Miranda Liasson, Author at Miranda Liasson Romance Author

Love’s Secret Fire: Debut by Rena Koontz

By Miranda Liasson on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 | 0 comments

Check out the debut romantic suspense by Crimson Romance author (and my fellow chaptermate) Rena Koontz!Undercover agent Adam Michaels (a.k.a. Mitchell) has been sent to a fire station to out a firebug. Who is targeting news reporter and radio personality Valerie Daniels with frightening emails. And Valerie’s beloved twin brother is a rookie fireman who just happens [...]

Why They Call It “Revision Hell”

By Miranda Liasson on Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 | 2 comments

I've recently had the great pleasure of coming back into the real world after a month of revisions. How you know you might need to detox if you've had a similar experience:--An entire wardrobe of sweats is critical to survival (including my favorite sweats I call my writing pants). But the one time you wear them out (because [...]

Fort George, Ontario, in the Eyes of a Regency-Era Writer

By Miranda Liasson on Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 | 4 comments

To celebrate that I am now a dot-com, I thought would share some pics from my recent trip to Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.Of course Mr. Liasson wanted to see the fort. "It's Regency period," he said in a tempting voice. Well, I succumbed, and it was great! Okay, it's not London, but look at [...]

The Reluctant Debutante by Becky Lower

By Miranda Liasson on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012 | 2 comments

Love historical romance but are yearning for something unique and different? Give Becky Lower's debut a try! It's fantastic!It's also on the top of the list of Surprising Good Books on Goodreads (see here for details).See my Goodreads review below...Oh, and Becky will be featured on the USA Today blog on their Happy Ever After page [...]

The Good Read (or, What Makes a Book Good)

By Miranda Liasson on Thursday, Jul 12, 2012 | 0 comments

I came across the beginning of this spectacular book review by Susanna Sonnenberg of the San Francisco Chronicle. In it she defines what makes a book a good read. Before you read it, I want you to substitute your name for the author, Karen Thompson Walker, and the title of your book instead of hers, which is [...]

The RIGHT Kind of Conflict–from James Frey

By Miranda Liasson on Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 | 0 comments

I'm on vacation reading James Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel as I stare at the Atlantic Ocean. Life is always better when you can stare at an ocean all day!Conflict, conflict, conflict. That's the ticket to success. We need it in every scene, the kind that impedes our character's goals.Frey talks about [...]

Pearls from Cathy Maxwell

By Miranda Liasson on Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 0 comments

Avon Historical and New York Times Bestselling author Cathy Maxwell stopped at the Parma Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library the other night for a chat. She's been writing for over twenty years and has a new release just out, Lyon's Bride (see gorgeous cover below).The beauty of hearing an expert speak is that it [...]

Jennifer Probst: Success is Not an Accident

By Miranda Liasson on Monday, Apr 23, 2012 | 0 comments

I read on the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog last week that author Jennifer Probst became the first author for Entangled Publishing to hit the NYT Bestseller List with her book The Marriage Bargain (see post here).That pretty much made me download it instantly. I found it to be sparkly, tightly written, and a don't-you-dare-put-me-down kind of [...]

Good News–Contest Finals

By Miranda Liasson on Monday, Apr 2, 2012 | 0 comments

My manuscript The Spy Who Loved Me finaled in the San Antonio Romance Author's Merritt Contest and the Connecticut Romance Writers' The Write Stuff Contest. Nice to have good news!River Thames at Night, FreeFoto.com (http://www.freefoto.com/images/31/26/31_26_14_prev.jpg)

An Entry That Sparkles

By Miranda Liasson on Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 | 0 comments

Recently, I've judged a few contests and I've finaled in a few. And I have until Sunday to revise an entry any way I want before I turn it in again for the final judging.All this leads me to think and think hard--what exactly makes a great entry?As I ran down the list of this [...]