Tag: Historical Romance

Alison McKenzie, Author

Alison McKenzie: Who gets an HEA? Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love self-publishing

Catherine

But “your characters’ identities are such that romance readers won’t want to read about them, and romance publishers won’t want to buy a book about them?” That’s not fixable. I didn’t want to fix it. It’s one thing to hear “your book’s not that good.” It’s quite another to hear “your book’s great! But peasants don’t sell.” That, to me, is not acceptable.

Guest Bloggers by Name, Michelle Helliwell, Author

Michelle Helliwell: Scandalous Spinsters and the Power of Female Friendship: Historical Romances Reimagined

Catherine

As a writer, I adore writing banter, not just between my hero and heroines, but between the FMCs themselves. All of the Everwell Spinsters are unique women, with distinct personalities. They have to rely on and work with each other. And like a family, sometimes they get on each other’s nerves. But they are also there for each other.