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Imprinted on the Heart by Terry Newman
AUTHORS | Contemporary | Fantasy | Interviews | ROMANCE | Romantic Comedy | WRITING

Love Romantic Comedy? Meet Author Terry Newman

Today I am interviewing award-winning romance author, Terry Newman. She writes romantic comedy with a splash of fantasy. She has some great writing tips and…

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I Have a Story by Colleen Donnelly
AUTHORS | Historical | Interviews | ROMANCE | WRITING

Collen Donnelly Shares a New Pre-WWII Romance

Please welcome Colleen Donnelly, a fellow Rose. She has a brand-new romance releasing this May. She here to tell you about her writing journey, what…

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AUTHORS | Contemporary | Interviews | ROMANCE | WRITING

Travel Around the World with Mary Georgina de Grey

Mary Georgina de Grey is a writer of contemporary romance and a fellow Rose. In her interview today, she shares her travels and some wise…

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Beautiful One a YA Romance novel
AUTHORS | Interviews | ROMANCE | WRITING | Young Adult

Overcoming Grief and Writer’s Block: Mary Cope on Success as an Author

Today our featured author is Mary Cope. A fellow Rose she writes young adult romance. Today she shares her struggles and challenges, and gives some…

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Censored Angel by Joan Koster
AUTHORS | Historical | Interviews | ROMANCE | WRITING

Censored Angel by Joan Koster

Today, my alter ego is talking about the new release, Censored Angel, how nonfiction writing influences fiction writing, and the importance of doing research Where…

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INSPIRATION | ROMANCE | WRITING

3 Tips for Finding Inner Renewal

Looking for inner renewal? Here are three ideas to try that will help clear your mind, and if you are a writer, get rid of writer’s block.

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WRITING | ZARA WEST

Revision Tips for My Writer Friends

Revision Tips I learned during NaNoWri are now a new book. Here are 3 tips for you.

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Fast Draft Your Manuscript and Get It Done by Joan Bouza Koster
WRITING | ZARA WEST

Fast Draft to Get to the End

My alter-ego has been very busy. While putting the finishing touches on my second historical novel about a forgotten woman, I was also writing some…

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Writing with Splash: An Online Writing Workshop
WRITING | ZARA WEST

Writing with Splash: An Online Writing Workshop

I love teaching online writing workshops, and this coming month, May 2020, I will be giving one of my favorites. Writing with Splash: Enriching Your…

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Piles of Books Why Writers Should Read
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Why Writers Should Read

~ Do you write? Do you read? ~ You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. It’s…

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3 Ways to Renew Your Writing Life

~ Renewing the Joy of Writing ~ Are you stuck in a rut? Do you sit down to write and do the same things every…

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Marketing | WRITING

Tackling Instagram: Planning and Posting for Writers

Are you an avid user of Instagram? Well, I am not. I love Facebook and post regularly on Twitter. But for a long time, I…

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