Welcome to my first blog series... This is the first of many in a series where I share with readers and other writers why I am bad at being an independently published author. Search the internet, and you will find hundreds, if not thousands, of aspiring romance authors with novellas and novels published on Amazon. With Goodreads pages and Pinterest accounts, Spotify playlists and caffeinated drinks, they share aesthetically pleasing pictures of their book nooks and latest hardcover purchases. I am they. They are me.  We are passionate and inspired. We love love, are obsessed with tortuous paths towards happy endings. So desperate for the next seductive tale, we have turned towards writing our own stories, creating our own characters, and indulging in our own escapism.   We get too excited.  I will calm down and speak for myself. See, I get too excited.  Sometimes inspiration sneaks up on me in the form of a subtle thought just as I'm about to clos...

    Welcome back to The Night Club in Las Vegas!       The Night Club is about to become a wedding venue! A few months after Thickened Line's lead singer, Mitch Restin, fell in love with his new co-owner Dina, Sean Davis enters The Night Club ready to drag his band mate back to LA. Sean is not prepared to find Amber, the raspy voiced club manager who doesn't seem deterred by his attitude.         They can't deny their instant attraction but Sean doesn't do relationships. Amber's been a Liner, a fan-girl for Thickened Line, since she was in high school. She's only ever been in love with one man and even that man knew about her crush on the drummer. Sean and Amber enjoy one steamy night together, then Sean heads back to LA, alone.       It's not like he can avoid Amber forever, she's the fiancé's best friend and she's going to be the maid of honor at Mitch Restin's wedding. Sean could avoid the event alto...