http://romancerollcall.com Military Romance Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last year I was the newbie to the Romance Writers of America National Conference. So now that I know what I didn’t then, I’m going to help you figure out a plan of attack for attending. Answer a few questions, do a little web browsing, and you’ll have a strategic ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/03/11/advice-for-rwa-national-first-timers/ We are the new kids on the block and we have attitude but we back it up with years of inside information collected from both sides of the publishing table. Our sole purpose is to introduce books that make a statement with their unique voice, strong plot lines, and ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/03/11/accomplice-press-is-looking-for-a-few-good-stories%e2%80%a6/ In 2004, I began writing a novel about a lieutenant in the fictional APLA - All People's Liberation Army. Since I'd been in the Navy, I knew the basic ranks there. I'd seen enough Star Trek episodes to know Navy ranks were used on the Enterprise. That was good enough for ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/03/10/ranknrole/ This week, the New York Times announced the recent death of Major General Jeanne Holm. Major General Holm's contributions on behalf of women in the U.S. Air Force as well as women in all our U.S. Armed Forces are well documented. Her biography has a permanent place on ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/03/03/a-salute-to-general-holm/ That's the unofficial motto at the Infantry School at Ft. Benning.  The statue of Iron Mike outside Building 4 is supposed to symbolize that. It's also my motto for the current state of publishing.  My mantra lately has been: Authors produce the product. Readers consume the product. Everyone else is either helping or in ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/02/26/lead-follow-or-get-the-hell-out-of-the-way/ Well, because they just are! I mean, men, who have that kind of drive & focus, that want to fight for their country for their families & others, is such an unselfish act that there is no other word that describes them --- it is heroism at its ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/02/25/military-men-why-are-they-such-great-heroes/ When things go wrong, do you get hot under the collar? That's baking. When things go wrong, do you try to figure out how to do it better or prevent it the next time? That's basking. When you bake, it just gets hotter. Basking is defined as "Derive or receive pleasure from; ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/02/24/bake-or-bask/ Since many of you reading this are writers, I decided to write about plotting today. And if you’re merely a reader (and I say merely with much reverence and respect and love because boy, do us writer types love and need you!!), I’m hoping you might enjoy a little ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/02/19/what%e2%80%99s-the-point-plot-point-that-is/ I'm in the process of editing my second novel with Sapphire Blue Publishing and I love the process. It isn't as much fun as writing the first draft but it is exciting to see the rough edges smoothed and polished. While I'm editing, I'm updating my Twitter, Facebook and Myspace ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/02/17/my-editor-love-notes/ So I was on my way home from Iraq and I figured I’d go ahead and throw the manuscript into a contest. I mean, the book had gotten me an agent and it was in waaay worse shape then than it is now. What the hell, it couldn’t hurt, right? Wrong. Well, ... http://romancerollcall.com/2010/02/15/contest-comments-from-hell/