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What We’re Reading | The Winter 2025 List

Winter can sometimes feel like the longest season, but there is no better time to curl up under a blanket […]

Posted on: February 28, 2025
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Rising from Rejection: What to Do (and Not to Do) After Receiving a Rejection Letter

By Deirdre McCluskey Back in October we talked about the dreaded rejection letter and the top 5 reasons we reject […]

Posted on: December 4, 2024
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Top 5 Reasons We Reject a Manuscript

By Deirdre McCluskey Are you afraid of the dark? Do visions of vampires haunt your dreams, or is it the […]

Posted on: October 31, 2024
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What We’re Reading: The Summer 2024 List

Even though the season is slowly coming to an end, there is still time to sneak in some incredible summer […]

Posted on: August 16, 2024
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Trope Spotlight: Fake Dating

By Deirdre McCluskey The fake dating/fake relationship plot device has been around at least as long as William Shakespeare and […]

Posted on: June 17, 2024
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A Romance Glossary Deep Dive: Query Letters

By Deirdre McCluskey Query Letter “A letter accompanying a manuscript submission to a publisher. The query (or cover) letter should […]

Posted on: March 18, 2024
A women with red nails is wrapped in a red, plaid blanket and holding a blue book and a blue mug.
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What We’re Reading | The Winter List

Winter can sometimes feel like the longest season, but there is no better time to curl up under a blanket […]

Posted on: March 1, 2024
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What We’re Reading | The Autumn List

Autumn, as a season, has a very particular feeling. The days are getting colder, and the evenings are getting darker, […]

Posted on: November 24, 2023
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What We’re Reading – The Summer List

Summer is the perfect time for those of us who like to spend the whole day reading!  With plenty of […]

Posted on: August 25, 2023
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The Roadmap to Writing Romance: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Romance Novel

By Deirdre McCluskey You have the perfect idea for a romance novel and you’re dying to make your characters’ Happily […]

Posted on: August 16, 2023