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In this conversation, Nancy Smay interviews Denny S. Bryce, a traditionally published author of historical fiction. They discuss Denny's background as a writer and her passion for craft and research. Denny shares her experience as a fan fiction writer and how it led her to join the Romance Writers of America (RWA) and eventually get an agent. They also talk about Denny's process of researching and writing historical fiction, including the use of tools like Aeon Timeline and Scrivener. Overall, the conversation highlights Denny's dedication to her craft and her love for storytelling. Denny S. Bryce discusses her approach to writing historical fiction and the importance of diverse reading. She shares how she got the attention of influential authors and judges through contests and endorsements. Bryce explains her approach to historical fiction, which includes writing biographical stories and exploring key time periods and events. She emphasizes the importance of entertaining readers while also educating them about historical situations and reflecting on present-day issues. Bryce also discusses her writing process, including outlining, researching, and revising, and encourages readers to explore different genres and diverse voices.

Send us a Text Message.A few weeks ago you may have heard about Romance Writers of America (RWA) filing for bankruptcy - they aren't going away, per se, just reorganizing. And you may have thought this doesn't matter to you - but it does. This single development that holds significant implications for the entire writing community, so we're talking about the vital role organizations like RWA play in the literary world, from advocacy and support to networking and learning opportunities.Buy Penny's new book, The Amazon Author Formula now!FREE BONUSIf you leave a review for the podcast email info@amarketingexpert.com and we'll give you our Book Launch Checklist! Just include your reviewer name or a screenshot of your review in the email.Check out our podcast page and learn more about the team at www.amarketingexpert.com/author-podcast

How do you rebuild trust in an organization? How do you bring back the members who previously felt excluded? How do you help your members navigate the AI landscape?In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Laura Caputo, Executive Director of the Romance Writers of America (RWA). Laura discusses:How romance is the largest fiction genre.How RWA defines romance as a work of fiction with a happily ever after ending, or happy for now.How RWA supports all writers of romance, including those who are working on their first book, the newly-published, even the best-selling authors.Her journey from being a bankruptcy attorney to Chief of Staff of an association, to Executive Director of RWA.How RWA imploded in 2019 amidst allegations of systemic bias against members of color, LGBTQ members, and poly members. The controversy led to the resignation of the President, Executive Director, and, eventually, the entire board.How the membership dropped from 10,000 members to 2,500 members, which led to RWA moving from being self-managed to being managed by an association management company.How Laura, her staff, and her new Board have worked really hard to rebuild trust with the members and instill inclusiveness across the entire association and their chapters.How RWA has been doubling down on member services, including services that help authors get published, the RWA communities, and the RWA conferences.How AI affects the profession in so many ways. For example, some writers are using AI to write their books and for some, this isn't okay. But AI is also training on authors' work, allowing random people to “write in the style of Nora Roberts”; should this be allowed and how does this affect an author's work and reputation?References:Romance Writers of American websiteVox article: Bad Romance

