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The Story Behind the Story: Ghost of the Past by Josie Malone
What happens when love is not enough? In every romance, the reader meets the protagonists and roots for them to...
We Are All Other
Originally published in Novelists Ink, October 2021 How...
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The Story Behind the Story: Interstellar Angel by Laura Navarre
Turbocharged, epic, hyper-erotic science-fiction romance starring three super-sexy heroes, one seriously kickass heroine, and plenty of sleek, sizzling outer-space action.
The Story Behind The Story: Confessions of a Domestic Goddess by Deborah Schneider
Sometimes a writer needs to tear a book down to the studs. Deborah Schneider did just that, and flipped her fixer-upper into a rom-com novel perfect for today’s audience.
We are all other: a POV checklist
Every character has wants or desires that echo ours — even when they’re different from us! Use this checklist to flesh out your characters.
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The Story Behind the Story: The Grain Merchant by Zara Altair
Zara Altair has created a protagonist who lives much longer ago and farther away than mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles or Cabot Cove. How does that sort of hero come to be? How different are his life and the murders he must solve from what is ordinary to us?
Story Behind the Story: The Way Home by Eliana West
A letter from the past will change their future… For this...
