Regardless of your passion and pursuits, sometimes self doubt creeps in. You begin to think: Is this what I’m really meant to do? Maybe I’m not good enough. I can’t seem to get over this hurdle Maybe I should be doing something else. I’m going to fail, again. These thoughts are destructive. They’re like [...]
There are two types of romance writers: pantsters, or those who write by the seat of their pants and plotters, or those who plan their story before they write it I believe that most writers are a little bit of both. I, personally, am a plotter. I outline my entire story and then I begin [...]
By Kimber Chin There are two main schools of romance writing. There are those writers that outline or plot the entire book before sitting down to write. There are very detailed plotters. They sketch out everything from character builds to action points. They knew exactly where the book is going. At the [...]
By Jill Noble The Boring Beginning. Statistics show that when a reader is choosing a book, they read the back cover or book blurb, and then they flip open the book to read the first few pages. Many authors seem to forget they only have a few sentences in which to capture the reader’s [...]
By Eric M Head Have you ever wandered into a book store and looked at all the books wondering how they go there? Maybe you are an up and coming author who sees those books on the shelves and you want to know how to get your book right there along side them. [...]
By Eric M Head So you finally finished writing your masterpiece novel. It took a long time, but you managed to get the story right and you are excited see it as a book on the shelves of your local bookstore. You feel confident that once people read it, they are going to love [...]
By Cindy A Christiansen I’ve been judging romance contest entries again. I have found several mistakes that I continue to see over and over. Interested in knowing what they are? Well, I am only going to cover one in this article – conflict. I’m not talking about your garden variety arguing, bickering or fighting. That’s [...]
By Patty Apostolides Before you even begin writing your novel, you need to know who your characters will be. Minimally, you would want two major characters, the hero and the heroine. They will interact mostly with each other throughout the novel. How they interact with each other will determine the outcome of the story. Will [...]
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