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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There was a flurry over the weekend — you may have noticed it — and it had nothing to do with snow. This was the second weekend out of three when I am giving away a free ebook on the build up to Christmas, and there was a growing outcry about “But I don’t have
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This post is part of a series: Reviews I: Why I Don’t Do Book Reviews Reviews II: Professional Reviews Reviews III: Reader Reviews Reviews IV: Alternatives to Reviews _______ In the world of reviewing, “reader reviews” are a relatively new phenomenon…depending on how you look at it. Every time Shakespeare’s plays were performed at the
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This post is part of a series: Reviews I: Why I Don’t Do Book Reviews Reviews II: Professional Reviews Reviews III: Reader Reviews Reviews IV: Alternatives to Reviews _______ Way back when publishing was stodgy and old-fashioned — and there’s room for argument that it’s still wearing bell bottoms in this era of skinny jeans
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Despite the romance genre readership being 99% female, there’s room for argument that the romance storylines are anything but feminist. It depends on how you measure them. There are two “tests” out there by which romance novels fail miserably. The Smurfette Principle The “Smurfette” Principle is an interesting measure aimed at television shows, originating (surprise!)
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You know when the threes start happening? You won’t have heard about her in months, but suddenly in one day three different people will be talking about Jessica Simpson — all three totally unrelated stories about her? Or you move through your day and see a picture of a Tessler on an advertisement on line,
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