Maria's Journal

A sensual romance anthology,  Wicked Lustful Tales Heat level: 3 Stranded On a desolate mountain side friends and former lovers Shana & Nick are forced to work together and find their way to safety. Their history and mutual attraction soon prove to be even more dangerous than their treacherous path.   Charity Event During a fundraiser friends and office buddies Jennifer and Adam discover that their placid easygoing friendship is much more than a platonic relationship. Before the night is through the two friends make a decision that’s likely to change the course of their lives. Snowed In In a foreign city, unwed and pregnant Nina accepts a job as live-in nanny to Dexter’s son Ian. Soon an emotional bond develops between Nina and Dexter and after Nina delivers her baby the smoldering attraction that existed for months threatens to boil over.

As writers we hear this all the time, “If you want to be a better writer, you need to be a better reader.” And this is very true. But also true is that in reading we need to do so effectively. Yes, effectively. See, reading well can help make a huge difference in the quality of work you produce. Here are three tips to ensure you’re getting the most out of your reading experience, 1) Be sure to read books you enjoy. Unless you enjoy the classics (e.g. Austen, Dickens, Hemingway, etc.) reading mandatory novels some of which you may particularly enjoy might be counterintuitive. Reading should be a pleasure so read books that you like this way you’re sure to read more. 2) Read the type of material you aspire to produce. Find an author or two or three that you admire and read as much of their work as possible; devour their work actually.  3) Keep a good log of the books you’ve read. Voracious readers alike can tell you that they may not remember the books ...