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The Rules of Romance Writing?

July 9, 2012 by Jamie

Every genre has its story expectations, which lead some people to believe there is a formula for writing within any given genre. Not so. When I pick up a mystery novel, I expect there to be a mystery (probably a murder) to be solved. I expect there to be a protagonist working to solve the mystery. I expect, with some surprises and plot twists along the way, that the mystery will be solved at the end of the book. That’s […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Romance Novels • Tags: myths, romance genre, romance myths, Romance Novel, selling books, writer, writing

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The Dirty Little Secret of Self Promotion

June 11, 2012 by Jamie

I have never been a great self-promoter. I am shy, and I start to mumble and turn red when people ask me about my books. I have an author website, partly because when I read a book I like, I love to go check out the author’s website to learn more about her and any other books she might have written. If she has a newsletter, I sign up for it so I can find out when future books will […]

Categories: Advice for Writers • Tags: audience, blogging, creative process, instagram, promotion, reading, self promotion, selling books, writer, writing, writing life

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Your Most Important Audience Is You

February 5, 2012 by Jamie

We writers can get so caught up in worrying about finding an audience, selling books, and gaining recognition for our work, that we forget to love our work. We are our own first readers, and we should each be writing the book we would most love to read. That should be your test of every idea you have for a book and every sentence and paragraph and scene you put on paper. Do you love to read it? Is it […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Reading • Tags: audience, book ideas, reading, selling books, writing

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