Welcome back to the tea party folks. You ready for this marathon session? Buckle up, buttercup, it's a long one today.Content warning: Discussions of racism, transphobia and homophobia. Also please be advised that there is language use in many of the links we have provided, however all of them are vetted for safety and accuracy. Jamie McGuire dramaOn October 25, Voltage Pictures director Roger Kumble (dir. "After We Collided") announced that he was teaming up with actors Dylan Sprouse and Virginia Gardner to begin filming a movie adaption of bestselling "romance" novel "Beautiful Disaster"and SOCIAL MEDIA FREAKS OUTJamie McGuire has a lot of controversial opinions and has made a lot of enemies in the romance community for her books. Please review the provided links and materials for informationThere's no ending to this one yet, it's more of an ongoing realization by romancelandia that movie/television producers continue to not pick the books that romance lovers believe will make better television/filmOmegaverseDMCA Takedown NoticeScène à faireFor more information on what omegaverse actually is, go back to last month and listen to our werewolf episodes! Addison Cain starts writing omegaverse fanfic in 2012 while living in Japan. When she moves back to the States she pursues publishing and n 2016 Born to Be Bound was released by Blushing Books, and Cain becomes extremely popular and becomes one of the leading published omegaverse authorsIn 2018 fellow omegaverse author Zoey Ellis publishes Crave To Conquer through Quill Ink Books. It's also doing well and readers are liking it...until Cain's readers start gettng into it and recognizing a llot of similarities and tropes and plot lines when comparing Ellis' book to Cain'sCain goes forth and accuses Ellis of plagiarizing (similar to Serruya/Milan) and a long legal proceeding beginsAfter Cain accuses Ellis, Blushing Books issues DMCA's against Ellis, and all of Ellis' work is withdrawn; Ellis files counternotices, and after a few months her works are resorted; THEN Cain's lawyer's issue threatening letters promising legal action is Ellis doesn't take her work back down. Ellis does not do this, and sues Cain first.In late 2018 Quill Ink files against Blushing Books/Cain in the state of Oklahoma (even though BB/Cain have no relation to that state but is where Ellis' distributor is based); Cain asks for this to be dismissed since she has no business in that state, and after she swears to the judge that she had nothing to do with the hreatening letter sent by her lawyer to Ellis, Cain is dismissed from the OK caseSo Ellis sues Cain in VirginiaThe battle between Quill and BB continues, and Quill's lawyers, in the process of obtaining all the necessary documentation to create a fair case, obtain the correspondence between Cain and BB, which reveals Cain had been the one to pursue the takedown notices, DMCA, and copyright filings...in opposition to her sworn affidavit that she had nothing to do with the whole business (and what she's been posting on her personal social media). Furthermore, Cain has no copyrights filed on her works...In light of this, Ellis and Quill file a motion to judge Cain guilty for civil contempt, perjury and to dismiss this case. Three days later Blushing offers a complete settlement, says Ellis did NOT plagiarize and dismissed the case. Ellis was not awarded any money from her suit because she ran out of funds and her lawyer left before she could fully pursue the case.RWA vs. MilanThe Romance Writer's of America (RWA) is a trade organization for romance writers and was founded by Vivian Stephens and Rita Clay in 1980 who had hoped that RWA would be a professional organization that would help promote, advance and protect romance authorsIn 2018 Courtney Milan was appointed to Chair of the Ethics Board in 2018August 2019 RWA President-Elect Carolyn Jewell tweets about blocking a problematic author they had been in business with; smart people soon realize that this was Sue Grimshaw, former editor and romance buyer for Borders bookstore. Grimshaw's boss and friend Suzan Tisdale, owner of Glenfinnan Publishing, comes out and says that this is nonsense, and Grimshaw " is no more a racist or bigot than I am."Twitter isn't happy (is it ever?), and Milan joins in on the drama session, and rips apart the 1999 book Somewhere Lies the Moon by Kathryn Lynn Davis and its portrayal of half-Chinese women (Milan is half-Chinese herself); there's fallout from this whole situation with Davis claims that she lost her contract, and Tisdale claims that she's having a hard time finding anyone who will work with her now. Tisdale files a complaint against Milan, accusing Milan of harassing behavior, bullying, threatening her career and