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INTERVIEW: Gabriela Graciosa Guedes Borrows Personality Traits from People Around Her for Characters
Christina Boyd interviews Brazilian Austenesque author Gabriela Graciosa Guedes. Besides making a living off reading and writing stories
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am. —Sylvia Plath
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Christina Boyd
Sep 35 min read
INTERVIEW: Hadley Leggett Loves Stories That Spark Discussion
Christina Boyd interviews debut author Hadley Leggett, who writes layered book club fiction exploring truth in shades of gray.
Christina Boyd
Jul 304 min read
INTERVIEW: Caroline J. Trussell Wrote Her First Book at Age Seventeen
Christina Boyd interviewed author and literary agent, Caroline J. Trussell. Caroline has a background in editing, writing, communications
Christina Boyd
Nov 1, 20234 min read
Review: IT HAPPENED ONE FIGHT by Maureen Lee Lenker
Christina Boyd reviews "It Happened One Fight" I liked the Old Hollywood vibe and the play on fake relationship and enemies-to-lovers trope
Christina Boyd
Aug 21, 20234 min read
Guest Review: THE WORST DARCY by Robyn Gynne
REVIEW: The Worst Darcy by Robyn Gynne, "a well-paced, fun, and sizzling romance beginning with a cringe worthy first encounter..."
Christina Boyd
Jun 27, 20234 min read
INTERVIEW: How Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder Inspired Maureen Lee Lenker
Maureen Lee Lenker is an award-winning journalist who has written for Turner Classic Movies, The Hollywood Reporter, Ms. Magazine, and more.
Christina Boyd
May 15, 20232 min read
Is AI Muddying the Waters for Writers?
Last week, I came to the depressing decision to stop sharing my #fridayKiss lines on social media as well as my First Wednesday WIP excerpts
Christina Boyd
Dec 24, 20222 min read
Some Jolly News: Must Hope, Trust, Believe
Sharing “one thing very clever, be it prose or verse, original or repeated—or two things moderately clever—or three things very dull indeed”
Christina Boyd
Oct 24, 20224 min read
Review: WILL WRITE FOR WINE by Sara Wesley McBride
ABOUT THE BOOK: Alexis Lynn has just quit her successful twenty-year career and escaped on a direct flight to Italy. A one-way ticket to...
Christina Boyd
Oct 24, 20221 min read
Woman in the Painting: Shortlisted for RTTA Unpublished Award
Christina Boyd’s unpublished debut novel WOMAN IN THE PAINTING has made final round in 19th Romance Through the Ages Contest.
Christina Boyd
Sep 26, 20222 min read
Winning at Pacific Northwest Writers Conference
Finding my writer wings at the Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc conference—a win on so many levels! #PNWA2022
Christina Boyd
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Grace: #OneWord2022
Last year my ‘word’ was ‘breath’. “Instead of knee jerk reactions, take a breath. Before meeting a challenge, take a breath. Every day,...
Christina Boyd
Aug 28, 20191 min read
REVIEW: Letters from the Heart by Kay Bea
Review by Christina Boyd One of my favorite romance tropes is a forced marriage scenario. You know...something occurs that brings about...
Christina Boyd
Aug 15, 20192 min read
REVIEW: Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley by Kelly Miller
Review by Christina Boyd Dark? Unbelievable? Affected? Yes to all. But debut author Kelly Miller bravely undertakes this paranormal...
Christina Boyd
Aug 9, 20192 min read
REVIEW: An Eaton Affair by William Coles
Review by Christina Boyd: When a seventeen-year-old schoolboy, Kim, at one of Britain's most extraordinary institutions, Eton College,...
Christina Boyd
Mar 22, 20183 min read
Am I Ancient?
As fifty looms near, I confess I may not be comfortable with the idea of aging (though I am strongly against the alternative), I am hopeful
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