by Nancy Herkness | Nov 15, 2012 | Books, Country Roads, Romance, Uncategorized
Thanks to a fellow author, Jennifer Wilck, for tagging me with the ziggy zig zag tag—“You’ve got the LOOK!” As part of this tag, I have to take my most recent work-in-progress or my current manuscript and search for the word “look,” then post the surrounding...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 13, 2012 | Books, Romance, Uncategorized, writing
One of my blog readers asked me to go back a step from my previous blog, and talk about how to find an agent or editor. I responded in the comments, but thought perhaps I should post it as a separate blog entry so more interested parties might read it. Below is a...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 1, 2012 | Books, Romance, Uncategorized, writing
Several people have asked me what’s going on with my upcoming book Take Me Home (being released November 6th, for those who didn’t hear my original shouts of joy). So I thought I’d explain the steps it takes for a book to go from being a manuscript to being opened by...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 19, 2011 | Books, Nod from Nancy, Romance, Uncategorized
Instead of repeating myself, here’s a link to my review of this fabulous book on the New York Journal of Books’ website: http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/call-me-irresistible Run, do not walk to buy it!
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 9, 2010 | Books, conference, NJRW, Romance, Uncategorized, writing
Do you like to kill people in your books? Or at least strew a dead body or two around? Then Annie Solomon’s “Plotting the Romantic Suspense Novel” workshop is for you. Boy, do I wish I had attended this one before I started Music of the Night. It...
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 4, 2010 | Books, conference, NJRW, Romance, Uncategorized, writing
At the fabulous New Jersey Romance Writers “Put Your Heart in a Book” Conference, I attended a great workshop on writing query letters. Multi-pubbed author Lisa Verge Higgins presented a well-organized, information-packed class on how to write a...