Writing Career Strategies
All You Need Are Words, Right? Wrong! by S.A. Garcia
S.A. Garcia writes unique stories of M/M romance which span setting so a post-nuclear-apocolyptic world, fantasy realms of elven worlds and the life-after-death-experience. Today she is talking with us about what she has learned from [...]
Cut and Run: Signs it’s Time to Retire from the Contest Circuit by Kelsey Browning
Those of us who write commercial fiction, especially romance, are fortunate so many organizations host writing contests. These contests offer many advantages: experience with proper manuscript formatting and synopsis development; mastery of submission fears; and [...]
Screams and Broken Trampolines with Tonya Kappes
We’re delighed to have Tonya Kappes, author of Carpe Bead ‘em and The Ladybug Jinx, on the RU campus today. Tonya’s offering us a peek into the glamorous life of an author and her writing process. Screams and [...]
Sara Megibow Sells Romance!
Romance University is thrilled to announce that Sara Megibow, Associate Literary Agent at the Nelson Literary Agency, LLC, has joined us as a monthly columnist. On the second Wednesday of every month, she’ll be here [...]
Q & A with Author Heidi Betts
As most of our readers know, RU is a big supporter of Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for the Cure of Diabetes. And in fact, our e-reader—winner’s choice—is up tomorrow, May 17, on a one-day auction! [...]
Seven Things An Author’s Website Must BE
We all know we’re “supposed” to have a website if we’re pursuing a career in publishing–but we’re not all sure exactly what we’re supposed to do with it! Today, JORDAN McCOLLUM explains how to apply [...]
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 [...]
Holy Crap, I Won! with Ann Charles
Welcome Ann Charles, author of Nearly Departed In Deadwood! Today, Ann talks to us about her win – the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence! (and a little side nomination for the Golden Heart!) In [...]
My Path to Publication; or, How I Hacked and Slashed my way Through the Uncharted Jungle of Novel Publishing
We’re pleased to welcome debut author Al Leverone as our guest today. I’m really excited to be here today. My invitation to appear at Romance University stemmed from a post I read at Vicky Dreiling’s blog [...]
Katharine Ashe – What I Learned on After-the-Sale Vacation
RU Readers, help us welcome historical author Katharine Ashe who’s here to tell us about what happens – dum dum dum!!! – after the sale. =) Make sure you leave a comment below, because you [...]
RU Faculty Blog Highlight
Carrie Spencer, writing romantic comedy and goofy middle-grade, personifies her alter-ego - Smart Ass Romance. Innovative story lines, laugh out loud humor and witty posts separate this Smart Ass from the rest of the mule pack.
