On a Quest to Understand the History of Historical Romance
This is it! The magic key that we’ve all been looking for — the romance novel formula that blockbuster author Georgette Heyer used to produce dozens of best-sellers. Thanks to …
The Georgette Heyer Romance Novel Formula for Success Read More
In addition to reading writing by Georgette Heyer, I’ve also been reading writing about Heyer, specifically Jennifer Kloester’s 2011 biography of the iconic author. There’s a lot to glean from …
Georgette Heyer and Author Finances Read More
After reading The Grand Sophy, I decided I needed a second Heyer to more adequately think about such a prolific and long-writing author. It was hard enough to choose among …
Georgette Heyer’s The Corinthian Read More
With over thirty romance novels published between 1921 an 1974, Georgette Heyer is to Regency romance as Agatha Christie is to detective novels. I had a lot of trouble choosing …
Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy Read More
Here we are at the end of the year. Between drafting and re-writing on two different romance novels, I’ve written over 100K words — plus all the words that have …
Reading Round-up: 2018 Read More
I’ve been working on my Romance MFA syllabus for over a month now. It hasn’t been a simple task: the number of books in the romance genre is overwhelming. I …
Working on a Romance MFA Syllabus Read More