Whose Story Is It, Anyway?

- by Emilie Richards

Imagine my surprise when last year, I discovered that two of my Silhouette romances were being filmed for German television in New Zealand.  Imagine my greater surprise when more were optioned and I was invited to see one of my first novels, Sweet Georgia Gal, being shot last month.  Could I say “yes” fast enough?
In [...]

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Fa La La La La. . . Christmas Carols for Writers

- by Emilie Richards

I don’t know why I’ve rewritten Christmas carols to be more timely for the publishing industry.Â
Why do writers do anything?Â
But here are two of the six I’m sharing on my website blog this holiday and at Reading Group Guides.com. Â
Happy Holidays.Â
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Cover Art, the Romance Writer’s Carol
sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”
Chorus:
Cover art, cover art, racy [...]

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Do Not Forget To Live

- by Emilie Richards

When writers forget to live, their work but more important, their creativity can suffer. When your job becomes your life it’s time to take stock and reconnect with everything you’ve allowed to slip away.

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Herding Locusts

- by Emilie Richards

Put ten novelists in a room, add some wine and munchies and introduce the subject of Attention Deficit Disorder.  You’ve got a party.  You’ve also, quite possibly, got ten people who swear they have ADD themselves.  And maybe they do.
But my point is not to diagnose.  Or even to point out that what we as [...]

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