If you haven't signed up for my email alerts regarding new books, this is an example of what you would receive. We keep it simple (Ranch...

When writing, I count a lot on the muse (which I've written about before) for inspiration. I might have a general outline i...

by Rain Trueax After the major failure of my blog on Saturday due to running that blog into the previous one, I need to find out if this i...

Yes, there are those days! Once a book is out, then it's time to worry about whether readers will like it. Will it get reviews? Th...

When I got here this morning to see if the blog posted right, it looked fine if you don't count that it ran right over the last blog. Sh...

Creating trailers for my books has become one of those things I generally do when I finish the rough draft. They help me write the blurbs, a...

by Rain Trueax obviously that's not me. It is one of my created images for inspiration on the books,  such images often provide ...

by Rain Trueax In the 5 1/2 years since I became an indie writer, what I have learned about marketing books....  .... la te dah de ...

There is no explanation for why it took me over five months to write my last book. It's not that long. I knew where it was going. Lik...

More roses just because in the editing I'm doing, this is my respite, my place to feel good. When my editing of the rough draft is finis...

 While writing the last chapters of my WIP, I had posted about the covers I had in mind for the paranormal romances. I thought I had th...

I rarely cut the roses from the garden because they last longest when they stay on the stem. The fragrance and beauty of them in every stage...

  first tea rose this spring Recently, the media has been feeling very put upon by one political party and politician in particular. I...

For those of you with no interest in writing or reading romances, the following will be of little interest. I wrote it somewhere else as reg...

For me, one of the cool things about being an indie writer is the option of creating my own covers. I've written about this before....

When I write a blog ahead of time, sometimes it just does not work when its date comes along. That happened for today's blog. After t...

One of the things I love about Netflix streaming is the ability to choose something that feels good at the time. We had their rental DVDs...

  image from Stencil Being a writer has pluses and minuses. When a book doesn't sell well, it's hard not to feel badly about i...