Tag Archives: writing

Romance Writer’s Weekly Blog Hop

Posted on November 18, 2014 by RaineBalkera

Thank you for hopping over from Victoria Barbour’s blog. This week the question asked is Tell us your favorite seasonal dish! I’m not a huge fan of holidays but don’t want to dump here and depress the hell out of … Continue reading →

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Crystal Ball Time

Posted on November 14, 2014 by RaineBalkera

Hello again 😀 I’ve been a very bad blogger the past few weeks, I know. I’m not even writing the next rough draft or contributing numbers to my first attempt at the NaNoWriMo thingy. 😦 I’m just not writing, period. … Continue reading →

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Commitment

Posted on November 2, 2014 by RaineBalkera

This is my very first NaNoWriMo participation, although I did do the JuNoWriMo as well. This is supposedly the Big Thing, and even if I’m not the sort who likes to jump on any bandwagons, become a sheep, and let others … Continue reading →

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Reading Fun Quick Five

Posted on October 23, 2014 by RaineBalkera

A Day Late Again, I know. Still, better late than never. The Reading Fun Quick Five comes courtesy of Rakes and Rascals and Books and Reading Wednesday — Some Questions by Mishka Jenkins. Clicking on the titles will lead you to … Continue reading →

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That First Step

Posted on October 14, 2014 by RaineBalkera

“To destroy is always the first step in any creation.”– e.e. cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962) Writer’s Relief asks: what is your first step? First, this man’s genius in the poetry flow department has always left me … Continue reading →

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POV revisited

Posted on September 28, 2014 by RaineBalkera

With regard to POV and opinion, I’ve come across too many instances in published writing where I’m right and the people (critique-ers) who say I’m not are wrong. Below is a perfect example of proving my case — from one of … Continue reading →

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Online Quiz Fun

Posted on September 28, 2014 by RaineBalkera

So, I finished the Hathaway series of Lisa Kleypas novels, ending with the youngest member of the unconventional family, Beatrix Hathaway and her dashing yet PTSD stricken beau, Captain Christopher Phelan in Love in the Afternoon. I am more interested … Continue reading →

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It’s About Time, It’s About Place

Posted on September 24, 2014 by RaineBalkera

Once again, after thinking about how to answer yesterday’s Romance Weekly blog hop questions, it got me to think about my own writing, or at least about me as a writer. The question that did this was which season I … Continue reading →

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Five-Line Friday

Posted on September 19, 2014 by RaineBalkera

Collette Cameron‘s FANCIFUL AND FABULOUS FIVE-LINE FRIDAY post is up at her Blue Rose Romance website, and already there are eight responses. And, again, I’m unable to add mine. For whatever reason, her website won’t acknowledge my WordPress account OR my Blogger … Continue reading →

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Publishing Help

Posted on September 10, 2014 by RaineBalkera

On this rainy, weather-transitional Wednesday evening here in Michigan, (the sky is turning that ugly, scary green now, and after having lost power three times last week, I’ll ask that you keep your fingers crossed with me, okay?) I feel … Continue reading →

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