Romancing Your Story

Welcome to Almost An Author! My name is Mary Moore. I started writing in 1995, but was not published until 2011. Yep, getting published can be a very slow process. But I hope what you gain from the invaluable information on this site will help and encourage you to keep pushing toward your goal.

If you do not know, I am a romance writer. Well, I’m a historical romance writer. No, I’m a Christian historical romance writer. Actually, I am a Christian historical romance writer in the Regency genre. Whew!

But whatever you write, whether Regency fiction, contemporary fiction, mysteries, chick lit, sci-fi, paranormal, historical, Amish, westerns or Biblical fiction, more often than not you will include a vein of romance. Me, I include an artery.

So from here on out, we will look at developing the romance portion of your plot and the components needed to make it believable. Even if the romance is secondary to, say, the mystery of your story, it still needs to be developed into and/or around the plot within some guidelines. And your characters? They definitely need to have the romantic elements that make your reader want to invest in them. Who wants a ho-hum heart throb?

Finally, I would love to hear what you would like to talk about. If you have questions on your characters or plots, or a specific question (that probably 100 other authors want to ask), just leave a comment below and we’ll go from there.

Be advised, however, that being published doesn’t make me an expert on anything! You could ask 20 writers how they plot or keep track of the main characters and their butlers and valets and rich aunts, and they will all say something different. So you be you and take away as much information as you think will help. I give you permission!

I look forward to getting to know you!