Queer romance tropes exist to be used. Genre conventions exist to guide authors in their drafting and revising journey. Take advantage of them.
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I don’t see tropes at blinders to my writing. If anything, they give me a whole new set of tools with which to build my stories.
Story Tropes and I: A Match Made in Queer Romance Heaven Read More »
While queer romance is technically a subset of the romance genre, queer romance conventions and tropes allow authors to explore a deeper level of the genre.
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A Queer Romance Writers Virtual Conference would provide an opportunity to connect genre authors across time zones to share and mingle with other publishing professionals.
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Book Review 2024: My Three Favorite Craft Books to Date Photo by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay My go-to platform for book reviews is Goodreads. It’s there that I can accomplish a few things. First, I set my annual Reading Challenge goal. This year, it’s 85 books; that will likely increase before
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Queer Romance Writing Courses and Writing Workshops: How to Help Queer Romance Authors Succeed Photo by Pixabay on Pexels This week’s blog initially was going to focus on adapting romance writing courses and writing workshops to queer romance. I’d read Jennifer Probst’s Write Naked: A Bestseller’s Secrets to Writing Romance &
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It wasn’t until I started to regularly read writing-craft books that I made the switch from queer romance hobby writer to storyteller. It takes some time, but here’s a few questions to ask as you transition between the two.
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Debut Author Writing Part-Time Yet Doing Full-Time Author Work Photo by Estée Janssens on Unsplash I’m proud to be a full-time queer romance story coach and developmental editor. However, that means I don’t have much time to work on the manuscript that will earn me the title of Debut Author. Firstly,
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Being a Full-Time Author Isn’t Easy (But It’s Not Impossible) Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash A full-time author isn’t the tortured soul penning out their tale in a barely lit basement with nothing but cobwebs for company. Being a career author, too, isn’t just taking your headphones and writing implements
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Self-publishing a queer romance novel looks easy. There’s actually a lot more work to it than you may believe. Queer romance authors should take their responsibilities for producing quality work.
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My Early Queer Romance Writing Days Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Queer romance writing feels like something I stumbled into by chance. At the same time, it feels like the natural result of my overall fiction writing journey. As an adolescent and preteen, I drifted toward reading romance thanks to
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Self-Editing Tools for Part-time Queer Romance Authors Photo by Thirdman on Pexels Self-editing tools occasionally get a bad rap. However, as a skill, self-editing in itself is vital for queer romance writers to home. Done effectively, it can be labor-intensive. When you find out all that’s involved, not just the terms
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Residencies, retreats, and conferences abound in the publishing world. Very few of them are dedicated to queer authors writing queer romance. I touch on a few different options that can tangibly change this.
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My initial exposure to queer romance was by chance. Becoming a queer romance story coach? That was by choice.
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It can be hard to find the right queer romance writing coach for you. Here are a couple questions to ask that make that decision easier.
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For queer authors, the road of self-revision can seem an impossible one. It doesn’t have to be. Here’s a couple tips to use along the way.
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My fiction story coach and fiction editor mentors have played a huge role in my entrepreneurial journey thus far. Here’s where I found them.
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Your queer romance writing mentor is out there. Here are a couple mentor types to keep an eye out for.
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Inner monologue shows who characters are on the inside. Here’s three tips on building more well-rounded characters using their inner thoughts.
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Give your readers strong verbal exchanges with this week’s tips on how to effectively use dialogue in your fiction.
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Although Q1 wasn’t my best quarter, as a freelancer, the only easy day was yesterday. Q2 is waiting.
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“How Much Worse Can It Get?!”: How to Effectively Combine Conflict in Your Story Photo by lucas clarysse on Unsplash The first quarter of 2024 has admittedly not been all that kind to me. With my fairly successful rebranding, I set lofty professional and personal goals. Purposefully making the decision to
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Resting isn’t just for writers to put aside their manuscripts. Characters need to put aside their worries for a time, to remember why they’re in the fight in the first place.
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Psychoanalysis isn’t just for the doctor’s office. Applying Freud’s theories can help you build stronger, more realistic characters.
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Here’s a few questions to ask as you seek a writing critique partner to address the conflict problems you may be having with your own manuscript.
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