So What’s Happening with Erin?

I bet you’re wondering who Erin is? 
Well, I have an answer for you.  Erin Patrick is my writing pen name.  Originally I was going to write all my stuff under this one name, but changed my mind.  Since I’ve decided to branch out into sexier, grittier romances with suspense and paranormal undertones, I needed to find [...]

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Forward a Bit–A Quick History

For five or so years, I didn’t write a word.
I was in misery.
Until one day I put away my anger and picked up my pen.  I finished my next novel by the year’s end.  But I didn’t sell it.
But I’m still writing.
Learning is a lifetime thing.  One day things just seem to come together.  Times [...]

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Backwards–A Quick History

I think I need a refresher course in the beginnings of writing. 
When I first started writing 150 years ago, (Okay, it’s only been twenty!) I wrote a romantic suspense novel.  Every mistake a beginning writer could make, I made.  It was a rambling collection of words and situations that defied logic.  Hell, my hero drove his [...]

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Stuck before The End

I’m in the last chapters of my current romance, and I’m stuck. 
Yicks!
Usually I get bogged down in the middle of a novel not at the end.  So what did I do wrong this time?
Looking over my writing and writing habits the last few weeks, I’ve come to a conclusion.  No one should ever try to [...]

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