Secret Pregnancy/Secret Child Trope: Ideas for Writing an Accidental Pregnancy
I have a confession. I hate the secret child trope. It always breaks my heart for the man who loses so much time with his…
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5 Ways to Get Tons of Reviews for Your Romance
Reviews play a bigger role than many authors might think. Yes, a review on a blog can build awareness and sales of your book, but…
Romance Beat Sheet for Swoonworthy Emotional Stories
How hard can writing a romance be? Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy wins girl back. As it turns out, writing a GOOD romance…
5 Easy Ways to Level Up Your Writing
Successful authors mystify us with how easy writing seems to come to them. Some people believe people are born with the skill to write or…
Writing Intimacy in Sweet and Spicy Romance
Intimacy is often used as a euphemism for sex, but intimacy isn’t just about sex. Whether your book is steamy or sweet, intimacy lets readers…
How to Market Your Book without Social Media
Earlier this week, Facebook and Instagram suffered a massage outage, affecting over a billion users worldwide. For the casual user looking for recipes, updates on…
Ready to Plan and Write Your Romance Novel?
It’s that time of year…time to prepare of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where millions of writers across the globe set out to write a…
What is Universal Fantasy and Can It Really Boost Book Sales?
The other day, a writer I follow on Facebook was gushing over a book on how to use universal fantasy to sell a book. Interestingly,…
What is Camp Nanowrimo?
If you’ve been spending any amount of time reading blogs or in writing groups, no doubt you’ve heard of National Novel Writing Month, more affectionately…
Build Your Author Email List of Raving Fans
A Complete Guide to Email Marketing for Romance Authors I see a lot of questions from new authors in groups asking about the best ways…