by Kella Campbell | Jan 24, 2014 | Thoughts on Writing
Sometimes one thing leads to another. When I was engaged in reading/discussing a great blog post by Katie Cross a couple of days ago, I had one of those moments where (please allow me to be cheesy for a moment) the metaphorical light bulb goes on and a brand new...
by Kella Campbell | Dec 31, 2013 | Thoughts on Reading
A few weeks ago, there was a meme going around Facebook: “List 10 books that have stayed with you. Don’t think too hard about it — they just have to be books that touched you.” And I played along, because BOOKS, right?! But Facebook posts slide down...
by Kella Campbell | Nov 14, 2013 | Business of Writing
As an author, at some point (unless you do absolutely everything yourself) you’ll be someone else’s job. At least, your manuscript, or your cover, or your e-book formatting, or your marketing plan, or… something of yours will be on someone...
by Kella Campbell | Aug 13, 2013 | Business of Writing
It’s tempting, right? When our characters are at a dance or a bar (or scooping ice cream from the tub with a sad iTunes playlist on heavy rotation), we can’t help but think of the songs that are playing for them… and sometimes those songs influence...
by Kella Campbell | Jul 30, 2013 | Thoughts on Romance
Three of the last five romance novels I’ve read have had jealousy as the major source of conflict that keeps the couple apart… and in all three cases, the jealousy was unfounded, a total red herring to create plot where there isn’t any. Obviously,...
