A decade or so ago, the first five pages of a book caused me so much pterodactyl screeching, I had…
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I read a book earlier this month that caused an urge to write a salty email to an editor who…
I recently attended an editing workshop hosted by a trad-pub romance editor who said, “Head hopping is fine! All the…
I woke up earlier this week to find that all of my spoons were gone. I had to declare spoon…
I’ve been having a hard time reading contemporary romance lately, with an 80% didn’t like/didn’t finish rate. These aren’t books…
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled into a group of writers complaining about the internalized misogyny of reviewers. Many of…
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It’s difficult to learn from excellent writing because excellent writing sucks you into the story and feels effortless and magical…