The Forbidden Love Trope: is it all empty drama? (Valentine’s Day Romance Collab with R.M. Archer)
Forbidden love … the Romeo & Juliet of the romance tropes. It’s not exactly the most beloved trope there ever was! But in truth, forbidden love can add an interesting aspect to your romance story … if done correctly. However, because this trope is slightly overused (yes, I’ll say it!) and has gone out of […]
Why Last Minute Romance Cheats Readers – Part II: Myths & Facts (Blog Collaboration with H.S. Kylian)
Hello everyone! Welcome to Lilacs & Reveries where once again, H.S. Kylian and I are talking about romance to celebrate February, Valentine’s Day, and the novels that feature romantic relationships, so let’s dive into this month’s collabs and what you can expect. The posts in question are titled: Why Last Minute Romance Cheats Readers – […]
How to Format a Novel (or other fictional work) for Submission
Over the last couple days, I’ve answered a lot of young writers’ questions about how submission guidelines work both for Wild Blue Wonder Press, and at my day job at the Author Conservatory (where we do critiques as well as put together anthologies, necessitating submission guidelines). And one of the biggest questions is about formatting […]
Why We Need Chemistry in Christian Romance
Hey folks! I’m Kellyn Roth, and I’m here today with H.S. Kylian to talk about chemistry in romance. (If you don’t know, Hannah writes a bunch of cool serieses in the family saga arena, and you arguably can’t have a family without chemistry. More on that later.) This is the first in a series of […]
Romance is a Relationship—NOT a Genre | a guest post by Grace A. Johnson
Hey folks! Welcome to my blog! For the first time in a while, we have a terribly amazing blog post … a guest post by Grace A. Johnson, one of the most incredible people in the Christian fiction world right now. Grace A. Johnson is an author, thinker, and of course God-follower who was inspired […]
Does Writing Advice Put a Damper on Our Creativity?
Recently, I’ve seen writers talking about how writing advice, story craft, and other tips and tricks for writing a better novel are useless. In their way of seeing it, writing advice tends to lead to formulaic stories, sub-parr novels, and writers not seeking a certain “it” factor. Writers don’t need advice — they need to […]
How to Punctuate Dialogue for Beginners (and people like me who never paid attention)
There are punctuation rules you might not have run across in your essay writing – or at least you didn’t probably run into it often. If you read a lot, you’ve seen it … but do you remember? I had to learn how to punctuate dialogue after I started writing, and it wasn’t necessarily the […]
5 Myths About Writing Debunked
There are a lot of myths about writing out there. It’s important for us to be aware of them … and to move on. So let’s debunk those myths! Sidenote: a lot of these are myths for a good reason! Writing has changed over the years. Back in ye olden days, it was quite a […]