Author Resources
Links to blogs and other resources to help you write, edit and polish your work.
You're stirring up lots of ideas but not sure where to start your book?
The Novelry has writing tips and blogs galore. Try this one to start: How to Write a Romance Novel
Dialogue tags and how to use them in fiction writing by Louise Harnby
Louise Harnby offers excellent advice for writers on her blog. Follow the link here and see all her other free resources.
Mirrors in many guises: describing viewpoint characters by KJ Charles
Ways to describe a character without resorting to a mirror! KJ Charles's blog here.
Track Changes in Word
Get to know how to use Track Changes in Word documents. It's an essential skill!
Video with basic track changes instructions
Confused about aristocratic titles?
KJ Charles blogs about titles and forms of address in Enter Title Here
Does your romance need a HEA/HFN?
Yes! A Happy Ever After or Happy For Now is an integral component of romance. Read this post by Alina Khawaja on SheWrites Magazine: Happily (N)Ever After: or KJ Charles Do Not Mess with the Happy Ever After
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Image 1: A Scholar or Apothecary Mixing a Concoction with a Pestle and Mortar and Writing Down the Remedy – an Emblem from a Drug Jar. Public Domain. Wellcome collection.
Image 2: Two Fisherwomen. Pentreath, Richard Thomas, 1828 - 1829 CC. Penlee House Gallery & Museum.
Image 3: Portrait of a Man Reading a Book. c.1530. Public Domain. York Art Gallery.
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Image 5: Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. 1877. CCO Public Domain. The Art Institute of Chicago.
Image 6: The Bathers 1884 by William Adolphe Bouguereau. CCO Public Domain. The Art Institute of Chicago.