Hannah Whatley

@princessfoo Gotcha. 😉 I did think that sounded a little too isolated. 😛

The nice thing if you have access to your character’s head is that it will make it easier to write subtle stuff because you’ve got the character’s internal monologue to add to the equation.

@princessfoo Kapow! Wikipedia probably has a better answer than I do. At least I hope so. I didn’t actually read the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting

Btw, do you have The Emotion Thesaurus? If so, look up “love” in there.

@princessfoo You heard of the name before or you’ve heard of the principle?

Well, you the goal is to keep your characters from reacting with the same emotion your reader will react with. So if your reader is probably going to laugh at a joke, none of your characters should react to the joke in any hysterical way. If your reader is going to feel…[Read more]

@PrincessFoo very solid advice so far. I’ve never written a full-on romance novel, but every story I’ve written has had at least one romantic subplot, so I’ve been doing this for a while. 😉

My one piece of advice kind of ties in to what @Daeus said, but takes a little different spin on it. The most intriguing, engaging thing about your…[Read more]

@salome01w4g that just means you get seniority privileges. 😉

@epicaddie2 @That_writer_Girl_99 @Shannon @Emily @LifeofKatie @Ethryndal thanks so much guys. 😀

Sarah, I’m especially glad you think it’s pretty… it ought to be… I only redid it oh… ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES. XD

*coughs* I’m a bit of a perfectionist. Your praise is great validation.

Elizabeth, Sarah, Shannon… I, um… was looking for Dr.…[Read more]

@Daeus once again I’m late to the party… everything looks great. Very professional. Nothing to criticize; good work. 😉

@sam-kowal welcome to KP. 😀 Welcome to Stan too. He should fit right in; we’ve several dragons hanging around this place in various nooks and crannies. 😉

@sam-kowal Seriously? You’re an ENFJ? AWESOME! More ENFJs is always a good thing.

@sam-kowal Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet!

I like your dragon too. 🙂

And definitely Brandon Sanderson. I just finished his Mistborn trilogy recently. Really good.

Some of my favorite stories? (not necessarily in order) The Count Of Monte Cristo, Dreamlander, A tale of two cities, cry the beloved country, crime and…[Read more]

@lifeofkatie I think I’ve got it fixed.

@lifeofkatie On the button?

@perfectfifths. Hmm. I just noticed one day that it was true because…I noticed it.

@dragon-snapper

The thing I don’t like about romances is that they are fake. They make them too emotional. People aren’t like that.

They are so totally fake, but I don’t actually think people are any less emotional. They’re just less cheesy about it. ……[Read more]

Yikes! These tags aren’t working. Let me try again. @shannon @emily @winter-rose.

@jane-maree @shannon @emily @winter-rose @ingridrd @lifeofkatie

Okay! How about this?

http://www.thescratchingquill.com/the-show-dont-tell-course/

@jane-maree @shannon @emily @winter-rose @ingridrd @lifeofkatie Thanks. I’m working on a revision. I’ll get back to you sooner or later. 😀

@princessfoo Righty. Well, I don’t really read romance and I’m not an expert on it, but I have written it just a bit.

My point is based on a principle I’m going to call Daeus’ principle just to stroke my vanity. This principle states that if you know at a certain point in your story you can get a reaction out of your reader, do not have any of…[Read more]

@winter-rose @ingridrd @princessfoo Ah! My bad. Here, try again.

@dragongeek lol. Our editor in chief is using the same concept. http://josiahdegraaf.com/the-chronicles-of-morshan/