When Spooky Season comes round, my mind goes two places: witches, and monsters. And while I love (and honestly, never run out of) witchy romance writing prompts, I wanted to focus on monsters for the first half of this month with writing prompts, and for this week specifically, minotaurs. Because they're the first proper monsters I ever read about in romance, and I'll be honest, at first, I was sceptical. A monster with horns and hooves? How do they wear pants? How would the

Last month, I wrote a blog post about writing with joint pain, and recommended going for a walk and using your voice recorder on your phone to make notes for yourself as an alternative to writing a full plot outline. It's a romance plotting method that has worked brilliantly for me since I started writing professionally in 2017. I even got an email from an appreciative reader saying she used it herself, and it really helped her. But what happens when you can no longer walk? T

Spooky season is upon us, which means it's the perfect time to start writing a monster romance novel. And as it's October, we're now also in Orctober, a month-long celebration of all things orc, including orc romance, a monster romance sub-genre that takes elements from both paranormal and fantasy romance and offers readers stories of alpha orcs, golden retriever orcs, and every orc in between. If you've always wanted to write an orc monster romance, now is your time! And I h