- 22: Returned! (0)
- 08: What’s Up, Shorty?! (0)
- 06: The Gift (0)
- 05: Extra Life (0)
- 01: New Year Resolutions Are Evil (0)
- 01: On Writing and Fear (0)
- December 2009 (19)
- 31: To Sex With Feeling (0)
- 30: I Can Haz Coffee (0)
- 30: To Plot or Not to Plot? (0)
- 27: Cover Me (0)
- 26: Reinventing the Old Stuff (2)
- 25: Merry Christmas! (0)
- 22: Doing It Anyway (2)
- 16: Confession Time (4)
- 15: From the Heart (0)
- 15: I Read Banned Books (0)
- 12: Those Zany Characters (0)
- 11: How It Should Have Ended (0)
- 11: One Day (0)
- 10: Five Things I Couldn’t Write Without (3)
- 08: Zen Writing for the Mac (0)
- 07: Synopsis Made Easy (1)
- 06: NaNo – Over Time (0)
- 02: You, the Expert (0)
- 07: The Art of Loving (0)
- November 2009 (8)
- 30: Dear NaNoWriMo, (0)
- 27: Write…Or Die! (1)
- 16: I Wrote a Synopsis! (1)
- 09: NanoWriMO Support (0)
- 07: NaNoWriMo: I Get It (0)
- 05: Nano: The Beginning (1)
- 04: Me NaNoWriMo (0)
- 02: Distractions (0)
- October 2009 (6)
- 20: Flashlight Worthy Books (1)
- 18: It’s Zombie Love Story Time! (1)
- 16: Don’t Promise Me Tomorrow–or 1978 (0)
- 14: First Agent Query (0)
- 13: Making Time to Write (0)
- 04: Does This Make Me Sad or Scary? (2)
- September 2009 (13)
- 29: It’s the New Tag Cloud. Except It’s a “Beautiful Word Cloud.” (0)
- 28: A Glance at: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (0)
- 21: Cassette From My Ex (0)
- 20: Get Your Very Own GMC Spreadsheet! (0)
- 19: Best. Character. Name. Finder. Ever. (0)
- 19: Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day! (0)
- 15: “Saucy Flirt Zinke” (0)
- 11: Sad News for ePublishing (0)
- 08: Querying Is Not for Wimps (2)
- 07: The Heartbroke Daily (0)
- 05: Amazon Was NOT Mocking Me (2)
- 04: I Wrote This All By Myself (1)
- 02: Nix, Nix (that’s from Jailhouse Rock) (0)
- August 2009 (17)
- 31: Creating Your Novel Bible (0)
- 29: Wishing Well (0)
- 26: The Synopsis–That Witch Again (0)
- 24: Is Your Writing Too Hot For Your Computer? (0)
- 23: Just the Beginning (0)
- 22: SchmooookyPookiePooo is my favorite (0)
- 20: Zombies? Really, scientists? (2)
- 19: How Fear Can Still the Keyboard (0)
- 18: Stupid Spammers (2)
- 17: Beyond Heaving Bosoms (0)
- 15: A Side of Romance (0)
- 13: You Probably Shouldn’t Even Look at This Link (0)
- 11: Too-Cute Book Plates (0)
- 07: Deeply Missed (0)
- 06: The Goddess of Bloggess (2)
- 05: Where Do Writers Get Their Ideas? (0)
- 03: How to Look Professional AND Cool (0)
- April 2009 (3)
- 08: Traits of a Hero (1)
- 02: I Spy With My Little Widget… (0)
- 01: POV, baby (0)
- March 2009 (9)
- 30: No, Thank You (0)
- 30: Revisited: Editing (1)
- 26: Purple Prose (0)
- 25: Layering (0)
- 11: Show, Don’t Tell (0)
- 09: Editing (0)
- 05: March Desktop (0)
- 04: A Glance At: Real Women Don’t Wear Size 2 (0)
- 02: Guess What I Found? (0)
- February 2009 (10)
- 26: Critters of the Romance Variety (0)
- 23: Giving In to “The Man” (0)
- 18: Writing to a Formula (0)
- 17: Couldn’t Have Said It Better (0)
- 16: *Lovely* Brainstorming Site (0)
- 08: Very Damn (0)
- 05: Awesome Free Things (0)
- 04: A Glance at: Ex and the Single Girl (0)
- 03: Especially If You’re Characters Are as Crazy as Mine (and Me) (2)
- 02: Thumb Storage (0)
- January 2009 (16)
