When Romance Writers Read and Create
In my opinion, anyone who says they don’t have time to read might as well say they don’t have…
February 28, 2020In my opinion, anyone who says they don’t have time to read might as well say they don’t have…
February 28, 2020Can you share a little about your recent book? I started out wanting to write another Christmas story and…
February 1, 2020If you are writing a clean or Christian romance, you still need to build tension in your story. Depending…
January 23, 2020As a little girl I was enthralled with the classic Disney tales of princesses finding their “Prince Charming” and…
December 23, 2019Once upon a time a romance novel plot included a heroine who wanted the hero to kiss her, but…
November 23, 2019In my last column, I wrote about the first meeting. Now that your characters have met, the first blush…
October 23, 2019What do you think about when you think of romance? Oh sure, there are the typical things like boy…
September 23, 2019Can you share a little about your recent book? Two of my novellas have released this year. The first…
August 1, 2019The fact that you are writing a romance it’s a given that your hero and heroine have to meet…
July 23, 2019Romance used to be so formulaic—boy meets girl, they fall in love, something threatens their relationship, but in the…
June 23, 2019We’re well into spring in most of the country, which means for writers, we’re also well into contest season.…
May 23, 2019Jolina Petersheim is the bestselling author of How the Light Gets In, The Alliance, The Midwife, and The Outcast, which Library Journal called “outstanding…
May 1, 2019Jill Kemerer and Jessica Patch join me for a Behind the Scenes look at the Resort to Romance Series—ten…
March 26, 2019When writing a Christian romance novel, should your hero be perfect? I entered a writing contest a few years…
March 23, 2019What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet ……
February 23, 2019If you’ve been reading my column for any amount of time, you know it’s no secret that I am…
February 4, 2019Novelists Unwind Guests Mary Connealy wrote twenty books in ten years–before a single one was published. But her tenacity…
January 26, 2019Have you ever wondered what the opposite sex is thinking while you’re thinking? Men, as a rule, think in…
December 23, 2018Romance with suspense or romance with glamour? Why pick one when you can have both? Lynette Eason I met…
September 26, 2018I’m excited to share two debut author interviews with you. Heidi Chiavaroli and I chatted a few months ago…
August 26, 2018Nobody’s perfect, right? True. Neither can your romantic hero – or your heroine, for that matter – be perfect.
July 23, 2018So, you think you want to write a romance? It’s a great genre. #amwriting #romancewriting101 Think of some of…
September 2, 2017If you read my last column, you’ll know we determined that most fictional stories contain some element of romance.…
October 27, 2015How many of you are reading this article under protest? “I don’t write romances,” you say. Well, you might…
August 28, 2015Welcome to Almost An Author! My name is Mary Moore. I started writing in 1995, but was not published…
June 11, 2015