Well, folks, I'm four months overdue, but I made it. The second half of my top tips to writing authentic romance. If you missed my...

If you haven’t noticed, I am a major advocate for authentic fiction. It’s what I love to read, and it’s become my value proposition, my...

I've recently connected with the lovely Bella Raine, a Christian teenager writer, and she suggested we do a blog swap! We both wrote...

Back during the summer, I dropped some interesting insight into how my mind works. So my goals for this month are simple (I literally say...

Y'all, I am super excited for today's Springtime in Surrey guest...none other than Katja Labonté!! I've so enjoyed following her blog the...

The first chapter is a precarious little booger. If you’ve never struggled with those first few words, that first couple paragraphs, the...

This romance trope everyone calls toxic is actually supposed to be one of the strongest and most beautiful relationships out there. Why?...

Admit it, fight scenes are difficult. Even the veteran writers who have watched their favorite movie fight scenes hundreds of times,...

I don’t usually do these things, you know. Write articles, I mean. Oh, wait. I’m supposed to introduce myself? I told you blighters I’m...

I don’t know about you, but my prose differs in some way in every single book, genre, and POV type I write. Sometimes, in a lovely...

Well...there are a few painful confessions in this bunch of questions! Who knows what hard truths you might learn about yours truly!...

This just might be my last installment, guys! I'm out of questions now, so unless y'all have more (BRING 'EM ON!), I'll be taking a break...

I don't know about y'all, but I am SO excited for this installment in my Romance Q&A series! Probably because I get to talk about some of...

DUDE. Y'all gave me some TOUGH questions, lemme tell ya. I had to do a LOT of thinking on these, and I still don't think my answers are...

WHOA. Y'all, it's only been about a week since I posted my romance Q&A form...and I've already got dozens of questions! I just picked out...

I dunno about y'all, but I am STOKED for Madisyn Carlin's debut novel, Deceived, which is a new adult Christian allegorical fantasy!...

Well, it seems I was right! One of y’all’s biggest problems with maintaining a blog is time. Boy, do I feel you or what?! Time management...

That, my dears, is an insanely good question. Personally, I know of a lot of authors with active blogs who dedicate time, money, and...

You’ve used tropes in every story you’ve ever dreamed up. That may seem like an exaggeration, but it’s true. Tropes are the fuel behind...

Romance novels have an audience of a whopping 29 million readers, according to The Balance Careers, making it one of the most popular...