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: 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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