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Author Spotlight: Susan Kosinski

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Jul. 7th, 2021

Name: Susan Kosinski Hometown: Hays, Kansas Book Title: Battingham Castle Genre: Romance/Mystery Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Susan Kosinski (SK): A young man becomes… Author Spotlight: Susan Kosinski

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Writing Prompt: Caught in the Rain

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Apr. 2nd, 2021

Take a minute, close your eyes, and think about all of the cinematic moments that happen in the rain. There are incredible action sequences where the rain obscures the vision… Writing Prompt: Caught in the Rain

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Author Spotlight: Lorie O’Brien

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Mar. 13th, 2020

Name: Lorie O’Brien Hometown: Dexter, NY Book Title: Written in the Stars Genre: Fictional Romance Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Lorie O’Brien (LO): A… Author Spotlight: Lorie O’Brien

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Show Don’t Tell: Romance

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Jan. 9th, 2020

The amount of length and effort between a well-written romance and a lazy one is, quite frankly, astronomical. It would be so easy to just give your reader short and… Show Don’t Tell: Romance

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Writing for Your Audience: Young Adult

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Sep. 19th, 2019

When people think of the Young Adult genre, they typically think its audience is fairly self-explanatory. It’s right there in the title, right? Young Adult books are for… well… young… Writing for Your Audience: Young Adult

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Writing For Your Audience: Fantasy

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Jul. 18th, 2019

Work, home, sleep. Work, home, sleep. Day by day you’re submerged in this ritualistic routine. What if you could escape to another world- a world filled with lush forests, fantastical… Writing For Your Audience: Fantasy

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Writing For Your Audience: Romance

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Jun. 20th, 2019

Love triangles, insta-love, friends to lovers, hate to love, the ‘fake relationship’, forbidden love, happily ever after… needless to say, the romance genre is not at a loss for literary… Writing For Your Audience: Romance

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Choosing the Right Book Cover

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Jan. 17th, 2019

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: your book cover is important. We can’t overstate how crucial having a good book cover is to the success of your… Choosing the Right Book Cover

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Genre Spotlight: Romance

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Aug. 30th, 2018

Wind-swept hair, long sighs, walks on the beach, kisses in the rain, and blush after blush…it’s not hard to work out what we’re describing. Avid readers can become addicted to… Genre Spotlight: Romance

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