My 2024 Plans: Switching to Novel Writing
A very belated happy 2024, readers! I haven't been up to much except working on my Innocent series of novellas and getting more freelance work in the door. But I
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Taryn's Musings
Updates on my writing journey, new and pending releases, thoughts on genre, and more.
What I Want From “Villain Gets the Girl” Novels
I was thinking quite a bit about what I really want when I say I want villain heroes, and while sometimes I am looking for that morally black hero (Lord
On Author Branding, Marketing, and Universal Fantasy
So while exploring the concept of author ecosystem and learning that I'm a forest, I also learned that T. Taylor's book, 7 Figure Fiction: How to Use Universal Fantasy to
On Deciding to Write Dark Erotic Fantasy
So quite a few things have happened since my last post on where I want to go with my writing, and while it hasn't changed the direction I want to
Dark Eroticism + HEA = Dark Romance?
I came across an interesting conversation on social media the other day involving an erotic horror novel that a dark romance reader was raving about in a dark romance group.
Writing Career Changes for Q4 2023 and the New Year
Well, it's been a few weeks, which means it's that time again: time to announce that I've once again changed my mind about the direction I'm heading in with my
Okay, Maybe I’m Selling Out Just a Little
Remember my very first post on this blog, about how I Gave Up Trying to Make It as a Writer? The one I only wrote seven months ago? I've tried