A Debut Author’s Journey with Laurie London: Transforming Myself into a “Real Writer”
Posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Today at RU, we’re kicking off a new bi-monthly series where we’ll follow debut author Laurie London on her journey from a newbie writer to publication. For our readers who are new to the writing arena, we hope you’ll learn many useful tips from Laurie’s journey. For those with more experience, you may find you have much in common with Laurie. Regardless, we think you’ll enjoy traveling the path to publication with her!
continue readingBack-to-Back Book Releases
Posted on Monday, February 15th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
We welcome back Christy Reece, author of romantic suspense, who talked with us last August about breaking in as a new writer. Christy’s first Last Chance Rescue trilogy was released in 2009 and the series continues with three additional books this year. Recently, her publisher offered a third deal for three more Last Chance Rescue books to be released Spring/Summer 2011.
continue readingEssential Elements for a Career Novelist
Posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Please help me welcome literary agent Paige Wheeler to Romance University. Today, Paige shares with us her top eleven tips on how authors can become career novelists. This is a lecture you’ll want to copy [...]
continue readingHolly Root on Negotiating Publishing Contracts
Posted on Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Today, Holly Root with the Waxman Literary Agency chats with us about an important part of the writing business: contract negotiation. I certainly learned both new terms and concepts through this lecture. Holly will try [...]
continue readingThe Writing Life – Finding Healthy Balance
Posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
After hearing Joanne Rock speak at RWA National in Washington this summer, I knew I wanted her to lecture at RU. As writers, we’re always concerned about word count and query letters and deadlines. But [...]
continue readingTo 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.
continue readingA Delicate Balance: Writing and the Day Job
Posted on Friday, August 7th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Many writers also have a day job which means time management and balance becomes paramount in their lives. Not only does Jeannie Ruesch have a day job, she runs her own graphic design and marketing services company, Will Design For Chocolate. Tracey, Adrienne and I are especially fond of Jeannie since she designed our wonderful Romance University site. She’s here today to talk with us about how she runs her own business, keeps up with her three-year-old and still manages to write!
continue readingAdjusting Courses
Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 by Adrienne Giordano
Today we welcome Amy Atwell to Romance University. I’d like to start off by sharing Amy’s bio with you because it’s important for this post. Here’s the bio:
—2008 RWA® Golden Heart® finalist Amy Atwell has won awards in [...]
CYC: State of the Contemporary Romance
Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Today, we’re fortunate to have Christie Ridgway (a long-time favorite author of mine!) here to talk about the contemporary romance sub-genre. I’m saddened and frustrated every time I hear “contemporary is dead.” And not only because I write it, but because I love to read books by authors like Christie, Lori Foster, Rachel Gibson, Susan Andersen and Susan Elizabeth Phillips. So let’s hope good news is ahead for the contemporary romance!
continue readingCYC: Adjusting the Career Course: Changing Genres
Posted on Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Kelsey Browning
Today Jessica Barksdale Inclán, author of 12 books, joins us at RU to talk about the challenges and opportunities involved with changing genres. Her most recent book, Intimate Beings, is the second in her paranormal series about a trio of siblings separated during childhood and forced on their own in adulthood to confront their special abilities and find not only each other but their own true loves.
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