2024-03-31 15:28
Have you ever read or watched a romance that seemed to have all the right elements in place – the meet cute, the attraction, the conflict, the I love you’s and the happy ending … Read More
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2024-01-31 15:14
The premiseThings to likeFlaw #1: Shakespeare? Are you sure?Flaw #2: Too much hateFlaw #3: The conflict is resolved prematurelyFlaw #4: The wrong character makes the final grand gestureFlaw… Read More
2024-01-31 15:14
The premiseThings to likeFlaw #1: Shakespeare? Are you sure?Flaw #2: Too much hateFlaw #3: The conflict is resolved prematurelyFlaw #4: The wrong character makes the final grand gestureFlaw… Read More
2024-01-31 15:14
The premiseThings to likeFlaw #1: Shakespeare? Are you sure?Flaw #2: Too much hateFlaw #3: The conflict is resolved prematurelyFlaw #4: The wrong character makes the final grand gestureFlaw… Read More
2023-12-01 01:06
Ok, it may be a stretch to say we all love those cheesy Christmas romance movies (think Hallmark). But clearly a lot of us like them, or they wouldn’t make approximately 5 million each… Read More
2023-09-30 18:00
Finally, this movie came out!
Ok, bad pun. And it actually came out, on Prime, way back in August. I did watch it within a day or two of its release, but it’s taken me this long to… Read More
2023-07-30 18:31
This blog is about romance and writing, but also about my life as a romance writer.
But, I realized I haven’t posted anything about publishing my first book yet!
The book i… Read More
2023-05-28 16:52
In March I wrote about how the relative status of heroes — alpha, beta, and gamma — affects romantic stories.
I suggested that romance writers tend to pair opposites, like alp… Read More
2023-03-31 23:55
I’ve wondered a bit if the #MeToo movement has changed our vision of the romantic hero. I don’t think abusive men have ever been the norm in romance novels, but they’ve mad… Read More
2023-03-31 23:55
I’ve wondered a bit if the #MeToo movement has changed our vision of the romantic hero. I don’t think abusive men have ever been the norm in romance novels, but they’ve mad… Read More
2023-02-01 04:37
I try to avoid watching long form t.v. — by ‘long form’ I mean any drama whose continuing story spans one, two, three, or more seasons (like Lost or Umbrella Academy), vs… Read More
2022-11-27 17:40
Remember the opening scene of Romancing the Stone? Remember Kathleen Turner as wildly successful romance novelist Joan Wilder, typing the final lines of her latest manuscript, and weeping at… Read More
2022-11-27 17:40
Remember the opening scene of Romancing the Stone? Remember Kathleen Turner as wildly successful romance novelist Joan Wilder, typing the final lines of her latest manuscript, and weeping at… Read More
2022-09-30 15:00
When I was young, I read all of these Harlequin Presents romance novels set in all of these exotic locations — Italy! Greece! London! Sydney! Occasionally some other places!
How del… Read More
2022-07-31 16:00
It’s summertime (where I live, anyway), so the ‘perfect’ time to watch a frothy romance – like Netflix’s A Perfect Pairing, which is well-qualified as summertim… Read More
2022-06-01 02:29
Romance readers (and viewers) have a love/hate relationship with the concept of instalove (a.k.a. love at first sight); some view it as supremely romantic, while others view it as shallow an… Read More
2022-04-01 05:59
Have you ever watched a romantic movie and at the end, when one character declares their love to the other, instead of swooning, you cringed and covered your eyes?
I have. Just the other day… Read More
2022-01-10 02:19
I am a huge fan of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game – the book, that is.
It’s one of the best romances I’ve ever read, mostly because it manages to sustain romantic ten… Read More
2021-12-12 16:16
I’ve read that Netflix’s Single all the Way is the first gay holiday romance movie. (On Netflix? In the world?? I’m not sure.) Whatever, this is yet another example of Netf… Read More
2021-11-29 00:52
If I hadn’t started writing during my commute, I don’t think I would have finished a single novel.
I mentioned my problems with procrastination in my post, My origin story, Part… Read More
2021-09-04 19:07
I’ve been thinking a lot about my “career” as a writer (it’s probably telling that I put that in quotation marks), probably because I’ve been dipping my toe in… Read More
2021-07-11 14:00
It’s been about eight months since I wrote this article about my romance publishing intentions, so I think an update is due.
No, I’m not announcing a big contract or anything. Ki… Read More
2021-05-01 16:56
When I started reading romance novels, oh, more than thirty years ago now, it seemed like they were all M/F stories, told solely from the female point of view.
But, somewhere along the way… Read More
2021-03-06 17:00
As a romance writer, I’ve always felt a bit affronted that there are so many other meanings and uses for the words ‘romance’ and ‘romantic’.
I know, I know. Wor… Read More
2021-01-02 15:00
Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of romance novels marketed by their primary trope, like:
Love with the Despised Stranger, a Marriage of Convenience romance, or
Babies Happen!, an Accidental… Read More
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