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 [...]

Historical 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 [...]

Back-to-Back Book Releases

Posted on Monday, February 15th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

We welcome back Christy Reece, author of romantic suspense, who talked with us last August about breaking in as a new writer. Christy’s first Last Chance Rescue trilogy was released in 2009 and the series continues with three additional books this year. Recently, her publisher offered a third deal for three more Last Chance Rescue books to be released Spring/Summer 2011.

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.

Historical Romance Part 1: Hot? Not?

Posted on Friday, February 5th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn

It’s my great pleasure to welcome Kris Kennedy and her agent Barbara Poelle to Romance University. As many of you know, RU’s highlighting a different romance sub-genre each month, and February’s all about historical. Today, [...]

Contemporary Romance – Hot? Not?

Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning

Welcome to the first of a yearlong series of lectures on different romance fiction sub-genres. One Monday each month, Crafting Your Career will be dedicated to this topic, and today’s post focuses on the contemporary romance. Those of us who’ve been around know sub-genres wax and wane in popularity, so which “w” word applies to contemporaries in the current publishing climate?

Today, New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips and literary agent Laura Bradford are here to share their insights and predictions. Carly and Laura will also check in throughout the day to answer questions.

Ins, Outs, Ups & Downs of Writing Contests

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

Today, we’re delighted to have Donnell Bell with us. She, along with many other volunteers, contributes countless hours to ensure the success of the Kiss of Death chapter’s Daphne contest each year. Without people like [...]

New York Times Writing and the EDITS System

Posted on Friday, September 25th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

The EDITS System is the ultimate SHOW DON’T TELL power tool. Writers use the EDITS SYSTEM to analyze scene components. It shows writers what they have on each page. It shows writers where to add power. It shows writers what’s working, what’s not working, and what’s missing.

What Makes a Great Blaze Hero: The Four S’s

Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

Harlequin Blaze heroes are like the guys I know, just ramped up (and pumped up) for fictional purposes. So what makes a Blaze hero? I’ve come up with the Four S’s.

Breaking In as a New Writer

Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

The story of a writer’s first success is always captivating and today Christy Reece, whose Last Chance Rescue trilogy was published this year, will talk with Romance University readers about her path to publication, bumps and right turns included.