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Writing Romance Novels

Romance Novels: To Happy Ending or Not to Happy Ending?

Romance Novels: What Are They, Anyway?

Romance Novels: Do They Have to Be 3rd-Person/Past-Tense?

Romance Novels: What Are “Formulas” and Are They Bad?

Romance Novels: What Are “Tropes”?

Romance Novels: What’s the Difference between “Trope” and “Subgenre”?

Romance Novels: What Is “Steampunk”? Special guest blogger Shelley Adina

Romance Novels: Falling for Paranormal Romance (Guest Blogger Rachel Leigh Smith)

Romance Novels: Romance on the Edge of the Seat—A Look at Romantic Suspense (Guest Blogger Liz Johnson)

Romance Novels: What’s the Difference Between Historical Romance and Historical Fiction?

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Writing the Romance Novel (Originally published April–May 2008.)

Upcoming Blog Series—Writing the Romance Novel

Writing the Romance Novel: Why Romance?

Writing the Romance Novel: What Is a Romance Novel?

Writing the Romance Novel: Who Reads Romances?

Writing the Romance Novel: The Warrior and the Damsel in Distress

Writing the Romance Novel: The Caveman and the TSTL Heroine

Writing the Romance Novel: Point of View

Writing the Romance Novel: The Seven Story Beats

Writing the Romance Novel: Beats 1 & 2

Writing the Romance Novel: Beats 3, 4 & 5

Writing the Romance Novel: Beats 6 & 7

Writing the Romance Novel: Purple Is (not) My Favorite Color

Writing the Multi-ethnic Romance Novel: Asian American, by Camy Tang

Writing the Multi-ethnic Romance Novel: African American by Patricia Woodside

Writing the Romance Novel: Historical Romance vs. Historical Fiction

Writing the Romance Novel: Humor and Romantic Comedy, with guest Linda Windsor

Writing the Romance Novel: Divisions and Subgenres

Writing the Romance Novel: History of the Inspirational Romance

Writing the Romance Novel: Why I Read and Write Romance

Writing the Romance Novel: You’ve Written It, Now What? (Guest Blogger Rebecca Germany)

Writing the Romance Novel: Incorporating Sensuality into Sweet Romance (Guest Blogger, Penny Dawn)

Writing the Romance Novel: Happy Ending or Happily Ever After?

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