The Journey to HEA: The Good Citizen's Guide to Romancelandia (A No-Nonsense Craft Workbook for Writers of Romance)

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About The Journey to HEA: The Good Citizen's Guide to Romancelandia (A No-Nonsense Craft Workbook for Writers of Romance)

This workbook won't teach you how to plot your novel. It won't teach you how to become a bestseller. It won't even teach you how to write a novel. But it will be an indispensible guide for writersat any stage of their careers.

Part One: Talk Nerdy To Me

For those who don't hold PhDs in English (and, hey, it's a good refresher for those of us who do), "Talk Nerdy To Me" will present a variety of rhetorical devices and invite you to identify them in others' works and discover their potential in unlocking your own prose.

Part Two: Word Play

Get down and dirtywith words. From warm-ups to exercises targeting specific strategies, "Word Play" will give writers fun and original ways to unlock the power of voice.

Part Three: Aftercare

Gently come down from the high of crafting perfect prose. "Aftercare" will offer revision tips and techniques that will take you from blah to ahhhhh.

Appendix: Listmania, for more Word Play fun

Bonus: Self-Publishing Checklist

Anne Author is the pseudonym for a writer of romantic fiction. Her romanceswritten under multiple pen namesinclude short stories, novellas, and novels in multiple genres. Anne Author's (some might say rabid) passion for the romance novel spans decades, and her greatest delight is connecting her academic work to her forever-love, the HEA.

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