🪄This week, our Latinx Heritage Month celebration with Amigas Reader’s Group takes us beyond the ordinary and into the magical. ✨ The Fantasy trope (or rather, subgenre!) is where Latinx authors truly let their imaginations soar—blending myth, folklore, and contemporary storytelling into worlds that feel both wondrous and deeply familiar. Whether it’s divine beings walking […]
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They say opposites attract, and when it comes to romance, few tropes are more electrico. ⚡ This week’s Latinx Heritage Month celebration with Amigas Reader’s Group continues with the Opposites Attract trope, where sparks fly, banter turns into butterflies, and two seemingly different worlds collide in the most unexpected ways. Whether it’s city meets countryside,
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If you’ve ever wondered whether love deserves a do-over, this one’s for you. ✨ The Second Chance Romance trope reminds us that timing isn’t everything—sometimes, it’s the lesson learned that makes love possible the second time around. This week’s Latinx Heritage Month celebration continues with stories full of redemption, reconnection, and the kind of emotional
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✨If you’ve ever found yourself grinning over two characters who can’t escape each other no matter how hard they try—welcome to one of the most beloved romance tropes of all time: Forced Proximity! This week’s Latinx Heritage Month celebration continues over at Amigas Reader’s Group, where we’re highlighting authors who know exactly how to turn
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🌟If you haven’t been hanging out on Latinx Bookstagram lately, you might be missing out on a vibrant Latinx Heritage Month celebration! Over at Amigas Reader’s Group, they’re hosting a Latinx Romance event that’s all tropes, all month long. And every single one comes with that unmistakable Latinx flavor that makes it extra sabroso! I’ll
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I’ve been immersed in Thai queer romance series over the last few years. They always remind me of how essential worldbuilding is—especially when it comes to queer storytelling. These stories have profoundly influenced my own writing, reshaping how I approach characters, relationships, setting, and power. What makes these series stand out isn’t just representation. They
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I’m what you might call a NaNoWriMo veteran. A member since 2016, I’ve “won” seven out of the nine times I’ve participated and written over 440K words. This includes Camp NaNoWriMo, which takes place in April and July of every year. My debut novel, A Delicious Dilemma (Harlequin Special Edition), was drafted and revised during
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I’m going to forgo the prompt today but I am going to talk a little bit about an aspect of my writing process that has taken me some time to embrace. It has to do with discovery writing. Discovery writing is when you start writing your story and “discover” where it goes. People often refer
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Today’s Prompt: How do you create your characters? Do you make a profile of them? Do you know your character before you start writing the story? My writing process is a little wild. I usually start with a premise, prompt, trope or idea and almost simultaneously, my characters show up. They are fully formed people,
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Writing Projects Today’s question: Tell us about ideas you have floating around. World building snippets, or ideas for new stories. Just a few bullet points. I have so many ideas! I have notebooks full of ideas to write. In fact, that’s how I keep track of them – I keep a daily journal (almost) and
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