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Ask an Editor: Theresa Stevens on Ten Steps to A Clean Submission

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ July 22, 2011 ⋅ 31 comments

Did you receive a request for material while attending RWA’s national conference? If so, are you frantically giving your manuscript another sweep of your editorial eye? Whether you received a request or you’re submitting to [...]

Ask an Editor with Theresa Stevens

By Becke Martin Davis ⋅ June 24, 2011 ⋅ 17 comments

Welcome to Star Publishing editor Theresa Stevens’ monthly blog! Today, Theresa responds to a question from the mailbag about submissions procedures and what they all mean. When an agent requests a full manuscript—what does that [...]

On Commerce and Art with Ask an Editor Theresa Stevens

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ May 20, 2011 ⋅ 42 comments

Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly blog! Today, she’s going to talk about where art and commerce travel the same path…and where they don’t. And one commenter will win a spot in Theresa’s Power Proposals workshop [...]

Theresa Stevens On Habits and Processes

By Becke Martin Davis ⋅ April 22, 2011 ⋅ 12 comments

Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly blog! Instead of drawing questions from her “Ask an Editor” mailbag, today she’ll address some commonly asked questions. Welcome, Theresa! Usually in this column, I answer questions mailed in to [...]

Ask an Editor: Opening Guideposts

By Heather Long ⋅ March 25, 2011 ⋅ 41 comments

Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Today, Theresa gives us the lowdown on opening guideposts. This month, we’re taking a question from the mailbag. This one was sent in by Roberta. I’ve [...]

Ask An Editor: Understanding Submission Guidelines

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ February 25, 2011 ⋅ 37 comments

Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Theresa has some more great tips this month on how to work with submission guidelines. Welcome, Theresa! This month, we’re taking a question from the mailbag. [...]

Ask An Editor: Dos and Don’ts of Settings

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ January 21, 2011 ⋅ 34 comments

Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Today, Theresa gives us the lowdown on settings. Very commonly, writers want to know what separates the publishable-but-ordinary book from the publishable-and-great one. The answer is [...]

Ask An Editor: Adding Emotion

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ 34 comments

I heard an editor speak at a conference and she said the most important thing in a romance is “emotion, emotion, emotion.” I guess I understand that, but how do we know if we have [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for Dec 13-17: Lori Brighton, Janet Evanovich & Theresa Stevens

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ December 12, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Christmas is right around the corner and Romance University is feeling the holiday cheer by offering another great line-up. Lori Brighton starts us off with a two book giveaway. And you won’t want to miss [...]

Ask An Editor: Ordinary World

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ November 19, 2010 ⋅ 20 comments

This month instead of tackling a specific question in the mailbag, we’re going to do an FAQ post on “ordinary world,” which is probably the most confusing aspect of story structure for romance novelists. Why [...]