Historical Romance Rules, Actually
Bring back the clinch covers! Also, why historical romance is dying, and why we shouldn't let it
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Why We Return to Comfort Reads
The emotional bond between readers and stories.
Marketing Books Through Tropes and How It Affects the Publishing Industry
If you’re a part of any bookish community, whether it’s on YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram, you’ve probably noticed a (not-so-recent) trend marketing books through tropes. Instead of getting a full synopsis or a book review, you will usually see videos…
Should FanFiction Get Published as Original Work?
Whether you wanted to or not, at some point in your life you’ve either read fanfic, written it, or laughed about some of the more ridiculous examples (like My Immortal, the infamous Harry Potter fic; if you haven’t, here’s the…
Negative Book Reviews: Are They Necessary and Why?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a growing discussion on whether or not negative book reviews are okay, or even necessary. It may just be the algorithm feeding me these types of posts, but either way, it got me…
The Most Beautiful Quotes About Writing to Get You Inspired
It’s time: National Novel Writing Month is finally here! And whether you’ve already started writing (and did Preptober like a responsible person) or you’re more like me and about a week late to the game, you could probably use some…
7 Bad Romance Tropes That Just Don’t Work Anymore
Romance novels are one of the big pleasures of my life. Not guilty pleasures — because I don’t feel guilty about something that makes me happy — but truly luxurious pleasures. There’s nothing quite like the feeling when you open…