Romance is no longer just about a woman settling down; today’s heroines are career-driven, independent, and multifaceted. Relationships are more varied, representation is expanding, and consent is an explicit and sexy part of the narrative. “Romance is ultimately about self-love,” McKinlay says. “The right person isn’t Prince Charming—they’re the person who truly sees you, helping you see yourself.”
When your favorite author goes from The Pulitzer Prize list to the Registered Offenders list, what’s a reader to do?
A summary of author Laura van den Berg's invaluable advice on novel revision, and reflections on how I am applying it as I work my way through the "murky middle."
Sometimes Endings are like ice cream sundaes with the right amount of toppings.
A sampling of stand-out quotes from my weekend at the Muse.
To reduce POV to whether the narrator uses first person (“I”) or third person (“He/she/they”) is deceptively simple, as though POV is a point and shoot camera, when in fact, it’s more like a manual one, with various controls that can be adjusted to alter what the reader sees.
We spend so much time laboring over just the right words to use in our writing, why shouldn’t we be as careful with the words we use about our writing?
