Michelle McCraw Blog

Writing Progress, June 11, 2023

Whew, y'all, I've been busy. TEMPT ME releases THIS WEEK! Be sure to preorder your copy here. If you email me your receipt (hit the Contact button up top), you'll be entered to win a hedgehog-themed prize basket! Aaannnnd...FRENEMIES is finally ready to go on submission! I appreciate all the good thoughts you sent my way as I reworked it. Next month, I'll be starting a new project! (Stay tuned. Even I don't know what it'll be.) And I'm moving, so I'll be writing it in a new place. More to...

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Writing progress, May 20, 2023

I'm feeling...okay about things, folks. Copyedits on TEMPT ME are wrapping up, and I'm excited to dive back into the manuscript. I've already written and posted Jamila and Natalie's bonus epilogue, so that little bundle of extra HEA is ready for her first readers. "Seduce Me," my Synergy short story for The New Boss anthology is proofed and headed off to the anthology publisher. It releases September 18. Don't worry, you'll be hearing A LOT about this one this summer. And FRENEMIES? It's back...

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Book-ban Bullshit

Props to romance author April White for the cool T-shirt!It’s time to get political again, Friend. Look, I’m sorry. I hate it, too. I’d love it if I could just stay home and read and write romance novels in peace. But now they’re coming for us. “Parental rights” sound great. I mean, as a parent, I know my kids best, and I hope I always act in their best interests. But that includes exposing them to different perspectives because that’s what learning is all about. But some folks think just...

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