Use Your Intuition to Enhance Your Creativity

Use Your Intuition to Enhance Your Creativity

Posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

Creativity always seems like such an elusive concept to me. What force inside humans compels us to sing, dance, sculpt, and write?

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Historical Romance Part 3: Hot? Not?

Historical Romance Part 3: Hot? Not?

Posted on Friday, February 26th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn

Welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing! Today, we bring you our final discussion on the state of historical romance in today’s market. I’m excited to introduce you to award-winning author Hope Tarr and Harlequin Blaze [...]

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Ask an Editor: Paragraph Organization

Ask an Editor:  Paragraph Organization

Posted on Thursday, February 18th, 2010 by Adrienne Giordano

Last month, we looked at a sequencing/verb tense issue in a sample paragraph. We ended up with a paragraph which made the causation and sequencing clear, but that left me asking a question about whether [...]

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Writing Hot Love Scenes

Writing Hot Love Scenes

Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

Today, we’re thrilled to have Nicole North join us to talk about a subject dear (okay, VERY dear) to my heart—writing hotter-than-August-in-Hades love scenes.

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Query Writing 101

Query Writing 101

Posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

Urban Fantasy author C.J. Redwine is back with our ever-popular Query Writing 101 with a letter from Tereasa Bellew. Thanks to both C.J. and Tereasa! And readers, feel free to post questions for CJ.

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The All-Important First Page

The All-Important First Page

Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010 by Adrienne Giordano

Truth time.  I’m going to ask a question and (in my opinion) we all need to be honest with ourselves about it.  Really.  Brutally.  Honest.  
Are you ready?  Imagine me clearing my throat and dabbing sweat from my brow.  [...]

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Name That Muse – “Underdog” to the Rescue!

Name That Muse – “Underdog” to the Rescue!

Posted on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

Welcome to a mini blog bit of Muse Therapy – D. D. Scott style – where it’s all about injecting life into tired and/or stressed out muses.

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A Dose of Inspiration

A Dose of Inspiration

Posted on Friday, January 8th, 2010 by Adrienne Giordano

Good morning and welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing.  We typically delve into craft related topics on Friday, but given that it’s a new year and I’m full of hope for the upcoming months, I [...]

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Calming the Chaos: Planning Your Writing and Personal Life

Calming the Chaos: Planning Your Writing and Personal Life

Posted on Friday, January 1st, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

How do we take all that chaos cruising through our gray matter and make sense of it? We’re writers, so we write it down.

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Subtext: Adding Hidden Layers to Your Story

Subtext: Adding Hidden Layers to Your Story

Posted on Friday, December 25th, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn

Merry Christmas, everyone! For diehard RU readers, I’ve put together a short article on subtext. I became aware of this term only a few weeks ago while listening to a workshop presented by New York [...]

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