Category: WriteWed

NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Caridad Pineiro shares her thoughts on the writing life as well as tips for writers.

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Yo ho Yo ho The Writer’s Life for Me!

People often wonder what a writer’s life is like. For starters, writing. Lots of it. Even when I was working full time I would write when I could. During my commute. On the weekends.

Now that I write full time, I spend my early morning hours on the computer as well as long sprints of writing on the weekend.

But my writer’s life also includes a lot of things to support my desire to be published. Promotion on social media so you get to know me and I get to know you! I love getting to know more about you!

Crafts. Yes, you read that right. Crafts. I like making things for readers because I hope they get to know me better with the things I make. The beaded cigar boxes, bookmarks, and these charms that I’ll be giving out at the Fall in Love with New England Conference and the Book Lovers Con.

Caridad's book charms

P.S. – If you want to get to know more about me, please drop by my Author Time chat on Thursday at 6 pm with the Belmar Public Library. You can join the Zoom session at https://zoom.us/j/91452521083 or watch the live stream at https://www.facebook.com/BELMARPUBLICLIBRARY/.

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Missing Your Goals

It’s a tough thing to miss your goals, but there’s one thing that’s even harder: Not even trying in the first place.

That’s especially true about writing books. People wonder how you sit down and write a book, but that’s the first thing to do: Sit down and write.

The next thing to do is to set a goal and keep on writing until you meet it. The goal can be to write a page, or a short story, or a novella, or an entire book.

But the key to succeeding is to first set a goal and to work at it until you reach that goal. After that, set another goal and keep at it!

That’s the key to creating and maintaining a career as a published author: Not giving up.

setting goals

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Romance Book Series: Love or Hate?

Do you love romance book series or do you prefer standalone stories? Personally, I just love series because I love to see what’s happening with the characters from the earlier books. As an author, I love creating a world and seeing how the characters grow over the various books. As a reader, if I really enjoy the characters, I don’t want to see them go because they’ve become like friends to me.

How about you? Do you love or hate romance book series?
romance book series

P.S. – My fav romance book series is probably more of a police procedural with romance elements, namely the J.D. Robb IN DEATH series.

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Three Daily Must-Dos #WriteWed

No day goes by that I don’t check my e-mail, write a page (or more), and look at my daily planner for what I’ve got coming up that week and next. I’ve actually gotten a lot more organized since I retired because I don’t have the daily grind that I had when I was working in New York City. Because of that, I’ve had to set up my own routines now that I’m writing romance novels full-time. What about you? What three things are a must-do for you each day?
Caridad at work writing romance novels
P.S. – If you need help getting organized, take a moment to look at these tips from Woman’s Day.

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What’s on my nightstand this week!

On my nightstand this week I have Faithless in Death, the latest J.D. Robb book! I always look forward to the latest installment in this series as you can tell from my beach-read photo! LOL! What’s on your nightstand or e-book reader? Have a fav book you’d like to share with us? If you’re an author and have a new release, share a link to it here!
Caridad beach-read

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THANK YOU for your support

THANK YOU to all for your support for Cold Case Reopened! Thanks to you I’ve been offered a four-book contract for Harlequin Intrigue and I’m so excited! Especially since you’ll get to see more of Jackson Whitaker’s Miami cousins Sophie and Robbie and get to meet the rest of the family behind the Liberty Agency. I can’t wait to write that series for you. Today and I’m sharing one of the reviews for you from Cloth Diapering Mama who was kind enough to leave this review: “This is a fast moving suspense romance that was so engrossing. I love the characters in this book…” Reviews really do help authors so if you like a book, please take a moment to leave a review. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give your fav authors!

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Celebrate Caridad’s Good News and More!

Thank you all for the wonderful reviews and comments on Cold Case Reopened! I truly appreciate your support for my very first Harlequin Intrigue. If you enjoyed this book, I think you will really like Trapping a Terrorist, my next Harlequin Intrigue. Here is a little teaser for it!

    Trapping a Terrorist

    An FBI agent puts everything on the line…

    To keep a deadly threat at bay.

    When FBI agent Miguel Peters and his father land squarely in the crosshairs of a bomber terrorizing Seattle, the last thing Miguel wants is to also entangle a lovely stranger in a terrorist’s web. Yet while Maisy Oliver might look innocent, her father’s one of the most notorious men in Washington State. Miguel knows Maisy will do anything to help him and his team catch a killer. But does that include confronting a past she’s worked far too long to forget?

You can find out more about Trapping a Terrorist at https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/trapping-a-terrorist/.

My hubby teases me that I often “bury the lede” which is true in this case. I like to think that I’ve left the best news for last, namely, that I’ve agreed to do another four — yes 4! — for Harlequin Intrigue. If you’ve read Cold Case Reopened and remember Jackson’s Miami cousins Sophie and Robbie Whitaker, you’ll see more of them in my Liberty Agency series! Yeah! So excited to be sharing this news with you.
Caridad Trapping a Terrorist

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