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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Structure Your Queer Romance Story
Story structure isn’t as intimidating as you might think. For queer romance especially, it’s crucial to have in your writing toolbox.
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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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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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Queer Romance Writing Courses and Writing Workshops
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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Storyteller or Hobby Writer: A Mindset Shift
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
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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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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Creating Writing Spaces for Queer Romance Authors
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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What Led Me to Queer Romance Story Coaching
My initial exposure to queer romance was by chance. Becoming a queer romance story coach? That was by choice.
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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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Finding A Queer Romance Writing Mentor
Your queer romance writing mentor is out there. Here are a couple mentor types to keep an eye out for.
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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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Adjusting My Freelance Editing Business
Although Q1 wasn’t my best quarter, as a freelancer, the only easy day was yesterday. Q2 is waiting.
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How to Effectively Combine Conflict in Your Story
“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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Give Your Characters (and Yourself) A Break
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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Psychoanalyzing Your Novel’s Characters
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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How to Write Your Story in Reverse
Organizing your story from the end to the beginning connects events in a way that your drafting (and especially your revising) stages become easier to reflect on one word at a time.
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How to Write a Story from Start to Finish
This week, I cover the misunderstood title of “pantser” in fiction writing. More importantly, I provide a few tips on how you can “pants” your way to a first draft without the internal panic.
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Ordinary Does Not Mean Boring
Introducing a reader to your novel isn’t just about the character’s external journey taking place. Readers need an understanding of your protagonist beyond their external goals.
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