I first was drawn to historical romances because of two things. One was, absolutely, the dresses. A woman looks so much more womanly in some of the dresses she gets to swan around in, depending on which historical period you get to write in. And with her breasts and waist emphasized the way most of […]
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The romance genre often gets a bad rap–usually by men, but also by pretty much everyone in traditional publishing, and a large group of industry professionals who look down their noses at the “women’s genre”. Which is sometimes hard to take, because I’m sure that many of the people disparaging romance have never read a
Romance and Feminism…This could change how you think of the genre! Read More »
If you’ve ever not left a review for a book you’ve loved (or hated!) because, well, who cares what you think?–then you should have a read through Kristen Lamb’s post “Book Reviews: Why They Matter SO Much“. It’s a really good overview of why reviews matter for both authors and readers. Even if you never
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Love your SFR? I tripped over a post on Amazon Stories the other day; “10 Science Fiction Romance Novels with Four Armed Heroes“. I had to stop and re-read the headline. Twice. Four arms??? I’m shaking my head a bit as I write this, still, because I keep learning about new niche and micro-niche romance
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I’ve been talking a lot to other authors about Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how it is starting to move in on the indie publishing industry. One of the posts I put up on Medium recently was about the first AI designed magazine cover, by Cosmopolitan. It was written for authors but you, as a reader,
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Some Pretty Big Changes Coming Up Several weeks ago, I sent this to my reader’s list: Among the writing community I have a bit of a reputation for championing “wide” publishing. Let me explain that. As a reader, I’m sure you’re familiar with Kindle Unlimited, a subscription service that Amazon provides which, for a low
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One of the benefits that the new world of indie publishing gives to you, as a reader, is not exactly obvious on the surface. You have to know a bit about the publishing world to realize how awesome and amazing indie publishing really is. So let me give you the nickel tour of one of
…*made* it! (And why it isn’t “phew!”) Read More »
Last Monday I woke up with a pain in the side of my back, that stabbed sharply when I breathed heavily. It hurt to raise my arm. As I had woken with it, I figured I’d slept funny, stressed a muscle or tendon, and that the pain would go away after a while. It got
How does an author build the story world and the series-long story arcs that make a series one you want to hang on to until the end? What are the types of series? And why is every author writing them, these days? Why do authors stop writing series? By reader request, this week we’ll look at some of the
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This is a perennial argument discussion in romance circles and the debate may never end, but let’s try to nail it down a bit better tomorrow. Do you like your books short? Or long? Or don’t care? How do you find romance novels these days? Too long? Too short? Did you know there are hidden factors
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