Tag: Darlene Deluca

Sneak Peek: Unexpected Legacy

Today we have a sneak peek from author Darlene Deluca’s contemporary romance, Unexpected Legacy.

Matt Dalton’s world is spinning off its axis. Without warning, he’s thrown into the world of parenting a teenager. When he turns to the lovely Kate Austen to help his son regain his athletic abilities and sense of self after a tragic accident, Kate is ready to fight for Brady. But when Matt asks her for a date, she has to fight her attraction to the man. High school principals don’t date the parent of a student. How much will she risk if she follows her heart?

Unexpected Legacy is available through Amazon.com and Amazon UK.

Here is an excerpt from Unexpected Legacy… Continue reading “Sneak Peek: Unexpected Legacy”

Get A Group: Critique Partners Make a Difference

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by Darlene Deluca

They may push you. They may make you rewrite. And rewrite some more. They might ask you tough questions like, “what’s the point of this scene?” They may be brutally honest. You might not like them very much sometimes.

But, relax, they’re making you a better writer, and your book a better product.

They’re called critique partners. And you need them. Why? Because they’ll tell you if something doesn’t make sense, if you need to chop twenty-five pages of backstory, or if you’ve used the word “just” fifty times in one chapter. Continue reading “Get A Group: Critique Partners Make a Difference”