Craft of Writing
The Art of Writing a Continuity by Allie Pleiter
Good morning RU! Please help me welcome back our friend Allie Pleiter. Allie’s going to chat with us about a topic we’ve never before covered at RU–series continuity. It’s a subject I’ve heard bandied about [...]
How’s Your Dialogue Working for You? by Tracy March
Good morning and welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing day. I’m really pleased to introduce our readers to suspense author Tracy March! Tracy’s going to give us the skinny on dialogue and how writers can [...]
Writing Dark Love Stories (An Overview) by Anne Stuart
I’m insanely pleased to welcome bestselling author Anne Stuart to Romance University. I’ve been a fan of Anne’s work for years and was thrilled when she agreed to blog with us. I first heard Anne [...]
Ask An Editor: Understanding Submission Guidelines
Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Theresa has some more great tips this month on how to work with submission guidelines. Welcome, Theresa! This month, we’re taking a question from the mailbag. [...]
The Art and Soul of POV Workshop – Toni McGee Causey
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
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
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: Dos and Don’ts of Settings
Welcome to Theresa Stevens’s monthly Ask an Editor blog! Today, Theresa gives us the lowdown on settings. Very commonly, writers want to know what separates the publishable-but-ordinary book from the publishable-and-great one. The answer is [...]
You Don’t Say
I love dialogue. Any kind of dialogue. My husband will testify to that on a personal level, but today we’re here to talk about dialogue within scenes and don’t need his opinion. Please welcome author and scriptwriter Cindy [...]
Ask An Editor: Adding Emotion
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 [...]
