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Should You Make Your Romance Novel Erotic? by Jennifer Probst

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ July 25, 2011 ⋅ 51 comments

Please help me welcome author Jennifer Probst to RU! I had the good fortune of meeting Jennifer at RWA’s conference last year. We chatted over breakfast, and then touched based after the conference via email. [...]

Ask An Editor: Structuring an Overheard Phone Conversation

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ May 21, 2010 ⋅ 53 comments

Dear Theresa: This might not be earth shattering enough to be posted – BUT – I’d really appreciate an answer on this one – as this type of scene is in two different spots in [...]

Erotic Romance Part II: Hot? Not?

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ April 26, 2010 ⋅ 12 comments

Welcome our second look at the erotic romance sub-genre. If you missed Eden Bradley’s lecture on erotic romance earlier this month, be sure to hit it as well. Read on for New York Times bestselling author Angela Knight’s insights [...]

Ask An Editor: Verb Tense

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ April 16, 2010 ⋅ 70 comments

But we’ve noticed a few trends in the questions. People ask about many of the same issues, and many of those issues center on how to build effective sentences. So now we’re going to alternate questions with these common topics of concern. Don’t worry! This won’t be your junior high English class! And nothing could prove that point better than a quick examination of verb tenses. What you were taught in school isn’t precisely what you need to know as a fiction writer. Let’s examine some of those differences within the five major tenses.

Weekly Lecture Schedule for April 12-16: Borders’ Sue Grimshaw, Wayne Levine & Managing Editor Theresa Stevens

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ April 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hello, everyone! In case you missed our announcement on April 8, please help us welcome our newest addition to the Romance University faculty: Carrie Spencer! Carrie has been a regular reader and participant at RU [...]

Ask An Editor: Submissions

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 22 comments

This month, for something different, we’re going to answer a trio of short questions on the topic of submissions. Be sure to read below to find out how you can win a download of Partners [...]

Writing Hot Love Scenes

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ February 12, 2010 ⋅ 57 comments

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.

Ask An Editor: Problem With Tense?

By Tracey Devlyn ⋅ January 15, 2010 ⋅ 14 comments

This month, for something different, we’re going to examine a paragraph sent in by a reader. She recently received some feedback which complained about the verb tenses in this paragraph. Her dark gaze darted from [...]

Ask an Editor: Passive and Literary Writing

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ November 27, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

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 [...]

Ask an Editor: Delivering Bad News to a Writer

By Kelsey Browning ⋅ September 18, 2009 ⋅ 16 comments

It can be difficult to deliver bad news to a writer, but sometimes, it’s the kindest thing you can do. No author would want to spend a year or more completing a manuscript only to learn that her plot is a near-perfect duplicate of an existing published novel.