by Annette | Jan 16, 2011 | Romance Writing Craft
Characters make a story. Without good characters and characterization your reader just wont care what happens to them. You might have the best plot in the world and if yoru characters stink, your story will too. Fortunately, it’s fun to create compelling characters...
by Annette | Dec 9, 2010 | Romance Writing Craft
By Kimber Chin As I love reading historical romances, especially those set in Regency England, the first manuscript I wrote, horribly named The Dragon’s Protector, was a Regency. It was as terrible as its name. I don’t have a historical voice. I love using...
by Annette | Dec 7, 2010 | Romance Writing Craft
By Annette Young When writing romance, put aside any cynical thoughts and focus instead on innocent dreams and memories from your youth because capturing that all important innocent essence is vital when trying to portray that spark of attraction between two of your...
by Annette | Nov 11, 2010 | Romance Writing Craft
As a romance writer your focus is generally on writing. We speak with pride when we state our wordcount. (Particularly in the month of November.) However, it’s highly unlikely that every word written is worthy of staying on the page. Some of it needs to be cut....
by Annette | Oct 19, 2010 | Romance Writing Career, Romance Writing Craft
Okay, I’m busy, you’re busy, we’re all busy. There’s hardly enough time in the day to take a shower let alone edit that manuscript you completed. However, you wrote it and it deserves a spit shine and some attention from potential editors and...
by Annette | Sep 21, 2010 | Romance Writing Career, Romance Writing Craft
Being a romance writer, or aspiring to be a romance writer, is a tough job! Writers, and I assume many artists, struggle with fantasies of perfection. We read a novel by our favorite author and then hold ourselves to that standard. That’s ridiculous! Published...
