The RWA Implosion: How Could the Problems Be Fixed?
Not surprisingly, the RWA chaos has continued, and every day, more people are asking the question: Can RWA be saved? And if so, how?
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Why Does the RWA Implosion Matter to All Writers?
What’s going on with RWA? Here’s why all writers—even those who don’t write romance—should care about a situation that’s far beyond “in-fighting.”
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How Do We Measure the “Value” of Fiction?
At our lowest, we might question what makes dealing with all the struggles of writing worth it. How can we measure the value of fiction?
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Romance Genre: How Can We Portray Healthy Relationships?
My new workshop covers all of the underlying elements that contribute to readers’ sense of a strong, deep relationship so we can portray healthier romances.
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What Makes a Writer a “Real” Author?
What makes someone a “real” writer or a “real” author? Let’s look at the question of what makes a writer “real” from a different perspective.
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Finding Book Recommendations Beyond the Usual
If we don’t know where to go to get book recommendations beyond the “usual,” we might get stuck in a reading rut, so let’s share ideas for other resources to try.
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What Can Authors and Readers Learn from #CopyPasteCris?
In the recent scandal known as #CopyPasteCris, Cristiane Serruya plagiarized a lot of books. We’re looking at how it happened and what (if anything) can be done to prevent it from happening again.
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Romance Love: Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s often not easy to be a romance author, and the time around Valentine’s Day can be especially trying. A whole day (or week) focused on love and romance brings out all types of naysayers for the romance genre.
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Why We All Need a Writing Community
All of us start on the writing path from different places, but somewhere along our path, we realized an online writing community existed. The #cockygate issue reiterated for me just how important that community is for our career.
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Branding: The Right Way vs. the Wrong Way
A crazy story erupted on social media with the hashtag #cockygate involving authors, Amazon KDP, and trademark law. One author is attempting to prevent others from using a word in their book titles, as she mistakenly thinks our book titles are our brands.
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