Arlene Hittle

Tag: nooky

  • Ain’t misbehavin’

    I’ve come to that point in my story: You know, the one where my characters stop doing what they’re told. That’s right. Although I  want them to, my hero and heroine stubbornly refuse to do the deed. I had them right where I wanted them — alone on the couch at Kristi’s house. I even […]

  • Happy noveling

    So far, work on the NaNo novel is going swimmingly. Not only did I cross the 10,000-word mark today (11,087), my hero and heroine had their first heavy makeout scene (followed closely by their first fight). The handy NaNo stats page assures me I’m making great progress, averaging 2,772 words per day: Current Day  — […]

  • Responsible romance?

    A couple of weeks ago, the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog (one of my faves) was host to a sometimes heated discussion on safe sex in romance novels. The author of the post, Kelly Fitzpatrick (who you might recognize from yesterday’s post), started the discussion by asking a few questions: “I ask myself, do I write […]

  • Better than I thought

    I was all set to complain about how doing rewrites is much slower work — until I realized I wrote 900+ words today. That’s right. All I had to do was launch into a new sex scene — one of those “more almost-sex, less food” scenes Kelly suggested — and bingo! Those 900 words practically […]