Warning: This post makes references to violence and sexual assault. If you’d rather skip this post, we completely understand. Note: Much of what I share in this post I’ve learned from taking empowerment self-defense and martial arts classes at an organization called El HaLev. Learn more by reading or watching “Beauty Bites Beast” by Ellen Snortland. […]
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Our chapter president Casey Clipper has agreed to tell us a bit about writing Irish Alpha Heroes. How’s that for good luck? So it back and enjoy. If you also create heroes based on aspects of your own cultural background, please share in the comments. Contemporary Romance: What was it about
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~ Melina Kantor Hello, All the Single Ladies, My last post in our honor was about HEA’s and why we are more than capable of writing them. I’m back! I wasn’t planning on writing another post about “single ladies,” but there’s something I feel the need to discuss. Actually, there’s a part of that something
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~ By Rebecca Grace Allen I have been a fangirl of the CW’s Supernatural for years. If you don’t watch the show, or never got past some of the more gory, monster-of-the-week episodes, I am sad for you, because in my opinion, it’s one of the best-written shows out there. It’s about Sam and Dean
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~ By Jane Peden Writing a hero readers will fall in love with is always challenging – but never more so than in category romance. Especially if you are writing about presumptuous arrogant billionaires whose cold hearts and rash judgments are in dire need of redeeming. You know the type. The CEO who seduces his secretary,
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~ By Sarah Vance-Tompkins I fell in love with Alan Rickman in Truly, Madly, Deeply, a sweet indie movie about finding closure after the loss of a love. I had no idea how good he was at being bad until I saw him as Hans Gruber in Die Hard. Dressed in a Saville Row suit, with
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~ By Katie McCoach Note: This article was originally published on the Standoutbooks blog and can be viewed here. Recently I was reading a promising romance novel, and then, in the midst of chapter six, I found myself placing the book face down on my kitchen table in frustration. The hero was absolutely perfect. And I was
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~ By Jane Peden Writing a hero readers will fall in love with is always challenging – but never more so than in category romance. Especially if you are writing about presumptuous arrogant billionaires whose cold hearts and rash judgments are in dire need of redeeming. You know the type. The CEO who seduces his secretary,
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~ By Katie McCoach Note: This article was originally published on the Standoutbooks blog and can be viewed here: https://www.standoutbooks.com/writing-romance-perfect-men-make-boring-heroes/ Recently I was reading a promising romance novel, and then, in the midst of chapter six, I found myself placing the book face down on my kitchen table in frustration. The hero was absolutely perfect. And I
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