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I'm not sure that I look for tropes when selecting a new book. However, some will suck me in (fighting for a cause), and others will annoy me (surprise baby). What about you? Tropes tend to be unique retellings of similar situations in novels. I list mine for my ARC readers so they can decide if it's a story they'd be interested in. While the setting remains the same- 1850s California small town and San Francisco- each novel connects the characters and has a stand-alone storyline. Tropes To...

Truest Updates Hello! I'm so happy to have you in my writing world. What a summer! I promised myself that 2026 was the year that I finally put my trilogy out into the world (only 6 years of writing & revising). I'm very touched by your encouragement, and my muse keeps on musing. It tickles me to no end that readers ask about Jakub. As a bonus appreciation gift, here's a prequel short story link from his point of view. What Jakub Did. Pretty much says it all. Tell me what you think. Feel...

Do you like emotional & physical interaction between characters in a romance book to show they love each other, or not? There doesn't appear to be a set publishing industry standard for describing heat levels in novels. This leaves it up to the author to define their own writing and the reader to be okay with it. Many authors, publishers, and contests describe the level of physical interaction with terms like sweet/clean, low/med/high heat scale, steamy, or with symbols like peppers or...