Journey Through My Profession: Creativity by Me for Me
I had zero intentions of becoming a published author. My 2024 editor-author and coaching journeys changed my mind.
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Year-End Review 2024: An Honest Accounting
With 2024 coming to a close, it’s about that time for a brutally honest year-end review for my business.
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Epilogue or No Epilogue: Does Your Story Need One?
Epilogues get a bad name. They serve a purpose, but they can also detract from a story. Decide carefully on when to use one.
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Climax in Romance (No, Not That Kind)
Your romance’s climax is what the entire story has been leading up to. Make it worth your readers’ time in three ways.
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Weave the Romance: How I Avoid the Sagging Middle
Writing the middle of my story is difficult, to say the least. I’ve picked up a few tricks, though, to help me along the way.
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Plot Points and Turning Points: Doorways to the Unknown
Plot points and turning points make up every major story structure. Here’s a few ways to use them in your queer romance story.
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Intimacy: How I Spice Up My Fiction
Emotional or physical, I strive to balance the intimacy levels to give my queer romance readers a well-rounded reading experience.
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Tension and Humor in Queer Romance
Balancing humor and tension in your queer romance isn’t as easy as it looks. Here’s three tips to finding that sweet spot.
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Inner Conflict in Queer Romance
Inner conflict in queer romance is supposed to be painful. Here are three types that will help guide your character face their ultimate fear: themself.
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Story Location is Everything: How I Picked the Perfect Setting
Story locations can be hard to find. Making sure I keep readers immersed internally and externally can be even harder.
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Career Choice: Not Something to Ignore
What does your character’s career choice have to do with anything in your queer romance story? A lot more than you think.
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Character Tropes in Queer Romance
Character tropes are only the starting point to building your queer romance story. Here’s how to craft well-rounded characters even with tropes.
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Mental Health and Queer Romance
I live with mental health diagnoses. So do my characters. The more it’s normalized in real life, the easier for queer romance authors to show it.
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Character Arcs: Picking the Best One
Character arcs are all about change. Pick the arc that best shows the change you want readers to experience.
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Subgenre Conventions: Lean Into Them (Not Away)
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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Queer Romance Conventions and Tropes
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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Virtual Conference for Queer Romance Writers
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
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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Self-Publishing Responsibilities of Queer Romance Authors
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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Self-Editing Tools for Part-time Queer Romance Authors
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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How to Find the Right Queer Romance Story Coach
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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Going It Alone as a Queer Author
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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How I Found My Fiction Story Coaching and Editor Mentors
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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How to Create Character Depth Through Inner Monologue
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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How to Use Dialogue Effectively
Give your readers strong verbal exchanges with this week’s tips on how to effectively use dialogue in your fiction.
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