Character Development

Sloan Parker – Write What You Know: A Woman Writing M/M Romance

By Robin Covington ⋅ November 21, 2011 ⋅ 77 comments

I don’t remember how I found Sloan Parker but I vividly remember the minute I finished her book, MORE, and immediately clicked back to the beginning and started the book over again. She was my [...]

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Josh Lanyon

By Robin Covington ⋅ August 31, 2011 ⋅ 91 comments

We are thrilled to have Josh Lanyon with us at RU! When you think of sexy, well-written, and riveting M/M romance and gay fiction – Josh is the first one who comes to mind. His [...]

Writing A HolyCowAwesome Story, Part 1 C.J. Redwine

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ July 4, 2011 ⋅ 20 comments

Welcome C.J. Redwine as she tells us how to write HolyCowAwesome – a new term that will soon be taking over the world! I’m a busy woman. At the moment, I work a day job, [...]

Toni McGee Causey POV Workshop Revisions and Worksheets

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ May 25, 2011 ⋅ 26 comments

I’m so impressed by what everyone’s been doing all week — I see such great writing coming out of this group! Which meant… not nearly as much to teach. (grin). So what I’ve done is [...]

Art and Soul of POV Workshop with Toni McGee Causey

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ May 23, 2011 ⋅ 28 comments

Ready to expand your writing horizons with Point of View? Toni McGee Causey of Bobbie Faye fame is here to help up get the most out of POV. We’ll be posting excerpts from a dozen [...]

The Essence of Story by Steven James

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ April 13, 2011 ⋅ 35 comments

I recently read an article in Writer’s Digest by Steven James and was immediately drawn in by his view on how to tell a story. It changed the way I thought about storytelling forever. Welcome [...]

The Art and Soul of POV Workshop – Toni McGee Causey

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ January 28, 2011 ⋅ 136 comments

Ready to expand your writing horizons with Point of View? Toni McGee Causey of Bobbie Faye fame is here to help up get the most out of POV. Today, you can post two to three [...]

The Art and Soul of POV by Toni McGee Causey

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ January 27, 2011 ⋅ 47 comments

Ready to expand your writing horizons with Point of View? Toni McGee Causey (squee!) of Bobbie Faye fame is here to tell us how to get the most out of Point of View in this [...]

M is for – Motivation with Laurie Schnebly

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ January 26, 2011 ⋅ 95 comments

Laurie Schnebly Campbell stops in to talk to us about Character Motivation. What is it, how to get it! M is for…hmm, what? Romance writers probably envision different M-words than, say, bricklayers or hair stylists. [...]

Ask An Editor: Adding Emotion

By Carrie Spencer ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ 34 comments

I heard an editor speak at a conference and she said the most important thing in a romance is “emotion, emotion, emotion.” I guess I understand that, but how do we know if we have [...]