by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 8, 2017 | Uncategorized, Writing
Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars This review is for the audible version… What kind of writer gets me to feel empathy for a mobster hit man? A good one. Is the whole story line believable? Maybe not, but it’s a fun story anyway. One...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 1, 2017 | Writing
It’s a Friday morning as I write this. My writing group has rented the most amazing house on Whidbey Island for a weekend retreat. “Marty’s Place” is a restored 1909 farmhouse right above the water with a most distracting view. There are five...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 24, 2017 | Sex, Uncategorized, Writing
This very thoughtful article by erotica editor extraordinaire Rachel Kramer Bussell has pulled me out of my year-long blogging doldrum. I might write another post about my hiatus from blogging, but right now, I want you to think about sex. Actually, I want you to...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | May 30, 2016 | Parenting, Uncategorized, Writing
A few months ago I almost signed up for an “urban escape” training weekend. We’re not talking getting out of the city and into the woods though. The course description is this: While on an international business trip you are kidnapped and held for...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 2, 2016 | Uncategorized, Writing
What’s on your list to read in 2016? I got a few fun books to read over the holidays, (see photo) and I still have a backlog from book-signing events and conferences. First up is “Purity” by Franzen. It was a birthday gift from my fabulous...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 4, 2015 | Writing
I recently worked with a friend to co-edit and publish an anthology of erotic vampire stories. The collection includes some gay, some lesbian, some straight, some BDSM, and even one science fiction story. Given they are all about vampires, most of which suck blood or...
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