First Draft: Five Tips For Improving Your Story
December 7, 2018
You’ve produced the first draft of your story. Now what? First Draft Improvement: Tip #1... read more
Romance Conventions: Know Them, Have Fun With Them
November 27, 2018
Romance conventions are the storylines, situations and characters that make a romance a romance. They... read more
Authentic Dialogue: Ten Tips For Beginning Writers
November 20, 2018
This post is a companion piece to Interior Monologue and focuses on authentic dialogue, particularly... read more
Halloween Romances: On Holiday Themes
October 30, 2018
Halloween romances are a more vexed sub-genre than I would have thought. However, after reading... read more
The Lawyer and the Romance Novelist
October 16, 2018
How does this one go? Let’s see …. High-powered divorce lawyer who doesn’t believe in... read more
Billionaires and Dukes: Romance Writers, Let’s Talk
April 20, 2018
The current romance hero “it” guys are billionaires along with their historical romance equivalents, dukes.... read more