We all love to love romance series, but if you’ve never formalized your expertise about series before, here’s a quick primer. Series can be stand alone or continual One of the great things about romance series is the variety. There are generally two different types of series; Standalone or Continual. Standalone series make it possible […]
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Writing and reading are, at their core, odd occupations, and many more learned and wise people have made observations about just how weird it can get — far better than I could. Here’s some of my favourites. The dramatist’s work area is people. Everything else is secondary. Gene Roddenberry. _ The late John Bennett Shaw
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A light-hearted look at the idyllized aspects of erotic romance. Caution: frank language ahead! 1. Heroes will always achieve erection Boners, woodies, purple throbbing shaft of desire… Call it what you want, it doesn’t matter. Romance heroes are always up for it, rarin’ to go at a nano-second’s notice. They will never, ever, need a
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In my June 12 post, “How to Write a Novel While You’re Holding Down A Day Job“, I mentioned that amongst the search terms I find in my blog stats is a huge number of queries centered upon the question “Can/how do you make money writing erotica/erotic romance, and how much?” I promised to answer
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Every few weeks I browse through a report on search terms people have used to find my blog. The most frequent terms you can probably guess for yourself. I don’t like to do too many writing-related posts because readers aren’t writers, so while I could happily spend hours and hours talking about the technical aspects
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This should probably be considered the national day for romance readers. It features two of the crucial ingredients any self-respecting romance lover considers essential: love and chocolate. Which reminds me of the first and original RomantiCon convention I went to. There was a chocolate smorgasboard (yes, you read that right). One buffet of chocolate and
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I will be holding a two hour primer + workshop at the St. Albert Public Library next Saturday, on Erotic Romance. It’s intended for complete beginners and the curious. If you’ve had even a mild thought about writing erotic romance, this is your opportunity to come and find out what writing erotic romance really entails,
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Four years ago, I had the greatest of good fortunes to score a year of bliss. I got to write full time. It was unexpected and completely unplanned. I got retrenched from my day job with a big enough cheque that we figured if I wrote my ass off and sold enough, I might be
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I’ve made a standing joke out of the fact that I don’t speak anything but English, but that I’m fluent in Australian, British, Canadian and American. It really isn’t a joke. As an author of genre fiction, I learned very early on – with my first manuscript, in fact – that I was expected to
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I get asked how to go about getting published in the erotic market almost weekly – usually via private email. I have faithfully answered all those emails over the last few years, despite there already being a lengthy article on the site that answers the question exactly and in detail. (“How To Break Into The
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