Land of Enchantment Romance Authors (LERA)
The New Mexico Chapter of Romance Writers of America
Writer's Guide
The LERA Writer's Guide
Second Edition
The ultimate guide to writing and your career as a writer--bigger, better, and badder than ever! This is the second edition to the only self-published writer's manual ever recommended by Writer's Digest Books.
Over 85 articles,
Over 40 authors,
Over 450 pages!
Contributors include Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Merline Lovelace, Thea Devine, Sue Krinard, and Laura Baker with a forward by Suzanne Brockmann. 90% of the articles are completely new.
Just some of the articles in the LERA Writer's Guide:
- Paranormal Romance
- Agents: The Money
- Focusing Your Career With a Business Plan
- Are you Serious About Going Public With Your Writing?
- Using Backstory, Secrets & Clues
- Synopsis Writing
- Best Tips From Merline Lovelace
- Book In A Week
- Hooking the Reader
- Critiquing as a Group
- Popular Fiction vs Popular English
- Co-Authors' Guide
- The Search for Better Dialogue
- Villains
- Flash Fiction and Short Stories
- Query Letters
- Forget Publicity, Think Public Relations
- Preparing for: The Call
- Tightening the Sagging Middle
- Generating Story Ideas
- Getting Your Writing The Attention it Deserves
- The Psychology of Naming Your Characters
- From Printout to Published
- Character Worksheet
- Seven Ways To Craft A Story In A Journal
- Layering your Scene One Element At A Time
- Selling Yourself Along with your Writing
- The Mysteries of Category and Single Title
- Writing The Historical Romance
- Creating the Loveable Hero
- The World of The Regency Romance
- Subplot
- Writing For the Category Market
- The How-Tos of Researching
- Suspending Disbelief
- Narration
- Pace
- Symbolism
- Diving Deep into POV
- Style
- Book Reviews
- The Contest Conundrum
- The Art of Word-smithing
- Emotions With Words
- The Marriage of Theme and Metaphor
- The Magic of Style
- Revision
- Marketing Your Books
- The Timely Approach to Promotion
- Promotion
- Booksignings
- Writing The Funny Stuff
- Setting
- How to Handle Rejections
- Sensual Thinking, Sensual Writing
- Reference Section
- How To Write A Love Scene
- Visual Magic
- Show, Don't Tell Most of the Time
- Formatting
- Writing A Suspense Novel
- Publishing At the Speed of Light
- Sensual Secrets
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