her business, and threatens legal action if the RWA does not do something about Milan and Milan's social mediaMilan is asked to step down as Chair and she does, although she's upset due to the unclear policies in RWA's bylaws concerning social media practicesThe complaints against Milan are brought to an entirely new Committee Panel, things get weird, people keep recusing themselves, and when the panel finally meets to come to a decision on November 19, 2019, they decide to censure Milan, suspend her membership for one year and put a lifetime ban on ever holding leadership positions again. The Panel's decision is sent to the RWA Board on December 17 but it's lacking a LOT of evidence...including Milan's own statements! Despite the Board asking the Panel for more information and documentation, the Panel (and the Panel's lead, new President Elect Damon Suede) refuse to present more information, saying that the Board just needs to trust the Panel...Then Social Media gets ahold of everything...and THINGS BLOW UPOn Christmas Eve there's an emergency Board meeting and they vote to immediately rescind the ruling against MilanThat's the end of the Milan dispute...but RWA continues to be in hot water. People are withdrawing memberships, authors are pulling books from nominations, agents are refusing to work with RWA, Suede is catching heat for falsifying claims and accreditations, publishers pull out of conventions, and over 3000 members leave. Suede ends up withdrawing from his position, Davis and Tisdale say they only wanted an apology, and RWA unveils a new award in honor of Vivian Stephens in place of the RITA award annnnnd that's...sort of where we're left off at.Books/authors we mention:Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireBorn to Be Bound by Addison CaineCrave to Conquer by Zoey EllisKennedy RyanJamie McGuireLinks:Maguire/Krumble/Beautiful Disaster"Roger Kumble Movie ‘Beautiful Disaster' Sets Dylan Sprouse, Virginia Gardner & More" (D'Allessandro, 2021)"Racist Jamie McGuire Dragged Again Upon News of Romance Book Adaptation" (Shotwell, 2021)"Jamie McGuire's 'Problematic' Past Turns Fangs Against Beautiful Disaster" (Krishnamurphy, 2021)"What's the Deal with...Jamie McGuire" (Bec&Books, 2020)"Beautiful Disaster Criticised by Fans for Jamie McGuire's Controversial Past" (Sonia, 2021)"Author Jamie McGuire dropped by agency after engaging with Proud Boys and Nazis" (HorrorMaven, 2020)Omegaverse"Copyright: The alpha and the Omega(verse)" (Whipple, 2019a)"Not Walking Away From Omegaverse" (Whipple, 2019b)"The DMCA Is Not a Weapon for Great Justice" (Whipple, 2021)Case 5:18-cv-00920-G Document 6-14 Filed 10/17/18 - Blushing Books emails courtesy Whipple"Into The Omegaverse: How a Fanfic Trope Landed in Federal Court" (Youtube, Ellis, 2020a)"Eyes Wide Open" (Bailey, 2020)"Addison Cain's lawyer e-mailed me, and it only got worse from there" (Youtube, Ellis, 2020b)Courtney Milan Twitter thread re:CainRWA Ethics complaint against Milan by Cain re:Milan's "lack of support""A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question" (Alter, 2020)"Drama in the Omegaverse" (Golden Angel, 2019)Ellis' lawyers counternotices against Cain"Join The Fan Fiction Deep State And Watch This Latest Video That Addison Cain Really Doesn't Want You To See" (TechDirt, 2020) Quill Ink Books Limited v. ABCD Graphics and Design Inc (5:18-cv-00920)"Omegaverse Lawsuit" (Ellis, 2018)Meredith, Empress of the Sock Puppet Army's review of Crave to Conquer | Goodreads"Discussion of Addison Cain's Alpha Claim and Zoey Ellis's Myth of Omega" (Busse, 2018)"Just Keep Breathing With Me" - POSSIBLE FIRST OMEGAVERSE by Tebtosca (2011)All Lawyers are Bastards Podcast: There Will Be KnotsRWA/Milan"The Implosion of the RWA" (Ryan, 2019)"Romance is publishing's most lucrative genre. Its biggest community of writers is imploding" (Romano & Grady, 2020)"Bad Romance" (Grady, 2020)"Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out" (Swartz, 2020)Twitter Thread by Bree Sedai (2020)"Racism and the Corporate Romance Buyer: a "little fiasco" involving Sue Grimshaw" (Vivanco, 2019)"Inside the Spectacular Implosion at the Romance Writers of America" (Faircloth, 2020)THE Twitter thread by Milan about GrimshawSuzan Tisdale's formal complaint to RWAMilan's formal response to Tisdale's complaintReport of the Ethics Committee Pursuant to a Zoom Conference Call: November 19, 2019Independent Ethics Audit Report for Romance Writers of America (Judish & Jacobs, 2020)Alyssa Cole's Twitter Thread re: the whole situation and emailsHelenKay Dimon Twitter Thread"Romance Writers Of America Was Doing Better With Race — Until A Recent Award Choice" (Bates, 2021)"RWA One Month Later: A Special Podcast Series" (Sarah, 2020)

