by Nancy Herkness | Aug 5, 2014 | Books, Country Roads, RWA, travel, Uncategorized, Whisper Horse, writing
On Wednesday morning, March 26th, I received a voice mail from Claudia Dain, asking me to call her back. I know who Claudia Dain is—a fabulous writer of historical romance—but I’ve never met her in person and she certainly wouldn’t call me out of the blue. Then I...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 23, 2009 | RWA, Uncategorized, writing
One amazing workshop I attended was A Look Inside the Editor’s Mind. As a writer, I’m always trying to figure out what’s going on in an editor’s mind so the title was irresistible. The description: Harlequin Editor-at-Large Leslie Wainger will cold-read up to 25...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 22, 2009 | RWA, travel, Uncategorized, writing
One of my college friends is a senior photo editor for National Geographic, a publication where photography is king. Since we were meeting for lunch in D.C., she invited me to meet her at her office. Did you know National Geographic has a small museum that’s open...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 21, 2009 | Romance, Uncategorized, writing
Last week I went to the Romance Writers of America’s national conference in Washington, D.C. Ordinarily, I only attend when the event is in New York City since getting there from New Jersey requires no white-knuckled, gut-twisting flight on an airplane (one of those...