The Roses of Prose

What’s in a name? Well, for me, sometimes naming characters is a bit like trying on clothes. I gather as many names as I can carry, haul t...

I love reader emails. They are a shot of confidence when you are in major self-doubt mode. And if you are a writer, that's pretty much m...

It’s time for a New Year’s Book List! My Top Five Picks: 1.  Sarina Bowen’s True North Series – I’ve read three so far and OMG...

Hygge. Have you heard of this? It’s a Danish concept and pronounced hoo-guh . As hyggehouse.com says, “ While there’s no one English wo...

Do you participate in book signing events as an author and/or a reader? I go to them as an author, but not as a reader. Is that weird? I’m ...

I am free to write a book. So are you. We are free to read books. Any kind we want. We are free to hop in our cars, zoom over to th...

I’m a fast reader. Usually I zip through books, skimming the “boring” parts (aka descriptions), lingering on dialogue, soaking up the plot....

“Get a book,” I told one of my students before we were about to start state testing in my school. When students finish a testing session, t...

The holidays are over now and the long winter stretches ahead of us. I like to read all year, but winter is especially good for catching up...

 @GlenysOConnell Like most writers, I love the writing part. Making up stories – or, as someone once put it, telling lies for fun and pr...

  When it comes to sensuality ratings in books, the hot or cold designations have always confused me.   I’ve read wonderfully sens...

By Glenys O'Connell As writers, we’re dreamers – and I don’t just mean about characters and plot lines.   No, we also fantasise about ...

Win a Copy of Naked Writing: The No Frills Way to Write Your Book! September always seems more like the beginning of a new year to me tha...

I love the Internet. I have always loved the Internet. Right from way back in the early 1980’s when it first became available to the...

I feel privileged to be posting the opening blog for 2013. It is an honor, in more ways than one. I've been able to be the first Rose of...

By Glenys O'Connell @GlenysOConnell                  So this month we’re talking recipes here at the Roses of Prose. I thought it was...