Author of contemporary romance
Romance writers and avid romance readers are used to criticism. When naysayers are being polite, they suggest romance is fluffy make believe. Harsher critics will go for the jugular and claim that romance is simple, trite and adds nothing meaningful to the literary world. Well, ask a publisher and they might tell you otherwise. Romance …
Oh, beta readers, where would we be without you? I've previously highlighted the virtues of beta readers here and why it's so important to have them, but recently it was brought home to me just how essential it is to find the 'right' beta readers. So what do I mean by 'right' beta readers, you …
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Take a moment to study the woman in this photograph. She's on alert, on the defensive, training hard, determined, but wary. And the bandages - well, they might be for protection or they could actually be masking some pretty mean scars... This is exactly how I feel about my writing journey lately. And I know …
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Belinda Williams 