Theresa Stevens

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Weekly Lecture Schedule for November 21-25, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you have a wonderful turkey day and get to kick back with a good book. Take a minute to hang out with us this week and you’ll hear about women writing [...]

Theresa Stevens Talks Heroines

Genre romance novels stem from the fairy tale/wonder tale storytelling tradition, folkloric in nature, with a structure and set of archetypes all their own. It’s been common for many years now for writers to study [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for October 17 – 21, 2011

Stop by RU this week for the latest on how to pitch your latest work, and once it’s published, how to market your brilliant piece of fiction! Mon, 10/17 – Eleanor Elliott from Carina Press [...]

Writing Integrated Love Scenes, by Ask An Editor Theresa Stevens

Good morning and welcome to RU! Ask An Editor columnist Theresa Stevens provides four brilliant steps to writing integrated love scenes. The class is yours, Theresa! Physical intimacy is an important part of romance. In [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for September 19-23, 2011

This week, Kelsey has invited a fabulous group of Visiting Professors. Damon Suede stops by to discuss the evolution of romance. A group of freelance editors allowed us to pick their brains. And Theresa Stevens [...]

Ask An Editor with Theresa Stevens – Flaws From Virtues

Editor Theresa Steven’s joins us today to talk about characters afflicted with You’re-Just-Too-Good-To-Be-True syndrome. Flaws From Virtues In romance writing, we must constantly walk a fine line between creating characters who are heroic and admirable [...]

Ask an Editor: Theresa Stevens on Ten Steps to A Clean Submission

Did you receive a request for material while attending RWA’s national conference? If so, are you frantically giving your manuscript another sweep of your editorial eye? Whether you received a request or you’re submitting to [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for July 18 – July 22, 2011

Romance University Weekly Lecture Schedule for July 18-July 22, 2011 http://www.RomanceUniversity.org The summer is heating up and so are we! This week we have three amazing guests who will teach you a new technique to [...]

Ask an Editor with Theresa Stevens

Welcome to Star Publishing editor Theresa Stevens’ monthly blog! Today, Theresa responds to a question from the mailbag about submissions procedures and what they all mean. When an agent requests a full manuscript—what does that [...]

Weekly Lecture Schedule for June 20-24: Kate Douglas, Lindsay Faber & Theresa Stevens

Welcome to another fascinating line-up of Visiting Professors! Kate Douglas shares her thoughts on how to survive the death of a successful series, Lindsey Faber gives us the lowdown on traditions vs. e-publishing, and Ask [...]

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