Aug 21, 2018Advice for Friends Who Want to Writeragamuffin--child asked: Is there a polite way to tell a friend (who does have a work published) that her dreams of becoming a full time...
Jun 15, 2018On EditingAnonymous asked: So I'm noticing what seems to be a pretty chronic theme of the paucity of editing in the self-published romance writing...
Mar 16, 2018Code-Switchingrandomnoteforfuturereference asked: So let's say you are writing a story where someone code-switches from English to a "right-to-left"...
Feb 16, 2018 Is Romance “just fantasy?”I was having a conversation the other day. Other Person: Isn’t Romance, you know, all fantasy and stuff? Me: The only fantastical thing...
Sep 5, 2016Don't Disparage FandomThere are all sorts of essays and articles about how fanfiction allows authors to grow as writers while still having the comforts and...
Jul 26, 2016Words to Watch Out ForWe’ve just finished our third… or is it fourth draft. During this readthrough, we discovered multiple words we tend to overuse - and, to...