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?
continue readingAre Men Capable of Love?
Posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Welcome to Anatomy of the Male Mind! Our guest today is Australian writer John Arden Warwick. John’s going to spend some time with us exploring the topic of love. Are men capable of it? Stay [...]
continue readingQuery Writing 101
Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 by Adrienne Giordano
Good morning, and welcome to Query Writing 101. C.J. Redwine, has chosen Jerrie Alexander’s letter to critique. As always, feel free to ask questions.
Dear Ms. Agent,
I am seeking representaion (representation) for The Green Eyed Doll, my 93,000-word Single [...]
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 [...]
continue readingHistorical Romance Part 2: Hot? Not?
Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Welcome to Crafting Your Career! Today, we continue our discussion on the state of historical romance with New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke. Laura’s graciously agreed to give us her take this ever-changing [...]
continue readingQuery 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.
continue readingEssential Elements for a Career Novelist
Posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Please help me welcome literary agent Paige Wheeler to Romance University. Today, Paige shares with us her top eleven tips on how authors can become career novelists. This is a lecture you’ll want to copy [...]
continue readingThe Flame & the Family: How to Keep Passion Alive in a Busy Married Life
Posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Today, I’m pleased to welcome Dustin Riechmann, owner of EngagedMarriage.com, to Romance University. Dustin’s one of those extraordinary examples of successful social networking. You see, I met him through Twitter. After visiting his web site [...]
continue readingAsk An Editor: Problem With Tense?
Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
This month, for something different, we’re going to examine a paragraph sent in by a reader. She recently received some feedback which complained about the verb tenses in this paragraph.
Her dark gaze darted from [...]
Query Writing 101 – by C.J. Redwine
Posted on Monday, January 4th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Good morning, and welcome to Query Writing 101. Our resident query guru, C.J. Redwine, has chosen Cynthia Arends’s letter to critique. As always, feel free to ask questions.
Agent or Editor
XYZ Agency
1234 Publisher Way
New York, NY [...]