IRAE 2021 was held in Florida. The event was a legacy event that my friend Kassanna refused to let die, as a result she has now been presenting this event annually.Don't forget to follow me on your favorite social media: https://linktr.ee/angelakayaustinKassanna and Denise Williams Cherry work together to hold this event each year. Hundreds of readers and authors who write diverse romance attend.2021 was the first year that I personally was not able to attend. (Sniffles)This event is about more than #writing, #books and #self-publishing. It's about a community of women (and men) who love #books coming together to support each other and champion diverse #books.When I started in the world of #indiepublishing there weren't resources like this one. We had Romance Writers of America (RWA) which didn't recognize many of us or our #writing at that time. Howevere, with events like IRAE we diverse writers have been able to discover diverse #readers who want to #read the #books we #write.I'm so proud of #Kassanna for fighting to keep this event alive! And thanks to Denise for keeping Kassanna right where she needs to be when she needs to be there!!!See you all next year!To watch the video for this episode, click here: https://youtu.be/3FDcvcqxQXsFor more information about IRAE check out the links below:Website: https://www.irauthorsexpo.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Interracial-Romance-Authors-Expo-1425691971019514/

We are so pleased to bring you Bestselling Author Victoria Thompson, as she talks her latest book "City Of Schemes" Book Four in her Counterfeit Lady series. USA Today Bestseller VictoriaThompson is the author of the Edgar ® and Agatha Award Nominated Gaslight Mystery Series featuring midwife Sarah Brandt and police detective Frank Malloy, and the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominated Counterfeit Lady Series, featuring con artist Elizabeth Miles and attorney Gideon Bates. Victoria currently teaches in the Master's Degree program for writing popular fiction at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree. Victoria is a founding member and past president of Novelists, Inc., a national organization of published writers of popular fiction. She is also co-founder and past-president of PENNWRITERS, a statewide writer's organization in Pennsylvania. Victoria has served on the board of directors of Romance Writers of America (RWA), and was co-founder and the first President of New Jersey Romance Writers. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. "City Of Schemes": Elizabeth Miles is preparing for her wedding to Gideon Bates, when a menacing shadow from her past threatens to destroy the life she has built for herself in this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson. The Great War is over, and Elizabeth and Gideon are busily planning their wedding and welcoming home old friends now discharged from the army. One of them, Captain Logan Carstens, the son and heir of a wealthy family, seems less than happy to be home and with good reason. While Logan was in France, he fell in love with a beautiful French woman named Noelle. He desperately wanted to propose, but he was already engaged and felt bound to honor his commitment. When Logan receives a letter supposedly from Noelle begging for money to help her flee the terrible conditions in France and come to America, Elizabeth is suspicious. There is no way to verify the letter is actually from Noelle, and she fears that a con man or woman might be trying to take advantage of Logan in his vulnerable state. But that is not all Elizabeth has to worry about. Vicious thug Oscar Thornton has gotten wind of her wedding announcement and realizes the woman who conned him is still alive and well. Gideon and Elizabeth have to figure out a way to help their friend while making sure their worst enemy does not destroy their future. . . .

Back in December, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) tried to pull a yuletide fast one hoping twitter’s watchful eye was fixed on other cravings. This week, Morgan and Isabeau reflect on that fateful reckoning, the Ritas becoming the Vivians, and other reasons to be cautiously hopeful about the future of Romance. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

Good overviews of the latest situation with the Romance Writers of America (RWA): https://www.claireryanauthor.com/blog/2019/12/27/the-implosion-of-the-rwa https://allaboutromance.com/has-rwa-lost-its-way-editing/   Comment at: https://lpenelope.com/2019/12/rwa-caught-in-a-bad-romance-my-imaginary-friends-episode-47 The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com   Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Summer Short #1: Back to the Future with Newsletters   This summer we’re bringing you a series of short podcasts that share some key strategies, thoughts and tips/tricks on topics we’ve been feeling passionate about lately. Many of these will be snippets of things that HBICs attending the Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference in July will have a chance to explore further in sessions we’re leading. However, even if we won’t see you in New York this summer, we promise you’ll gain insights from these shorts.   Just because they’re small, doesn’t mean they aren’t mighty.   Out first summer short is a conversation between Lindsay Emory and Alexis Anne about newsletters. They start by explaining why going back in time to use old school email might be even more important than your awesome Facebook page and that witty Twitter banter you’ve cultivated. Alexis shares what she’s learned about refining her content, creating value for her readers, and why she doesn’t stress about a few unsubscribes. While there is certainly no universal secret sauce to newsletters, this episode will help you experiment with making your newsletter something your readers are excited to see in their inbox.   Here are links to things mentioned in the show: The Newsletter Ninja // Tammi Labrecque Serena Bell’s newsletter Alexis Anne’s newsletter Lindsay Emory’s newsletter   After you listen, we’d love to know what you think. Join us on Facebook to ask questions or share your own experiences with newsletters. And while we’re on the subject,  don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter so you don’t miss a thing.   Thanks for listening! Go forth and Dream. Do. Dominate.

