Poem: “Mon Cheri”

There's a subtle, simple diffidence that I see when I look in your eyes. Mercurial self-confidence betrays the elegance of your disguise. I love your social impudence, your fearless pursuit of pleasure. One day, I'll dive through your pretense and salvage your secrets like sunken treasure. Mon cheri, oh mon amour, life sits fat on the horizon. Let's take a…
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Interview with Romance in the Backseat

For some time now, I've been a huge fan of the "Backseat" group of websites. As I've watched, it has grown and expanded into a central hub for people who want to connect with writers doing romance and paranormal romance. Terry Kate, the woman who is the dynamo behind the site, started with a vision that subsequently got bigger than…

Poem: “Lesbian Lover”

I’m in the mood for a lesbian lover. Someone witty both over and under cover. She should have a smile that charms, worn lightly over an intelligence that alarms. She should have natural tits, but I’d prefer that she shaved her armpits. I’m in the mood for a sensitive femme who’s got soft hands with notes scrawled on them. I’d…
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Video Game Writing Tip #8

Avoid the Pit of Repetitive Doom The vocabulary of the English language is rich. When you're writing for a video game, there's a trap that you can fall into, and that's the monotonous word-choice pit. Some of the words I see used far too often (annoyingly so) are: pitiful, weak, strong, kill, destroy, and beast. In a video game, many…
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The Breast Cancer Site — Click for Your Mama!

It's just a click! Nothing more. You can do it! Click to give! Set this site as your homepage, so you'll have a daily reminder to click! It's such a small thing that you can do to help save lives. Take a moment to imagine someone's Mom living because you clicked and helped provide her with a mammogram. Amazing!