Hello, Everyone! As I’ve been writing over the past few weeks, when writing romance, authors need to keep in mind the tropes romance readers love. Tropes aren’t limited to romance. Other genres use tropes as well. Because I write romance, I’m focusing on the tropes for romance readers. Tropes Romance Readers Love If you’re wondering …
6/9/19, Romance Tropes Readers Love – Part 3
Hello, Everyone! As we’ve discussed previously Romance Tropes Readers Love Part 1 and Part 2, romance readers have certain expectations when they pick up a romance novel. It doesn’t matter if they’ve read the same premise before, they’re reading the book to satisfy that expectation. The question for the author is how to keep the …
3/10/19, The 21st Century Heroine
Hello, Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful weekend, even if we did lose an hour of sleep this morning due to daylight saving time. Last week, I blogged about the heroines that appeared in romance novels when I first started to read those books. These women were young and beautiful, but that seemed to …
11/26/17, I’ve Been Dumped
Hello, Everyone! For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a wonderful holiday and that you had time off to spend with those you love or maybe even did something as exciting as spending a few days out of town. As the cold weather closes in on us in my part of …