by Nancy Herkness | Jul 24, 2009 | Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
…and it’s Sourcebooks Casablanca. I walked out of the Spotlight on Sourcebooks feeling truly excited about this new publisher. Well, they’re new to romance publishing, having started the Casablanca imprint about two years ago. Now they’re publishing 10 romances per...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 23, 2009 | RWA, Uncategorized, writing
One amazing workshop I attended was A Look Inside the Editor’s Mind. As a writer, I’m always trying to figure out what’s going on in an editor’s mind so the title was irresistible. The description: Harlequin Editor-at-Large Leslie Wainger will cold-read up to 25...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 22, 2009 | RWA, travel, Uncategorized, writing
One of my college friends is a senior photo editor for National Geographic, a publication where photography is king. Since we were meeting for lunch in D.C., she invited me to meet her at her office. Did you know National Geographic has a small museum that’s open...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 21, 2009 | Romance, Uncategorized, writing
Last week I went to the Romance Writers of America’s national conference in Washington, D.C. Ordinarily, I only attend when the event is in New York City since getting there from New Jersey requires no white-knuckled, gut-twisting flight on an airplane (one of those...
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 9, 2008 | horses, Uncategorized, writing
My two favorite moments in writing a novel are the beginning and the end. Why do I mention this? Because I just typed the two most beautiful words in the English language: The End. Wahoo! After reading Judith McNaught’s marvelous epilogue in my favorite of...