by Heidi | Oct 11, 2013 | 31 Days Toward Writing a Must-Read Romance
I’m eleven days into this 31 day journey of posting daily. It’s a little bit like having a newborn in the house again … day 11 of feeding, swaddling and changing was about when the novelty wore off and the sleep deprivation set in. But I adore Five...
by Heidi | Oct 10, 2013 | 31 Days Toward Writing a Must-Read Romance
Does every romance novel need a villain? Can you raise the stakes, layer in conflict and craft rich, complex characters without inserting the same tired old villains readers have grown weary of seeing? I feel that a newbie writer is tempted to go with what’s...
by Heidi | Oct 9, 2013 | 31 Days Toward Writing a Must-Read Romance
If you haven’t heard of Wordless Wednesday before, it’s an opportunity for those in the blogging community to post pictures and share the story behind the photo and/or just post and link up in an effort to gain more exposure for their blog. It’s also...
by Heidi | Oct 8, 2013 | 31 Days Toward Writing a Must-Read Romance
I’m participating in a Bible study right now on the book of Esther. Have you read the book of Esther lately? It has all the ingredients we aspire to incorporate into our romance novels: a powerful king who answered to no one but behaved like an idiot, a...
by Heidi | Oct 7, 2013 | 31 Days Toward Writing a Must-Read Romance
I’ve learned a lot in the process of writing a novel. To say I’ve been surprised by many facets regarding the craft of storytelling would be an understatement. Most of the time, I fly by the seat of my pants … until I look around and realize...
