Many apologies for how late this is today. Our flight was delayed for bad weather and then I had to take a nap. So far, that’s my favorite part of being pregnant – as I never let myself nap in my real life. But I digress. So today will probably [...]

Alright you ladies asked for you… In its various forms, it is probably one of the most discussed topics at conferences. Love scenes are an integral part of romance writing yet for some writers the thought of writing one can strike the same amount of fear as the dreaded synopsis. I can’t tell you there [...]

I was asked about Point of View (POV) and scene structure, so I’m going to tackle that today. This is the same POV you worked with in High School English class, with a few exceptions. For the most part romance novels are written in 3rd or 1st person. 3rd person being the, “Jeremy stretched his [...]

As unique as our writing journeys are our methodologies. I have a real problem with people who say, “I can’t do _____ that way,” or “I can only _____ this way.” When it comes to writing, it is an ever-learning process and we should always keep an open mind to try new ways and methods. [...]

First and foremost, thanks to the ladies of Romantically Inclined for inviting me to guest blog. I think the friendships you forge while on your journey to publication are some of the most important in your life. Y’all have had some great guest bloggers in the past and a myriad of topics have been discussed [...]

I’d like to take a moment and welcome Robyn DeHart to the blog. She is the guest author for the upcoming week. Now for those of you who haven’t taken a trip over to Jaunty Quills, well first shame on you but you also missed her HUGE announcement this past week. We here at RI [...]

I know that we’ve discussed characters before, but I’ve been thinking a lot about characters lately and when we like and don’t like them. So I wanted to write a little bit more about it. (Besides, can you ever talk too much about characters?)
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how good your plot is, if the characters [...]

Hello everyone! I’m the new RI lady and thought I’d let you get to know me a little better. My name is Andrea and I’m a romance book-a-holic. *lol* I don’t know if it’s a curse (for my wallet) or a blessing. My preference is, of course, the latter. I have always loved to read [...]

How any of you write to music?
Ideally, I do. But it’s mostly classical or movie scores, nothing that has words. That’s too distracting.
Some of my personal favorites are:
Chocolat
Braveheart
Beethoven
Mozart
Yanni
I’m sure there are more, but those are the main ones.
Please excuse the brevity of this post, I’m not feeling my [...]

I know many of you wanted to win this contest (my email account has proven that) but alas only one person can win. So for the others I’m going to hand out tomatoes so we can all toss at the winner…umm Just Kidding……
I suppose I should go ahead and make everyone jealous. The Winner is [...]