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Your Book Needs a Happily Ever After
At least if you’re going to write a romance novel — then a true HEA is a must. In case you missed it in some of my previous articles, I write romance. I also write Medium articles, and blog posts, and podcast scripts, but when I write fiction, I stick to romance. It’s a genre I grew up reading and loving, and one that I love endlessly. It’s also a genre that, unlike some other fiction genres, comes with very strict hard and fast genre rules. It comes with the territory, and that’s fine by me. It’s not always fine with the writers of Twitter, however. Every few months or…
Introducing Romance Lovers Anonymous
For all you fellow Hallmark addicts and late-night romance readers. I’ve loved reading romance novels for almost as long as I’ve been able to read. This love started, I suppose, with cheesy Disney romance movies where Prince Charming swooped in…
Why You Should Start a Newsletter to Build Your Writing Platform
It’s all about little steps (and little wins!) that build your platform and community as a writer. I’ve been writing and building my online writing platform for about eight years now. I started with writing sporadic blogs on my website,…
Christmas by Design: Missing a Bit of That Shine
I liked it, but I didn’t. You know what I mean? I’m convinced that Christmas time is any cheesy romance lover’s favorite time of year. What’s not to love? There’s romance (and snow) in the air, cozy romantic settings galore,…
Checkin’ it Twice is Oh So Nice
Are you prepared for the cheesy Christmas movie love? Because I’m coming for you, Hallmark! I’m convinced that Christmas time is any cheesy romance lover’s favorite time of year. What’s not to love? There’s romance (and snow) in the air,…
Spending Money on Your Writing Isn’t Always a Bad Thing
Sometimes investing in yourself is worth the money I recently received a comment on one of my other articles that got me thinking. The comment mentioned how interesting it was to hear about how I spent money in my writing career, rather…
How to Come Up With Blog Topics for Your Brand
Or your client’s brand Content writing can be both an amazing opportunity for writers, and the bane of their existence. I would know — I’ve been content writing on and off for years, and most recently with several clients whose…
Should You Pay to Have Your Query Letter Critiqued?
Sometimes a little investment goes a long way Oh, querying. That lovely process that is required for most writers to go from writing a book to traditionally published. That same process that, at best, consists of a love-hate relationship for…
The No-Spend Month: Week 4
That’s a wrap, folks! It’s now officially March, and you know what that means? My no-spend month is officially over! I can’t say that I’m glad that it’s over, or that I’m sad that it’s over. My feelings about the…
The No-Spend Month: Week 3
An up and down week. Holiday weeks always throw me off. Don’t get me wrong — I was very grateful to have the 21st off work for President’s Day, but I am left floundering a little bit and taking longer…
Where to Start When Creating Your Author Website
From someone who has had too many iterations of her author website to count Back in 2016, after I attended my first writing conference, I decided to start my author website. I didn’t yet have a completed manuscript, let alone any…
Addey Vaters
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