Pacing
The Need for Speed with Elisabeth Staab
I don’t exactly remember how Elisabeth and I became friends but she’s one of the constant friends in my writing life. A fellow Washington Romance Writer, we might write different sub-genres but we can both [...]
Engines and Cabooses with Mary Jo and Dave Thome
We’re new guys here at Romance University. We met met in journalism school and have been talking about writing ever since, so it’s possible we’ve had an actual conversation like this one: MJ: Remember when [...]
How to Choreograph Direct Action Scenes
Weapons expert and literary consultant Adam Firestone recently gave a workshop hosted by the Ohio Valley RWA chapter. I picked Adam’s brain about a topic that interested many writers at the workshop. Romance University: At [...]
Keep ‘Em Hooked by Laura Griffin
RU Crew – help me welcome back author Laura Griffin as she gives us a great lesson today on How to Keep ‘Em Hooked! You’ve heard a lot about opening hooks–how to grab your reader [...]
Top Ten Pacing Tips by Alicia Rasley
Pacing. We love that word don’t we? It reminds me of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Sometimes in my writing I find that my pacing is too fast, sometimes it’s too slow and sometimes it’s [...]
Weekly Lecture Schedule for February 27 – March 2, 2012
Romance University Weekly Lecture Schedule for February 27 – March 2, 2012 http://www.RomanceUniversity.org Adrienne Giordano’s lined-up some fantastic workshops this week—deepening characters, pacing, critique groups, and another installment of our line editing series. Hope you [...]
NYT Best Selling Author Shannon McKenna: The Making of McKenna Mayhem
Here at Romance University we pride ourselves on providing original content, but every once in awhile something comes along that’s worth repeating. In addition to working with RU, I also moderate Barnes & Noble’s Mystery [...]
Cutting For Pace by Kate Walker
OK – Category Romance novels have very specific word counts – so what do you do it you find you’re w-a-y over the word limit and your hero and heroine still haven’t got to the [...]
Grabbing Your Reader with the First Line by New York Times Bestselling Author Carolyn Brown
A big southern welcome to New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown! I had the very good pleasure of sitting next to Carolyn at Sourcebooks’ author dinner at the RWA conference. I haven’t laughed so [...]
Writing the Knock Out Ending – James Scott Bell
We spend hours, days and months crafting the perfect first line. The hook. The first five pages. But how much time do we spend getting the perfect END to the story? Join James Scott Bell [...]
