Historical Romance Part 3: Hot? Not?

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 [...]

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How Unpublished Authors Can Build Name Recognition

How Unpublished Authors Can Build Name Recognition

Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn

Editor Leah Hultenschmidt, Dorchester Publishing, shares her top five ways unpublished writers can build name recognition.
Good morning, and welcome to Romance University! I hope unpublished writers take special note of today’s topic. It’s so incredibly [...]

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Top 3 Submission Errors and How Authors Can Fix ‘em

Top 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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Balancing Two Distinctive Writing Voices

Balancing Two Distinctive Writing Voices

Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn

Please help me welcome New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster (aka L.L. Foster) to Romance University. I first became aware of Lori’s tremendous storytelling talent through her Servant urban fantasy series. Lori pulled me [...]

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Ask an Editor: Two Types of Action

Ask an Editor: Two Types of Action

Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

One area I seem to have problems with is passive writing. I have to work to make my first draft more active, and it takes too much time! I’d like to be able to write, not just the exciting, action scenes, but the rest of the story without being passive.

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Benefits of a Book Doctor

Benefits of a Book Doctor

Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn

It is with great pleasure that I welcome our newest visiting professor, Leslie Wainger, Editor and Book Doctor, to Romance University. Before making the decision to write for the purpose of publication, I picked up her [...]

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To Be or Not To Be…Agented, That Is

To Be or Not To Be…Agented, That Is

Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

Megan Record, Assistant Editor at Kensington Publishing, will give us some insight to how she evaluates agented and unagented submissions.

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Ask an Editor: Backstory and Pacing

Ask an Editor: Backstory and Pacing

Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

Adrienne, Tracey and I are delighted to welcome Theresa Stevens, Managing Editor at Red Sage, back to Romance University as a regular columnist. Each month, Theresa will choose a question submitted by one of our [...]

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Editors as Writing Contest Judges

Editors as Writing Contest Judges

Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning

When I first began my writing career a little over two years ago, I had no idea the romance genre offered such a wonderful vehicle for gaining feedback-or for dispensing such conflicting opinions-on a manuscript. [...]

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Got Backstory? What Do You Do With It?

Got Backstory? What Do You Do With It?

Posted on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 by Tracey Devlyn

Please join me in welcoming Theresa Stevens, Managing Editor at Red Sage Publishing, to RU! Theresa has generously agreed to pop in a few times during the day to answer some of your questions.
You’ve [...]

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