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There’s nothing worse than a great book ending and finding out there isn’t another one! Readers crave a series. Publishers like to sign a series. And who doesn’t want to make more money with a series? But writing a series takes a lot more planning and world building. How do you do it?
Come share with us Sunday 4pm PST / 7pm EST!
~Robin Lovett
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Picking a cover for a romance novel can be a lot of fun. But it can also be a headache of enormous proportions. The number of factors to take into account is endless, and since it’s the number one marketing tool for our books… the pressure is on to get it right!
Come chat with us about your experience and to learn about the experience of others! Sunday 4pm PST / 7pm EST!
~Robin Lovett
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We all love to write romance. But what about the days when you’re not feeling the HEA (Happily-Ever-After)? Once in a while, the things going on in life make writing romance the last thing you want to do. How do you write through those times? And what do you do when you feel disconnected from your work, but still have to write for a deadline?
Join us to chat about it. Sunday 4 pm PST / 7pm EST.
~Robin Lovett
To publish our writing we have two main avenues, traditional publishing or self-publishing. But there’s that third choice, the holy grail, best of both worlds: hybrid publishing. Is it right for us? What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? Have you considered being a hybrid author, already are one? Or are you on the “never in a million years” list?
Come chat with us about it Sunday 4pm PST / 7pm EST !
~Robin Lovett
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We hear we should do contests, the challenge is knowing when you’re ready and which ones to choose. There are many kinds of contests: ones for published and unpublished writers. There are many reasons to do them: feedback, recognition, marketing. Targeting which contests are for your writing and at what point in your career is something to talk about.
Come share, come learn, see you Sunday 4pm PST/ 7pm EST on #rwchat!
~Robin Lovett
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A lightbulb here. A lightbulb there. Ideas come and go. They spark and die. How do we hang onto them? Organize them? How do we make them more than ideas but characters with full backstories and plots with compelling tension?
Come tell us how you organize your ideas and learn how others do it too. Sunday at 4pm PST / 7pm EST!
~Robin Lovett
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A long career, a successful one, will shift and change as we grow as writers, but knowing how to navigate those changes isn’t easy. Whether it’s a shift in subgenre, a change in pen name, a switch from indie to traditional to hybid and back – the best way to learn it is to hear from other romance writers who’ve done it.
Come discuss with us how you’ve done it or bring questions to learn how. See you Sunday 4pm PST/ 7pm EST on #RWChat!
~Robin Lovett
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The growth and development of a hero or heroine through a novel is as important as the plot itself. There are as many journeys or character arcs as there are people in this world. But there are lots of tropes and patterns that we can build our characters on. What are your favorite character arcs? Which ones have you used and which ones are you looking to explore?
Join us, Sunday 4pm PST / 7pm EST!
~Robin Lovett
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Originally published on DIYMFA.com
When shit goes down in our lives, how do we keep writing? At best, we lose our ability to focus on our work. Sometimes it makes us question our work—question whether what we have to say will be relevant. Or at worst, become afraid to write what we write.
There’s no more tragic fear for an author than being afraid to give voice to her story because she fears persecution for it. And that’s what one of my friends said to me recently. She was terrified that her work would be misinterpreted or even ridiculed.
We all have ideas about what we want to write but having the courage to write it is often not so easy. We worry what others will think, if anyone will read it, if agents and editors will want to buy it. But writing afraid is no way to write at all. So how can we write with fearlessness? How can we get in touch with the courage to write amidst the pressure to do it well?
Join us Sunday 4pm PST / 7pm EST!
~Robin Lovett
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