by Michelle McCraw | May 20, 2023 | Writing progress
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...
by Michelle McCraw | Apr 26, 2023 | Banned books, Rants
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”...
by Michelle McCraw | Apr 16, 2023 | Writing progress
Can I see the light at the end of my Revision Hell tunnel? I got TEMPT ME back from my beta readers, and I spent Easter Sunday in a hotel room making the suggested revisions. I need to do one more read-through, and then it’ll be ready to send to my brand-new...
by Michelle McCraw | Mar 19, 2023 | Writing progress
I officially entered Revision Hell this month with three projects to revise. I’m making progress – yay! – but I have a Big Revision looming, and I’m running out of time to procrastinate. (eep!) First, the good news. I sent “Seduce...
by Michelle McCraw | Mar 12, 2023 | Book recs
Y’all, I am ready to emerge from hibernation as a skinny bear (which is much less cute than a pre-hibernation Fat Bear). As I write this, it’s sunny outside my kitchen window, I’ve got daffodils peeking up in my garden, and although the temperature may still say it’s...
by Michelle McCraw | Feb 19, 2023 | Writing progress
Revising is a slog, y’all. When I can’t see the wordcount piling up, when some days I actually cut words, when I look at the same passages over and over again, it feels like I’m going nowhere. But looking back to where I was only a month ago, I can...
by Michelle McCraw | Feb 12, 2023 | Book deals, Trip Me Up
Some of you have read Trip Me Up, which is a rom-com about Sam Jones, a computer science grad student who creates an artificial intelligence program that accidentally writes a novel. When the novel unexpectedly becomes a runaway bestseller, Sam’s editor partners her...
by Michelle McCraw | Jan 17, 2023 | Writing progress
It’s only 17 days into the new year, and I’m already feeling the pressure. This year, I’ve got two competing priorities: writing more words and leveling up. I’ve committed to writing three new projects this year (and would love to add a fourth,...
by Michelle McCraw | Jan 8, 2023 | Book deals
I hope you enjoyed any holidays you chose to celebrate. I took a trip to see my daughter in California and celebrated missing the bomb cyclone that hit the eastern U.S. We also celebrated Hanukkah with (gasp!) an electric menorah in our hotel room. I know, it’s not...
by Michelle McCraw | Dec 26, 2022 | Book deals, Book recs
If you’re like me, you’ve got a few days off work and a little extra time to read. Grab your peppermint mocha or an egg nog and settle in for SO. MANY. BOOKS. I have some book recommendations for your between-the-holidays enjoyment. Some are free TODAY ONLY, and some...