Katrina Sizemore's Blog

As the trees start to change and we creep towards Halloween, the question resurfaces, will I partake in the wildness of NaNoWriMo this year? I now know that I don’t need it to get to the end of a story. In fact, my more stable stories are ones that I’ve written at other parts of the year. But I don’t think I could miss out of the fun either.

So while work and home have been busy, I will be striving to write regularly during November this year and riding the current of inspiration that it gene...

Happy Independence Day to everyone!

I’ve spent this weekend reading the last book in Laura Kaye’s Hard Ink series, baking, and fighting with the intro for the Better Latte Than Neversequel. Its tentative title for this week is A Shot in the Dark. Amy and her guy are giving me some trouble and I’m also struggling to maintain focus this weekend. I was hoping to be5,000 words in by the end of today, but I’m only at 1700. I shouldget back to writing.

Responses to Wrapped in Verdigris started to c...

The 4th book in Laura Kaye’s Hard Ink series comes out today. I’m very excited because this series has been a lot of fun so far and I can’t wait to see these guys all get their happy ending.

Beckett Murda hates to dwell on the past. But his investigation into the ambush that killed half his Special Forces team and ended his Army career gives him little choice. Just when his team learns how powerful their enemies are, hard-ass Beckett encounters his biggest complication yet—a seductive, feist...

I have finished my editing pass of my current paranormal romance novella and it is now out to beta readers. This is the longest piece I have gotten to this phase so far. At about 42,000 words, Wrapped in Verdigris falls solidly inside novella length. It’s a little too short for some publisher’s paranormal romancesubmission calls. I’m not sure if I’ll want to add more content and push this over 50k. I’m hoping that the comments from my beta readers will helpme decide the next step for this sto...

This week, I’m recommending Nancy C. Weeks’ romantic suspense series, Shadows and Light: The Complete Series.

In this box set are 5 great books. Great characters, romance, and suspense.The whole set is $.99 for a limited time! Check it out. http://amzn.to/1Tp0sDH

Meet five Irish brothers, all sworn to protect and serve – and the smart women who help them take down the terrorists gunning for their family. Lock up your heart: when it comes to love, the sexy McNeils know how to walk this beat.

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This week’s spotlight is on the paranormal romance novella, Angelborn, by L. Penelope. The story is fabulous and the cover is delicious. I highly recommend this read, and she’s working on a sequel to Angelborn now too!

Maia

It’s hard to be normal when you see the dead everywhere. So I gave up. I just focus on staying out of their way. But the guy haunting my roommate is different. He’s impossible to ignore, and now other people can see him too.

He says my roommate is the only one who can save...

My friend, Kerri Carpenter, releases Kissing Mr. Wrong today! It’s a contemporary romance from Entangled Lovestruck. Just check out that cover!

When kissing the wrong guy feels so very right…

Three months ago, graphic designer Vanessa Hewitt slept with the ridiculously hot guy she met after nearly falling to her death while stargazing on a bridge. The adrenaline-fueled night of we’ll-never-see-each-other-again sex fulfilled every fantasy, but with her best friend’s wedding on the horizon, V...

I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing an ARC of One Week in Hawaii for the lovely ladies of One Week in Love. I gave the awesome collection of 4 novellas 5 stars.

Check out my review on Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1284130770

Sun, sand, and seduction.
This summer, Alexis Anne, Audra North, Julia Kelly, and Alexandra Haughton sweep you away to paradise for One Week in Hawaii.
A wedding planner breaks all the rules to have just one night of pleasure, only to find that...

I’ve fallen off the daily writing activity bandwagon this past week or two, which means that not much of anything is getting finished. I think it can be attributed to a few things. One, I finished my first draft of Wrapped in Verdigris last week. Two, there are big changes going on in the day job department. Three, I need to figure out what my editing process is and how to tease myself into loving it. And four, I stopped logging items in my little Moleskin planner. (Oh and five, my allergies...

I’ve been writing for fun since I was twelve. I can’t even begin to count the number of stories I have started over the past twenty years. I rarely finished things because I “pantsed” these stories, starting with a small element of inspiration and going until it wouldn’t go anymore, which usually happened before I’d reach the end.

I had a problem with finishing stories. I would write myself into a corner or grow bored with the plot because I didn’t have enough conflict or goals.

I started rea...