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Why difficult to write

September 5, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Probably because the characters need to feel a match. The readers need to want and believe they belong together. When…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Too Sappy

August 29, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Can it be too sappy? Not sappy enough? What’s wrong with sappiness? What is sapping? I’ve also thought sappy meant…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

The HEA

August 22, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

What is the HEA, happy ever after?  The last time I talked about whether leads should end up a romantic…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Romance and other genres

August 15, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Romance works in other genres. It can be the main genre or the secondary one, even the third genre. The…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Should all leads end up together?

August 8, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Isn’t that why people read romances?  To see the characters fall in love and be with their soul mates.  A…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Why this genre makes me nervous.

August 1, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

From everything I’ve heard over the years this is one genre that has quite a few diehard critics on how…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

What is romance?

July 25, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Romance, to me, is the falling in love part of a story. The being in love part of the story.…

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Posted in: Writing Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Who is Iris

July 18, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Iris…named Olive in the original story…was a character meant to introduce the dating club to my MC, in the original…

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Posted in: Iris Shares Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, Olive, romance

Iris’ Love Lessons, the work in progress

July 11, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Tagline: You’re worth the risk Some never give a first love a chance, I’ve been lucky in first, second, third,…

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Posted in: Iris Shares Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, Olive, romance

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