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How to Write a Romance Book Description

February 25, 2021

You’ve written a romance—maybe it’s 25,000 words, maybe it’s over 100,000—and now it’s time to publish it. If you’re like most authors, the few hundred

How to Write a Romance Novel: The Setting

February 23, 2021

Repeat after me: World building isn’t just for fantasy authors. In fact, it’s for every author, even those writing contemporary settings. I’ve put setting second

50 Romance Writing Prompts

September 11, 2020

For many writers, myself included, coming up with an idea for their next romance novel can be difficult. Looking for inspiration can feel like waiting

Romance Writing Simplified: Love Interest = Antagonist

February 26, 2020

Many people have the misconception that antagonist and villain are synonyms, but the function of an antagonist is not to be evil. Instead, the antagonist

Romance Writing Simplified: Writing Sexual Tension

February 25, 2020

If you write romance with heat, sexual tension is an essential story element for creating suspense and excitement in the reader. To create sexual tension,

Romance Writing Simplified: Character Motivation Comes from Backstory

February 24, 2020

Most story problems, in my experience, come down to a lack of effective character motivation. Oftentimes authors (I’ve been guilty of this myself) will make

Romance Writing Simplified: Conflict in Romance Stories

February 23, 2020

Every story, regardless of genre, needs conflict. And this conflict must be relatable and believable to readers or the story falls apart. Romance readers in

How to Write a Romance Novel: The Idea

February 16, 2020

A lot of people (including myself) will tell you that story ideas don’t really matter. There are no original ideas, after all. And while this

Horror Romance Blog Post Series: Tropes in Horror Romance

October 31, 2018

A trope is a well-known story convention or plot device. You can find many examples of tropes at TVTropes, a comprehensive tropes wiki. If you

Horror Romance Blog Post Series: Villain as Romantic Hero

October 1, 2018

If you’ve read the last post in this series, you may be thinking: how in the heck can a scary villain also be boyfriend (or

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