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5 Reasons Why You Need a Setting

by Patience Bloom When you are writing a romance, it can be easy to forget about setting. Your protagonists are […]

Posted on: June 9, 2020
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Book Recommendations for Writing

We editors have done much research on writing and have come up with this excellent list of craft related books […]

Posted on: May 7, 2020
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Getting the Call: Meet Julie Danvers!

Ever since I was young, I’ve wanted to be a writer. I grew up in a rural area, and books […]

Posted on: January 28, 2020
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Advice from the Archives: Keep It Fresh!

by Johanna Raisanen, Editor (from a 2014 post on this blog) So you’ve written a secret-baby story and you’re debating […]

Posted on: January 16, 2020
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10 Romance Clichés: Love ‘Em or Leave ‘Em?

by Patience Bloom, adapted from her blog Every genre has its clichés and I sort of love them because they can […]

Posted on: November 6, 2019
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Advice from the Archives–Why: The Foundation of Your Story

by Katie Gowrie If you’ve thrown yourself into writing, you’ll notice we’ve been posting a lot lately on conflict and […]

Posted on: August 19, 2019
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Five Tips to Preserve that Post-Workshop and Conference Enthusiasm

by Patience Bloom You’ve just returned from your first (or eighteenth) Romance Writers of America conference–or meeting of your local […]

Posted on: August 13, 2019
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10 Tips for Writing the Perfect Cinderella Story

We’ve all known and adored the classic Cinderella tale from the moment we started to read (or listen to bedtime […]

Posted on: August 7, 2019
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Interview with Harlequin Desire’s Joss Wood

This month marks the publication of Joss Wood’s Redeemed by Passion, the finale of Harlequin Desire’s Dynasties: Secrets of the […]

Posted on: August 1, 2019
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Harlequin Desire Chat: Joss Wood interviews Reese Ryan!

Harlequin Desire author Reese Ryan to aspiring authors: “Above all, keep writing. Keep trying.” Reese Ryan’s Seduced by Second Chances, […]

Posted on: July 1, 2019