Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Such a busy past week that I forgot to sign up for the Tuesday Blog Hop via Romance Writer's Weekly . I've included a link to the first hop-stop at the bottom of this post for your reading pleasure. I've decided on a title for my second novel ( Love Over Time ) and have purchased a cover as well. Both should be featured here soon.  After five rounds of edits, proofreading, and changes to this, my second manuscript, I feel relatively confident about uploading the file (soon). If interested, I've included the first three chapters in my Excerpts category above. I hope you find the time to check it out and maybe offer some constructive feedback. I also found the time to go through my Writing Articles folder and thinned out the content. Aside from a few helpful posts about show versus tell, description, and killer plot twists, that folder is now at a much more manageable level. I could recall my reasons for saving those posts in the first place, but then after ...

Hello, there! Thank you for hopping over from Brenda Margriet's blog. This week on the hop,  Fiona Riplee wants us to write a flash fiction of 250 words or less about a long-lost love , and we're supposed to include the words hammer , chisel , and coping saw . DESPAIR FOR A LOST LOVE by FABRYKING61 ********** Back in the day, when you were the IT dude on campus, you stole my heart without ever, even knowing it. You, the all-star tight end, and ah, what a fine tight end it was, too. You, the home run king, touching them bases with ease, grace, and skill, just as you'd done with the girls, hammering home the fact that it was with everyone but me. You, b-ball Jones, running everywhere but toward me, and giving me yet another reason to continue to Jones for you. You, track & field star in them sexy, white silk shorts that made your long, chisled legs seem even longer, and that oh, so tight tank top in red; our schools colors, ...