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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 [...]

Jack Russell Returns to Interview Tracey Devlyn

Hello, Tracey. It’s nice to talk with you again. Some of your readers may remember that you interviewed me in June of 2009 for a Romance University blog titled “A Male’s Perspective on Romance Novels.” [...]

Handsome Hansel – A Man’s Eye View of the World of Romance

Welcome a very dear friend of mine, Handsome Hansel or HH as he’s known to his friends from Dance of Romance If you want warm fuzzies for your romantic side, make sure you follow HH [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for February 6-10, 2012

Romance University Weekly Lecture Schedule for February 6 – 10, 2012 http://www.RomanceUniversity.org What do query critiques, blogs, and men fumbling through romance on Valentine’s Day? This week’s fabulous lectures! Join us for an enlightening and [...]

Dark Matters: Cultivating Creative Cruelty in Romance Fiction by Damon Suede

Morning, RU Crew! Today, I’m uber-happy to welcome back a returning Visiting Professor from last fall. Damon Suede is a joy to work with as a guest, and he really looks into the heart and [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for Jan 30-Feb 3 RU Founders, Damon Suede and Jeanne Adams

We’re speeding through to the end of January and diving headfirst into February, with no let up in the action. Romance University zooms along with great posts this next week. The RU Founders themselves post [...]

Ed Gaffney: Screenwriting vs. Novel Writing

I first met ED GAFFNEY, briefly, at RWA National in 2009. The next time we met was in 2010, at an Off-Broadway performance of LOOKING FOR BILLY HAINES – a family affair for us both, [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for January 23-27: Ed Gaffney, Jo Roberson, Adam Firestone, Shannon McKenna and Melinda Leigh

You’re not going to want to miss a minute ofRomanceUniversitythis week! A different guest – every single day! Ed Gaffney, Jo Roberson, Adam Firestone, Shannon McKenna and Melinda Leigh will be joining us for a [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for January 16-20: Teresa Medeiros, Wendy S. Marcus and Theresa Stevens

Got those middle of January blues? Well, shake off that cabin fever and get the RU Fever!RomanceUniversityhas a wonderful line-up this week and you won’t want to miss a minute of it! Join us as [...]

Author Paige Tyler – A Marriage of the Minds

When I met multi-published author PAIGE TYLER and her husband PAUL at Lori Foster’s Reader Author Get Together in June, I asked how she managed to write so many books. (Paige is incredibly prolific!) I [...]

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