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...
by Heidi | Oct 6, 2013 | 31 Days Toward Writing a Must-Read Romance
As we begin a new week, here’s to pushing the envelope … going big or going home … writing more words than you ever thought possible … happy writing and if you haven’t yet, you really should check out the very inspirational and creative...
