by Laura K Curtis | Feb 12, 2013 | Romance, Writing
[This post originally appeared on The Women of Mystery.] Years ago, I began attending writers conferences. The first one I went to was while I was living in St. Louis, the second when I was living out in East Hampton. In both places I was fairly isolated, far from any...
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 1, 2013 | Romance, The Romance Hero Handbook, Writing
Lesson the First: Identify and Acknowledge Your Inner Romance Hero Examining the shelves of the bookstore’s Romance section could give a normal guy an inferiority complex. Billionaire businessmen, Navy SEALs, kilt-wearing, sword-wielding Scottish warriors, and...
by Laura K Curtis | Dec 20, 2012 | Romance, The Romance Hero Handbook, Writing
I’m a big fan of The Romance Man. His blog is often hilarious and sometimes poignant… and how many guys out there are willing to jump into the romance pool, read a bunch of romance novels, and only make fun of the ridiculous ones? And even those,...
by Laura K Curtis | Dec 7, 2012 | Books, Movies, Romance
This is a post I wrote about two years ago for Heroes and Heartbreakers. What defines a romantic hero? Does he have to be sexy? Strong? The most important man in the room? Or can he merely be “the one who gets the girl”? If a story has a strong, intelligent heroine,...
