#romancewriting
@erinmbrownwriter
MA, MFA • 24-bk author • story consultant • storytelling/writers rm idea maker • speaker • story judge • sr. writer/director: creative content, copy, curriculum • coffee & collie lover. www.erinmbrown.blog www.storyarcromanceediting.blog
#romancewriting
It's here! My 24th bk, "The Romance Novel Blueprint: Crafting Stories Readers Fall in Love With"
I've shared my must-have secrets for anyone writing a romance (or a novel w/romance):
👉 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GK49G2B...
#RomanceWriters #WritingCommunity #AmWritingRomance #WritingCraft #RomanceAuthors
When a romance doesn’t feel believable, it’s rarely the premise.
It’s almost always the emotional structure.
This piece breaks down the nine emotional movements that shape satisfying love stories — and why skipping even one makes readers feel it.
storyarcromanceediting.blog/2026/01/10/h...
Most social advice is built around volume.
But platforms don’t reward volume. They reward patterns.
I wrote Part 3 of this series to explain what that actually means — and how to post without burning out.
erinbrownconroy.blog/2026/01/10/t...
I always told my university writing students, "The delete key is my friend!" :)
A tweet by Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino. The tweet reads: 'The Republicans who WE, the officers protected and saved—the ones that ran in fear for their lives on Jan 6 are giving tours to the marauders and treating them honorably, giving them a hero’s welcome instead of the officers who risked their lives for them. All while claiming they back the blue.'
The public has a right to know the full truth about who Trump sprang.
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
My Apple Watch Stress Monitor app shows primarily red blocks for the past 2 days. I don't know, was it the Nazi salute, demolishing Biden's lowered prescription costs for Medicare, taking down websites, dissing Tgender, taking off IG hashtag searches for "democrat," or... ?
True. And when you search #constitution, IG only gave curated (controlled) results -- no hastags.
Writers, to get unstuck, this reminder is simple and effective: erinbrownconroy.blog/2025/01/11/w...
So, 2025, you've tried to enter with tumult & turbulence.
I have words for you, COVID, my unwelcome house guest: though uncomfortable and intrusive, your interference is weak. Soon gone, you'll have no pull on creativity & productivity. And in the current world state, you're minuscule. Nice try.