Tag Archives: Cara McKenna

The Romance Noveltron 5000™

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

I’m just home from a convention—the kind that’s 98% dancing and drinking and where “networking” is a dirty word yet “splooge” isn’t—and struggling to get my momentum back on the work-in-progress. So I wished aloud on Twitter that the urban … Continue reading →

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Cinémawonque Analysis: Rizzo as Heroine

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

So I was self-editing the first book I’m writing for Penguin, and this passage got me thinking: He’d probably make a good father, if he went down that road. Kids today could use more Kelly Robaks in their parental dugouts. … Continue reading →

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What romance should look like!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Back in the mid-eighties, a music video came out that perfectly captured what my young mind thought romance ought to be: dramatic, urgent, star-crossed…semi-animated. Partially set in a diner, partially set inside a comic book. Dripping with synth. Do take … Continue reading →

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