by Nancy Herkness | Aug 1, 2010 | Books, Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
How many of you know that the highest award a romance novelist can win is the Rita? Each year the Romance Writers of America (the largest writers’ group in the world!) honor the best books in the genre at their national conference. As you might imagine, the...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 24, 2009 | Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
…and it’s Sourcebooks Casablanca. I walked out of the Spotlight on Sourcebooks feeling truly excited about this new publisher. Well, they’re new to romance publishing, having started the Casablanca imprint about two years ago. Now they’re publishing 10 romances per...
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...
by Nancy Herkness | Mar 3, 2009 | Books, Nod from Nancy, Romance, Uncategorized
I adore all the J. D. Robb books but must warn any new reader that they are a series (and I’ve lost track of how many there are but I suspect it exceeds 20). You will undoubtedly get more from any of the books if you read at least the first five or so in...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 9, 2008 | Romance, Uncategorized
In February, every media outlet in the U.S. focuses at least part of their attention on love, a nice change from murder, politics and war. Time Magazine chose to discuss the scientific aspects of romance, and, yes, it was interesting. It was, however, nothing new to...