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Don’t You Love When Erotica is Consensual? Consent is Sexy. Rape is Not.
I will never stop being amazed that the same women who criticize "rape culture" defend erotica and romance books that glorify and fetishize rape. Eroticizing rape is-apparently- fine when it's done for the female gaze. If we want to talk about rape culture, we've gotta take a look at the romance and erotica genres. For... Continue Reading →
On Writing Fantasy-Romance and Being an Authorpreneur: An Interview with Angela J. Ford
I discovered the books of Angela J. Ford back in February when I received an arc of 'Music of the Night' for a blog tour. And wow, I was absolutely blown away. The ephemeral setting, the music-based magic system, the steamy romance, and of course the Phantom of the Opera inspiration, all of it culminates... Continue Reading →
Virgins? Player? Manic Pixie Dreamgirls!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDhCL3AreEU A video about character tropes, the romance genre, Breaking Bad, and more with guest CoHost Emily Hurricane.
Hybrid Writing: The Best of Plotting and Pantsing
Here is a recording of the live discord class from 5/14. We cover the basic of plot structure, how to character map, and how the internal and external arc of a story work in tandem. To follow along with the powerpoint and access other resources, you can check out the associated google classroom here: https://classroom.google.com/c/MzM1MD...... Continue Reading →
Schedule of Writing Discord Classes
Edit: the Starting Your Story class has been canceled. IT will be rescheduled but date is TBD. Join 'The Writer's Block' discord to attend these free 1 hour classes. Hybrid Writing: Getting the Best of Plotting and Pantsing will be taught by yours truly. Here is the associated google classroom. First Impressions: Staring Your Story... Continue Reading →
WWW Weds: When I’m Not Planning Online Courses, I’m Reading Non-Fiction and Romance
WWW Weds is a Weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. I'm putting my WWW post up early this week. Because I have my Weds booked solid putting the final touches on a class I'm teaching in a Kindle Vella discord. Eep! I'm so damn excited! I really do love... Continue Reading →
Contemporary Romance, Popular Tropes, and Creating Audiobooks: An Interview with Emerald Baynton
Photo by Marcelo Chagas on Pexels.com The romance genre is the best genre. Just hands-down, the best. And this genre gets so much shade both from people inside of the book community and outside of it. A romance is only deemed “important” if you throw in some artsy-fartsy concept like magical realism and call it... Continue Reading →
The Second Edition of Combustion Goes Live Tomorrow!
Rachel lives in constant fear that she will burst into flames. She can feel the heat building in her gut. She keeps buckets of water under the bed. She keeps them to fend off the flames that her body may create. Autocombustophobia. That's what they say she has. No one will believe Rachel when she... Continue Reading →
Reading Tastes Tag
I was tagged by Anna the Book Critter who found this tag on booktube, created by Sophia from Sophia's Thoughts. 1. What is your favorite genre? I have two favorite genres, horror and romance. I love both and that's why I write both. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Shameless plug! The second edition of my horror... Continue Reading →
