Laura Writes

Like you, I get so many emails from friends about one thing and another. Many humorous, some serious, some a bit out there. Some I pass on, others I think, hm. This one made me smile at its cleverness

January 31st, 2010 | Tags: characters, inspiration, Laura Castoro, Laura Parker, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, Love On The Line, mermaid or whale, The Writing Life, Writing Tips | Category: Etc., The Writing Life, inspiration | Comments (1)

Sometimes good news comes from the past. I’ve just discovered, 5 years after it’s first printing, that House Housekeeping included my grandmother Eva’s Coconut Cake Recipe in their 2004 edition. And it’s still available.

December 13th, 2009 | Tags: African American fiction, characters, Christmas and Coconut Cake, Good Housekeeping, inspiration, new releases, research for writing, Writing Tips | Category: Book News, Once Upon A Time, The Writing Life, inspiration | Comments (4)

It’s that time of year again, movies I want to see, hope to see, will find a way to see.

December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: A Single Man Movie, characters, da muse, inspiration, Laura Castoro, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, movies, research for writing, Sherlock Holmes Movie, The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee Movie, The Tooth Fairy movie | Category: Etc., Once Upon A Time, Uncategorized | Comments (2)

I’m working up a new series idea. Want to weigh in with Da Muse?

August 1st, 2009 | Tags: anthology, characters, inspiration, Laura Castoro, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, muse, Phillips County Series, The Writing Life, work in progress | Category: Once Upon A Time, inspiration | Comments (6)

My new release, a romantic anthology perfect for summer reading!

June 24th, 2009 | Tags: "Cougar" Anthology, African American fiction, characters, Laura Castoro, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, new releases, Stormy Weather | Category: Book News, The Writing Life | Comments (8)

I’ve discovered that, as a writer who writes by the seat of her jeans, that something else keeps creeping into my storylines. They are what I call the Backstreet Capers: those little teaser storylines that seem to have nothing to do with the book’s subject manner and are often seen as played for laughs. So I’m starting a contest called the CHICKEN CAPER.

June 13th, 2009 | Tags: A New Lu, African American fiction, backstreet capers, characters, Chicken Caper Prize, da muse, HarperCollins, Icing On The Cake, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, Love On The Line, muse, Writing Tips | Category: Contest, Etc., Once Upon A Time, The Writing Life | Leave a comment

In today’s fiction my main character is certain to be female and forty plus, sometimes decades plus, yet she will still be a vital, smart, sensually attractive, HARD-WORKING fully-alive human being. Fiction has caught up with a Baby Boomer truth: Life doesn’t end at forty or fifty. It doesn’t even slow down.

May 26th, 2009 | Tags: Avon Trade, characters, HarperCollins, Laura Castoro, Laura Parker, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, Love On The Line, Once Upon A Time, research for writing, The Romance Book Club, The Writing Life, Writing Tips | Category: Once Upon A Time, The Writing Life, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

A salute to mothers, Laura Parker Castoro’s own, and her fictional characters.

May 10th, 2009 | Tags: A New Lu, African American fiction, Book cover, characters, CROSSING THE LINE, EMERALD AND SAPPHIRE, Historical Romance, Icing On The Cake, Laura Castoro, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, Love On The Line, MISCHIEF, MY OWN TRUE LOVE, TEMPEST, The Writing Life | Category: Book News, Etc., The Writing Life, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Ma’Dear, Momma, & Me Mother’s Day Event

May 6th, 2009 | Tags: "Cougar" Anthology, & Me Mother's Day Event, African American fiction, and Custom Framing, Appearances, Avon Trade, Books, characters, HarperCollins, inspiration, Jesse, Laura Castoro, Laura Parker, lauracastoro.com, Laurawrites.com, Ma'Dear, Momma, new releases, Pyramid Art, Speaking engagements, Stormy Weather, The Writing Life, Thea, Xavier | Category: Speaking Engagement, The Writing Life | Leave a comment