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April 25, 2016
#Romance Novels: What’s the Difference Between Historical Romance and Historical Fiction? #amwriting
When talking about fiction, there are some areas in which there seems to be more distinction between genres for writers than there may be among readers. And one of the grayest areas is when it comes to figuring out how to categorize historical fiction versus historical romance. So what is the difference between Historical Fiction […]
April 21, 2016
Romance Novels: Romance on the Edge of the Seat—A Look at Romantic Suspense (Guest Blogger Liz Johnson @LizJohnsonBooks)
Continuing the series on Romance Novel genres, please welcome special guest poster Liz Johnson today. Romantic Suspense: Trial and Error Everything I know about writing romantic suspense I learned by trial and error. Mostly it consisted of me trying it and my editor saying, “Nope.” I never intended to write romantic suspense novels, so I […]
April 19, 2016
Romance Novels: Falling for Paranormal Romance (Guest Blogger Rachel Leigh Smith @rachelleighgeek)
Continuing the series on Romance Novel genres, please welcome special guest poster Rachel Leigh Smith today. Romance That’s a Bit Out of This World I spent the first twenty years of my adult reading life (started when I was 11) devouring inspirational historical romance. The first novel I wrote was a historical romance. Then on […]
April 14, 2016
Romance Novels: What Is “Steampunk”? Special guest blogger Shelley Adina (@ShelleyAdina) #amwriting
Continuing the series on Romance Novel genres, please welcome special guest poster Shelley Adina today. Shelley Adina on Steampunk Romance An Early Affection for Steampunk It’s been a long, strange publishing trip for me . . . from romance to Christian women’s fiction to YA to steampunk. But in writing steampunk, I feel as though […]
April 10, 2016
Romance Novels: What’s the Difference between “Trope” and “Subgenre”? | #amwriting
Friday, we looked at what we romance authors/reviewers mean when we speak of tropes in romance—certain types of characters or storylines that have gained popularity throughout the romance genre. But then there’s another word that we use a lot which needs to also be defined: subgenre. As a reminder the Romance Genre is defined as […]
April 8, 2016
Romance Novels: What Are “Tropes”? #amwriting
As I mentioned yesterday, there are two terms you hear bandied about a lot when it comes to romance: formula and trope. We tackled formula yesterday (did anyone else crave cake after that post?), and today we’re going to explore (scratch the surface, really) of tropes and what they mean in the context of romance […]
April 7, 2016
Romance Novels: What Are “Formulas” and Are They Bad? #amwriting
There are two words you’ll hear writers—especially romance writers—throw around which, if you’re only a reader, you might not understand: FORMULA and TROPE. Formula, when it comes to romance, has taken on quite a negative connotation, which I hope to dispel today. Tropes are something we writers like to talk about—which ones we prefer to […]
April 5, 2016
Romance Novels: Do They Have to Be 3rd-Person/Past-Tense? #amwriting
A couple of weeks ago, before I went traveling throughout the southeast (southwest, from my perspective in Tennessee, since I was in Arkansas and Louisiana), we were discussing the expectations of Romance readers when it comes to what a “Romance” genre novel truly is, and what it should contain. Those two posts covered HEA/HFN endings […]
April 4, 2016
It’s Reading Report Time! (April 2016) #amreading
Happy First Monday of April, everyone. It’s Reading Report time! . Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links! To format your text, click here for an HTML cheat-sheet. If […]
April 2, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather #amreading
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book Summary from Audible: On the harsh and wild frontier of the American West, Alexandra Bergson struggles to fulfill her father’s dying wish of establishing his family on the Nebraska table lands. Through hard times and abundant, through love and loss, through joy and […]
