Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Every Tuesday, the members of Romance Writer's Weekly (RWW) get together for a blog hop. We are a terrific support group for fellow Romance Authors and love to share our experiences, give and receive help with our writing dilemmas, and promote one another's work. Hello, and thank you for hopping over after visiting with  Gay Kiser  (writing as Tessa Gray). This week, Ronnie Allen poses the question for us. But, today is also her birthday! Which she says is Perfect to celebrate here. (Happy Birthday, Ronnie!) She's likely celebrating a birthday AND the release of her latest Sign Behind the Crime Series novel, Gemini . And the topic:  What is the theme in your novels, recurring or in one, that sends a message about an issue in society to help people? Was it developed by you intentionally, or did it evolve through the characters and plot? While attending College the second time around, I took a class that focused on social issues in literature. It was on...

Hello, again! I hope you made it here via Veronica Forand 's blog. If not, please go on back and read her responses. It's okay. I'll be here when you get back :D It's been awhile since I joined in the weekly hop. First, I lost my freelance job. Very disappointed, sad, depressed, etc. AND, my novel sales tanked as well. I haven't had a single sale since February. I know it is my fault, though. I really, truly stink at marketing myself, and I got tired of posting it to the Facebook pages I've joined since it doesn't tend to help or generate any interest, much less sales. I honestly don't know what to do at this point, so I've stopped thinking altogether :D When bad goes to worse, I tend to avoid all things online because selfish me can't stand to read all the success, lovey-dovey, hurray-for-me news that is posted. Just makes my life that much more difficult to bear. I know. Shame on me. I know! Second, and on a much more po...

It's Tuesday again, and that means another fun and informative blog hop involving Romance Novelists and the questions asked of their craft. Thank you for hopping on over after a visit to  Patti Fiala . This week, Xio Axelrod poses the following: Readers always ask "How much of yourself do you lend to your characters?" Here's your chance to answer. What traits do your characters have that come from you? And if not you, someone in your life. This is another great question, and I hope my answer is just as great while also being informative yet succinct. A little. I should probably expound just a little, too. As for me personally, not much of myself goes into my fictional characters. Well, it is true that I'm involved when it comes to things such as likes, dislikes, preferences, and hobbies. I'm very particular about certain things, and my characters tend to be that way, too. But, I don't like that it does and work hard to elimin...

Romance Writer's Weekly (RWW) has a website  with its own blog , and a newsletter . There is also a  Facebook  page, and the Twitter handle is @LoveChatWrite . I hope you've arrived here after having visited with Mishka Jenkins . An author buddy whom I met approximately two years ago, Mishka graciously introduced me to RWW and an even larger group of like-minded, helpful, friendly, and fun romance authors. I am forever in her debt as a result. One of Mishka's novels, The Magic Spark , is available on Kindle here . Successful businesswoman Alex is content with her life in London, and any ideas of romance have been left on the back burner. But when her fairy godmother, FG, waltzes into her office one morning announcing she has come to help Alex rekindle a passion for life and love, she is about to check herself into therapy! The fairy godmother’s incessant wand-flicking soon lands them in the isolation of the Scottish highlands, where Alex’s next client, Mal Ros...