Chapter 6: Kate Clayborn Talks The Lottery, HGTV and Rainy Day Authors Who: Very cool debut romance author Kate Clayborn Topics Discussed: sounding sexy, feeling lucky, Halloween, getting drunk and handing out candy, debut, Romance Writers of America – RWA, romance novels, winning the lottery, STEM heroine, architectural salvage, HGTV, secondary characters, being responsible with money, remodeling and home improvement, salvaged brick, lottery winners on HGTV shows, writing in a fictional city, reading widely, historical, paranormal romance, rainy day authors, rationing backlists, saving up books, strategies for long-running series, fictional cowboys, long form journalism, S-Town, stories that start conversations, romance community, HBIC ladies, and being really cool. Authors/ Books Discussed: Beginner’s Luck – Kate Clayborn Amazon || iBooks Luck of the Draw – Kate Clayborn Amazon || iBooks Ruby Lang Amazon || iBooks Hate to Want You – Alisha Rai Amazon || iBooks Tessa Dare Amazon || iBooks Copper Ridge series - Maisey Yates Amazon || iBooks Courtney Milan Amazon || iBooks Alyssa Cole – An Extraordinary Union Amazon || iBooks Sherry Thomas Amazon || iBooks Pre-order RESISTING SANTA – Lindsay Emory’s Christmas novella at iBooks! “A really cool person.” Follow WOMEN WITH BOOKS: Facebook page ***à> Here’s our Phone number to leave a message or (enthusiastic) review/ comment on a book: (435) 565-1523

Only a handful of romance writers can boast a career as long or prolific as Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Over the past three decades, she has published nearly thirty books. Moreover, that corpus including five novels singled out as Favorite Book of the Year by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) – a distinction achieved by no other author to date. […]

Only a handful of romance writers can boast a career as long or prolific as Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Over the past three decades, she has published nearly thirty books. Moreover, that corpus including five novels singled out as Favorite Book of the Year by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) – a distinction achieved by […]

Hey there word nerds! Today we’re doing something a little different.  I have here with me in person, author and DIY MFA Romance columnist, Robin Lovett! Robin is the author of two dark, sexy, romance novels, and is a super advocate for the romance genre.  Her next series, of three dark stalker suspense romances,  releases this summer through St. Martin's Press Swerve, beginning with Stranger. In our interview, Robin and I dive into the rarely spoken of domain of sex in romance writing, and tease apart the numerous craft elements of this complex and often overlooked genre.   In this episode Robin and I discuss: Why sex should or should not be included  a romance novel, and how to craft sex scenes the right way. How to create tension and faster pacing by switching back and forth between the hero and the heroine. How to craft a sympathetic anti-hero your readers will want a happy ending for. How to use the inner conflict within a character—the wanting and not wanting—to create steamier love scenes. What the business and legal aspects of romance writing entail, and how organizations like the Romance Writers of America (RWA) champions the genre. Plus, Robin’s  #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/151

Her novels describe the drama in relationships among families, lovers, friends, and colleagues. She likes to take her readers on a roller-coaster ride of emotions that will make them laugh, cry, gasp, think, and question people and the actions and decisions they make. Her first novel, Where Did We Go Wrong?, is scheduled to hit bookstores in April 2012. In the meantime, she is busy at work on future novels. There is nothing more exciting to her than creating a fictional world with flawed characters who take over her mind and tell her how they want the story to play out. Monica is a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) and several writer's networks and groups.  

G&D 03-01-09Marley Gibson grew up in a southern town very much like her fictional Radisson. She never saw any ghosts growing up—that she knows of—although she has been on a few ghost hunts recently with the famed New England Ghost Project and has gotten some very interesting pictures. Marley is a member of the New England Romance Writers of America (RWA) and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is the creator and founder of Chick Lit Writers RWA. She lives in the Boston area with her best friend, personal webmaster, and hubby, Mike.Researching for her book series, “Ghost Huntress”, Marley has gone on a number of adventures – ghost hunting as research, and what makes her story interesting is that during that research, she has experienced some very real paranormal activity. Marley and her husband captured some of the most compelling evidence on video at Waverly Hills Sanitarium in Louisville, Kentucky.