Category Archives: Writing Wonkomance

Thinking about wonkomance from an author’s perspective.

Today, We Write a Manifesto

Posted on April 10, 2014 by

A friend recently read the manuscript of one of my not-yet-published books and emailed, “This isn’t a romance, it’s a manifesto!” I smiled when I read that — but then paused, wondering why I was smiling. Had she meant me … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Selling Out

Posted on April 3, 2014 by

I remember when I first got involved in the writing communities online, some of them romance, some of them not. And in the non-romance communities, like where people wrote literary and science fiction and whatever, it was pretty well established … Continue reading →

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Project Dog, or Maybe You’d Rather Envision this Hero as a Dog

Posted on April 1, 2014 by

(Not a literal dog, of course). So once upon a time, I used to do a big corporate training thing for large groups of adults. And since the training involved a lot of motivation and teamwork, which rely heavily on … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading, Thinky, Writing Wonkomance | 22 Comments