I'm in the middle of writing another romance novella, the latest installment of "The Affair with Mr. X." It's hit a little snag, so I thought I’d take a break and tell you about a post I did for Angela’s Booth’s Fab Freelance Writing blog entitled, How to Suck Readers into Your Story from the Start.

Strangely, I almost never have a problem with the beginning or end of a story; it's at about the half-way point that I tend to get stuck. It’s like the story balls itself up into a voluminous, tight knot of tangled thread; one I have to spend days unwinding.

Then, like magic in most cases, the story will unfurl and practically write itself. I guess I bring that up to remind you to just write through the tangle. Eventually, how the story is supposed to unfold will reveal itself, and you’ll be off to the writing races again.

Anyhoo, I digress; back to the post on Fab Freelance Writing.

I am promoting my first traditionally published book (The Ultimate Freelancer’s Guidebook), so I reached out to the webmaster to ask if she’d be receptive to me submitting a guest post. She responded, in part writing:

Readers are asking for more information on writing fiction than on anything else at the moment …

So I came up with the idea for the above-mentioned post. It got really good feedback, with one writer on Twitter even tweeting me saying, “Thank you for this! I found it extremely helpful:)”

I hope you do too.

Romance Writing Tips: The Complete Series to Date

FYI, I’ve written a series of tips on how to write romance. I still consider myself new to the genre. I've written well over 50 non-fiction books (mostly on freelance writing), but I've only been writing romance since 2013. And even though I've completed 40+ novellas, I'm still on the climbing up side of the learning curve. 

The following tips are ones I’ve picked up since I started this genre of writing that I wrote down --- more to keep  in mind for myself when I did find myself, for example, stuck or needing one more way to describe a certain body part – LOL!

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #1: How to Find a “Jump Off” Point for Your Story

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #2: Insight on When to Write an Outline for Your Romance

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #3: How to Find Time to Write

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #4: Give Yourself a Daily Word Count

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #5: On Describing Body Parts

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #6: When Characters Start  to Speak

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #7: How Important Is the Cover on a Romance Novel?

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #8: About Writing Romance Series

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #9: About Character Development

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #10: One Simple Way to Sell More Copies of Your Romance Novel

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #11: How Much of a Preview Should You Give Readers of Your New Romance Novel

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #12: When Short Previews Sell Better Than Long Previews

Romance Writing Tip of the Day: #13: How to Write Your First Romance Quickly

Romance Writing Tip #14: Should You Use Your Own Love Life as Material for Your Romance Novel?

Romance Writing Tip #15: Should You Design Your Own Romance Novel Covers?

Romance Writing Tip #16: Why You Should Wait to Market Your Romance Novel

Romance Writing Tip #17: A REALLY Easy Way to Sell More Books

Your Turn?

What romance-writing tips would you add? Please share in the comments section below.

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