Wednesday, October 21, 2026
The Rise of the Green Flag Hero I’m calling it now, for the record—Green Flag heroes, or MMC’s (male main characters) in Romance are the new Alpha Males. Move over, Morally Gray types—the good guys are gaining on you. NO JUDGEMENT HERELet me preface this blog post by saying I am not making a judgement call on what anyone reads. I am a big believer in not yucking someone else’s yum, and having the freedom to read whatever the reader wants to read. What I am commenting on is trends I see based on comments on social media and articles I’ve read, books I’ve read. Trends run in cycles, especially in the publishing world, and I find it ...
Wayward Pines, the popular novel series written by author Blake Crouch, has spawned a series on Fox television and dozens of titles in the Kindle Worlds publishing program. One of the most recent Kindle Worlds titles was written by my good friend and talented author,Donjaline Hope. This exciting novella was her debut, and she plans to expand into full length novels, writing in a variety of genres such as steampunk, adventure, and romance.I sat down recently with Mrs. Hope to get the scoop on her debut and what she has planned for the future.R. R. - Congratulations on your debut with Wayward Pines: Salt Lake City Expedition. What enticed you to write this ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
That’s Renee, with two e’s…. In July 2013, I attended my first Romance Writers of America conference in Atlanta Georgia,where I happen to live. I enjoyed every minute of it, but for months afterward, I had no idea my experience had been recorded for posterity.Love Between the CoversApparently, a documentary film about the romance novel industry was being recorded during the conference. Several months later an author friend of mine, acclaimed erotic romanceauthor Annabel Joseph, lent me a copy of the movie to watch. Imagine my surprise when I came up on screen, in a shot of the audience at a seminar. Another author friend, Lainie S. Flin, was beside me in ...