Romance Author, Z.L. ARKADIE

Happy Saturday! I’m well into The Freed Billionaire Trilogy, featuring Spencer Christmas. As I continue writing, I’ll figure out if the story is a stand-alone, duet, or trilogy. If I think about all the stuff that has to happen, I lean toward duet or trilogy, I’ll see. But I just wanted to let you know that my brain has recovered and now I’m writing faster than I ever, which taking my story on an interesting journey. Hmm… I read this book by Chris Fox, “5000 Words Per Minute, Write Faster, Writer Smarter,” and it’s changed my life. I’ll use his technique to finish this series, but if I continue cranking…

As you know, I was working on The Freed Christmases, Enthrall and I’m positive that I hit a WALL long before I tried writing the first word. Then recently I announced I was not going to write that story and started another; it only took a few stabs at it to hit the same wall. That’s when I realized my issue was bigger than any story. So this weekend I traveled to North Carolina for a work party. When I returned home yesterday, I slept for fourteen hours straight, and I’m still tired. I arrived in NC on Thursday, and after an hour of being in the humidity, I was…

That’s right, the book is now available. I will like to say a big thank you to everyone who loved this version. Romance readers can be some of the harshest critics. For many reasons, especially for the sake of promotion opportunities, it’s important that if you love a book, or like a book, then leave a review. It keeps us from trying to scramble and save a series–series that you might like and want more of. Your review doesn’t have to be very long. And finally, the Audible version is also the original.   Find Her, Keep Her (THE ORIGINAL)   Enough of you have asked for it, so here…

You all remember how steamed I used to get over cover artists not giving me what I wanted, right? Not only that but the bulk of them were more artists than business people. Oh goodness (massaging my temples, remembering how hard it was for some of them to deliver when they said they would.) I have some cover artists horror stories that I’ll never tell. Why never tell? Because I’m over it. And then there was the fact that the best ones, I mean those who were business-minded and knew the marketplace as well as being artistically talented, were ALWAYS booked for months or years on out. That would’ve been great but…

I’m going straight to those who read my books. Could you help me out? I love indulging in a great story, especially a great romance. But I must say, normally I can’t get past the first page of romance novels on the best-sellers lists. I like romances that are written like mine. Here’s what I roll my eyes at: The book starts with snippy and sassy internal dialogue. BOR-ING. Starts with a horny male’s POV. CREE-PY. Starts right off telling us how much of a ten the female lead is. (Roll eyes) Starts like a cliche TV show. Not for me. I hate, more like abhor cliches. Hate these stories as…