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 ...

FOR THE RECORD: ALL my books, both published and unpublished, under my two pen names (Renee Regent and Leslie Crowne) were written by ME.Only me!My brain devised the premise, plot, and details.My heart created the characters—their personalities, their emotions, their growth arcs.My soul revealed the themes, the underlying messages of the stories. Authentic As F*ckEvery laugh, every tear. The violence, the tenderness, the sadness, the orgasms (yes, I said it!), all came from my life experience, or my imagination. Some of it was difficult to get on the page, some of it was easy, but every word is ultimately my responsibility, my creation.I worked with honest human beta readers, ...

When Romance authors want a night out, what better way could there be than to combine business and pleasure by attending a male revue show? Hot guys are a big part of the romance novel industry, so yeah, I say watching male strippers counts as research!My three author friends and I certainly got our money’s worth when we recently attended the Fifty Shades of Men Male Revue show at a local tavern. According to their website, they are a “product of the past members from the East Coast, West Coast and International Touring Chippendales.” Though there are nine male dancers in the company, only four performed on stage for us, and one was the announcer as well as a dancer. At ...