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A red and blue graphic reads Day Three: Creating a Compelling Duo
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HEA Writing Week 2025 | Day Three: Creating a Compelling Duo

By Editor Natalia Castano Welcome to HEA Day Three! Today we’re talking about creating a compelling duo. Iconic duos that we […]

Posted on: January 29, 2025
Red and blue blog cover which reads Day Two: Shaping a Backstory
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HEA Writing Week 2025 | Day Two: Shaping a Backstory

By Editor Emma Cole Welcome to HEA Writing Week 2025 – Day Two! Character is everything. Your story starts with […]

Posted on: January 28, 2025
A red and blue graphic reads Day One: Character Building 101 - HEA Writing Week 2025
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HEA Writing Week 2025 | Day One: Character 101

Welcome to HEA Writing Week 2025 – the character study! All week, we’re going to build characters that can carry […]

Posted on: January 27, 2025
A purple and green graphic reads Character Building in a Historical Setting with Sarah Rodi. The right side features an image of Sarah, and the cover of her upcoming book, The Viking's Princess Bride
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Character Building in a Historical Setting with Harlequin Author Sarah Rodi

By Sarah Rodi Characters are everything. They are what your readers care about and drive your story forward. But in […]

Posted on: January 10, 2025
A purple graphic reads Rising From Rejection: What to Do (and Not to Do) After Receiving a Rejection Letter
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Rising from Rejection: What to Do (and Not to Do) After Receiving a Rejection Letter

By Deirdre McCluskey Back in October we talked about the dreaded rejection letter and the top 5 reasons we reject […]

Posted on: December 4, 2024
A dark purple graphic reads The Roadmap to Writing Romance with a pink and yellow illustrated sign post to the left.
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The Roadmap to Writing Romance: 5 Common Obstacles You Might Face

By Editor Jenny Macey My authors often tell me how much fun writing romance is (editing it is certainly a […]

Posted on: November 25, 2024
A cute Halloween picture of a ghost reading a book under a bare tree. Some cute spiders hang in the opposite corner. Title is 5 Reasons for Getting a Rejection
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Top 5 Reasons We Reject a Manuscript

By Deirdre McCluskey Are you afraid of the dark? Do visions of vampires haunt your dreams, or is it the […]

Posted on: October 31, 2024
A green and white graphic with large black letters in the top left corner, GMC. 5 book covers sit on the right, and written on the left is
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Goal, Motivation, Conflict: Blackwell Belles Style | Part Three: Conflict

Hi there and hello, everyone! We hope you’ve been enjoying the Blackwell Belles authors GMC mini workshop here on the […]

Posted on: October 15, 2024
A pink and white blog cover reads on the left side 'How to Hook Readers from the First Page with Michele Renae'. A book cover sits on the right side of the image
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Hooking the Reader from the First Page with Harlequin Author Michele Renae

By Michele Renae Hooks. You gotta have one. If you want the reader to keep turning pages. The classic hook […]

Posted on: October 11, 2024
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Trope Spotlight: Workplace Romance

By Natalia Castano Workplace romance is an exciting and trending trope that carries lots of potential for steamy scenarios and […]

Posted on: September 13, 2024