- 28: The Parts People Skip (0)
- 27: Self-Doubt is a Bitch (0)
- 26: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (0)
- 26: Inspiration Point (0)
- 22: Vintage Glam | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 21: Writing Badly to Find Your Voice (1)
- 19: It’s in the Air (0)
- 18: All We Can Say (0)
- 15: Deviant Art | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 14: Examining GMC in the Movie ‘Sabrina’ (1)
- 12: Right Now… (0)
- 08: I am Red (0)
- 07: Let’s Talk About Sex (0)
- 05: Designing a Novel… Let’s Try This Again (0)
- 03: Um…no (0)
- 01: Come Alive (0)
- December 2008 (15)
- 31: Rewriting Blues (0)
- 29: Neo (Formerly the Alphie) (2)
- 25: Enjoying the Classics (0)
- 24: Update: Do You NaNoWriMo (0)
- 24: Merry Christmas (0)
- 22: Tools of the Trade (0)
- 20: What You Need (0)
- 19: The Importance of Pre-Writing (0)
- 18: The Escape Call (0)
- 15: Designing a Novel? (3)
- 14: You know (0)
- 11: One More Minute (0)
- 10: Do You NaNoWriMo? (0)
- 09: You Give Me Fever (0)
- 08: Do I Have Something You Want? (0)
- November 2008 (9)
- 17: Genres Are For Wimps (1)
- 13: Demotivation and Despair | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 12: My GMC Spreadsheet (0)
- 10: Body Language: Letting Your Character Speak Without Dialogue (1)
- 10: At My Worst (0)
- 06: Cliché Alert (0)
- 05: Five More Ways to Write When You’re Not Writing (1)
- 03: If Bitch, Ok! Is Your Thing… (0)
- 03: That Dr. Seuss (6)
- October 2008 (14)
- 30: A Short Hiatus (1)
- 27: A Writer Must Be a Reader First (3)
- 23: Free Software. No, seriously. (1)
- 22: Five Ways to Write When You’re Not Writing (4)
- 20: I Can’t Write. Without Coffee. Mmmn. (5)
- 16: Censorship is a Dirty Whore (1)
- 16: Passion (0)
- 15: Life Gets in the Way…is That a Metaphor? (0)
- 13: Don’t Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Part 2 (0)
- 09: Writer Crazy (1)
- 08: One Sentence for Fiction (4)
- 06: Don’t Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Part 1 (1)
- 02: One Sentence Stories (2)
- 01: Do I look bad in this? (6)
- September 2008 (11)
- 29: Backing Up: The Party Remix (0)
- 25: I Can Has Lolcats? (0)
- 24: The Great Scene Tracker (4)
- 22: Floating Books (0)
- 18: Funny, in the “nervous twittery, too much of myself” way (0)
- 17: Structural Integrity, Baby (0)
- 15: Creating your space (1)
- 11: Give 50,000 New Books (0)
- 10: Bite me, synopsis. (2)
- 08: On Writing (0)
- 05: A Glance at: Mirror, Mirror (2)
- August 2008 (3)
- 28: Shhh. It’s a Secret (0)
- 25: Vintage Inspiration (0)
- 23: The Loss of My First Reader (2)
- April 2008 (8)
- 28: Seeing your stories future (0)
- 25: Hot Kitty in the City (0)
- 21: Shuffling Your Way to Better Writing (1)
- 18: Fug you. (0)
- 14: the great white hope (0)
- 11: Towels with ‘tude (0)
- 10: a writer and her toys… er, tools (0)
- 01: 7 Day Challenge (0)
- March 2008 (3)
- 18: G to the M to the freaking C (0)
- 15: UPDATE: You Can’t Write (0)
- 02: You Can’t Write (0)
- January 2008 (2)
- 22: Finis. Sort of. (0)
- 15: Forget Backstory… how about backing up? (0)
- December 2007 (1)
- 10: Backstory (0)
- November 2007 (1)
- 15: For the Rush (0)
- October 2007 (2)
- 25: 10 Ways to Unblock Writer’s Block (0)
- 18: ink diva? yes, i am. (1)