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 readingHistorical 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 readingWriting 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.
continue readingHistorical 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, [...]
continue readingCalming 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.
continue readingSubtext: 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 [...]
continue readingResearching Historical Fiction: Make it Fun by Jessica James
Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn
Welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing! Historical author Jessica James is going to talk to us today about one of my favorite topics – research. I love it. There’s something thrilling about digging deep into [...]
continue readingAsk an Editor: Passive and Literary Writing
Posted on Friday, November 27th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Theresa:
Your last column on writing actively brought up a question I’ve had for quite some time on passive voice writing. In commercial genre fiction (romance, mystery, etc), the practice of writing in an active voice [...]
Wrong Turn onto Passive Lane
Posted on Friday, November 20th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Good morning, RU crew! Have you ever accidently turned the wrong way down a one-way street? My husband and I made this mistake in a small French town a few years ago, and guess what [...]
continue readingTop 3 Submission Errors and How Authors Can Fix ‘em
Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn
Senior Editor Ann Leslie Tuttle with Harlequin Books joins us today to share what she believes are the top three submission errors writers make and how they can fix ‘em. Ann Leslie has graciously agreed [...]
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