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The Romantic Journey

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The Romantic Journey · 10M ago

Do Heroines Ever Eat?

....something that has begun to irritate me more and more. I read a lot of 'woman in jeopardy' and romantic suspense novels, and it really bothers me how emaciated and malnourished those heroines must all be by the end of the book.
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The Romantic Journey · 1Y ago

A Woman Who Lived Her Time Well…

Now, often when someone is gifted with beauty and then faced with its loss due to injury or disease, the response is to try to hide away. Not R.M. She was a beautiful woman, yet over the years her disease took its toll on her looks, with mouth cancer adding to her disfigurement. But you didn't notic
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The Romantic Journey · 1Y ago

Guest author — Isabel Roman

Please wlecome Isabel Roman, author of the Dark Desires of the Druids series from Ravenous Romance! Alternate History I love alternate history books. Harry Turtledove’s Southern Victory Series? Read him, though I couldn’t get into the whole alien thing. Fatherland by Robert Harris? One of my favorit
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The Romantic Journey · 1Y ago

Here be dragons

I’ve been working on something new. No, really. Something new. After writing 4 manuscripts in a row in my Shadowfae Chronicles series, I’m working on something different for a few weeks. Four manuscripts. That’s 2 years of work, folks. I sold that first one back in 2008, and since then I’ve written
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The Romantic Journey · 1Y ago

Dreams Are Not Enough…

The simple truth is that first and foremost, a writer writes. It’s that simple. The complicated bit comes in knowing what you should be writing and in planning for your success. Don’t give up the dreams, just temper them with a little feet-on-the-ground common sense. Find a way to turn them into goa
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The Romantic Journey · 2Y ago

Revisions — love or hate?

I’ve been scarce lately. Not just on this blog, but everywhere. I had a couple of months where I didn’t achieve very much in the way of writing, so over the last six weeks or so it’s all caught up with me. It’s exhausting. But kinda cool. I did a bunch of promo for my [...]
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The Romantic Journey · 2Y ago

Giveaway: A Copy of Romancing Rebecca by Amber Polo

I’m going through my review books, and I’ve found a couple for giveaways. I’ll start with Amber Polo’s Romancing Rebecca: 1 Woman + 2 Men in 1 Body = 1 Romance Attorney Rebecca Dumarier uses her no-nonsense style to battle for successful romance writers around the globe. Despite her success in the r
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The Romantic Journey · 2Y ago

Guest Post by Author Kiki Howell: Creating the Setting and Characters in A Questionable Hero

Today, we welcome Kiki Howell, whose newest book A Questionable Hero was  released last month. She is giving us some insight into the back story of the novel. You might remember Kiki as one of our early guest interviews. Now, we’ll turn the stage over to her. When I am creating a story, especially o
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The Romantic Journey · 2Y ago

What’s in a Blurb?

According to the people who study these things, writers have something like 30 seconds to impress you once you, the potential purchaser, pick up the book. Getting you to open the covers and read the first few lines is crucial! If the book doesn't grab you then, it's quite likely to be consigned back
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The Romantic Journey · 2Y ago

Learning about the Business

Over the weekend, I attended a presentation by author Deb Schneider. She talked about how to write a romance and, more important, how to understand the business. One of the revelations she had for us was that the billionaire and the virgin trope popular in the category romances baffles many U.S. rom
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