Tag: Fantasy Romance
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How to Use Reiteration in Romance
Staurt Horwitz in his book Book Architecture makes the case for using Reiterations to create structure for a novel without tying yourself to a linear outline. Especially if you’re writing a literary book, a book with multiple viewpoint characters or multiple timelines, this method is gold. Horwitz is weak on one point where Coyne is…
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Tara Maya’s Review: The Reluctant Concubine
Caveat—Reader Beware! My reviews are written from a writer’s perspective, with an eye to dissecting good novels to find out what makes them work. Although I try to avoid explicitly discussing book endings, I am not as careful about avoiding all spoilers as some reviewers. If find if I employ too much caution about giving…
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What is Fantasy Romance? (Guest Post by Amy Raby)
Are you a fantasy reader who enjoys pairing the characters off in romantic relationships? Do you sometimes wish a fantasy novel would spend more time on the characters, go a little deeper into what makes them tick? If so, fantasy romance is the genre for you. When I started writing my own fantasy novels, I…
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Novel Excerpt: The Fire Seer by Amy Raby
About The Fire Seer: PAIRED WITH HER WORST ENEMY… Taya has risen from humble roots to become a fire seer in the Coalition of Mages. Eager to prove herself, she arrives in the town of Hrappa to locate a “jackal”—a mage operating outside the Coalition’s authority—who has murdered three people. But in Hrappa, she discovers…
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What’s the Difference Between Romantic Fantasy and Fantasy Romance?
There are few stories that aren’t improved by a strong romance; but this does not make every story a Romance in the sense of belonging to the Romance Genre, i.e. a book that would be shelf-mates with Bodice Rippers and Regencies. The same distinction coheres to the difference between a Fantasy novel with a strong…
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June Theme: Fantasy Romance
Upcoming Blog Candy Over the next year, I plan to kick up the voltage at the blog. I’ll be cooking up lots of candy posts for readers and writers. Whether you’re just browsing for your next fave read or whether you’re struggling to write someone’s fave read, I hope you’ll find some gems here in…