Do you enjoy spinning tales of love? Do you like guiding characters past obstacles to meaningful relationships? Do you want to become an author of Romance novels, enchanting readers in the biggest-selling genre? Or do you write in a different category, looking to infuse your plots with powerful love stories? In this book, you’ll get insider knowledge from two experts. Cara Crescent and Rayne Hall are both experienced fiction authors with different specialisms. Cara specialises in writing for Genre Romance – especially in the sub-genres Paranormal and Science Fiction Romance – while Rayne pens fiction in other genres, mostly Gothic and Dark Fantasy, and weaves love stories into them. Step by step, they’ll show you how to entice readers, grab their hearts and excite their passions. You’ll learn how The book …and much more. The authors guide you to keep your characters and readers chaste for Sweet Romance, how to write steamy action scenes for Erotic Romance, and how to build intense erotic tension without graphic details – and which of them is right for your book. You can use this guide as a self-study course. Each chapter contains information, professional tips and cautions about novice mistakes to avoid, and concludes with an assignment, so you can put what you’ve learnt into practice.
Author
Rayne Hall writes fantasy and horror fiction, some of it quirky, most of it dark. She is the author of over sixty books in different genres and under different pen names, published by twelve publishers in six countries, translated into several languages. Her short stories have been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies. After living in Germany, China, Mongolia and Nepal, she has settled in a small Victorian seaside town in southern England. Rayne holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Over three decades, she has worked in the publishing industry as a trainee, investigative journalist, feature writer, magazine editor, production editor, page designer, concept editor for non-fiction book series, anthology editor, editorial consultant and more. Outside publishing, she worked as a museum guide, apple picker, tarot reader, adult education teacher, trade fair hostess, translator and belly dancer. Currently, Rayne Hall writes fantasy and horror fiction and tries to regain the rights to her out-of-print books so she can republish them as e-books. Her books on the writing craft (Writing Fight Scenes, Writing Scary Scenes, The Word-Loss Diet, Writing Dark Stories, Writing About Villains, Writing Short Stories to Promote Your Novel, Writing About Magic, Twitter for Writers) are bestsellers. Rayne Hall is the editor of the Ten Tales anthologies: "Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires" "Scared: Ten Tales of Horror" "Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts" "Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates" "Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft" "Spells: Ten Tales of Magic" "Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies" "Seers: Ten Tales of Clairvoyance" "Dragon: Ten Tales of Fiery Beasts" "Cogwheels: Ten Tales of Steampunk" with more titles coming soon. The stories in her Six Scary Tales series and the Thirty Scary Tales collection are subtle horror: suspenseful, creepy atmospheric, unsettling. Although they contain little violence and gore, they may not be suitable for young readers. Many of these stories have been previously published in other books or magazines. British English: All Rayne Hall's books use British words, spellings, grammar and punctuation. If you're allergic to British English, avoid them. ;-) Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/boqJzD Website: http://sites.google.com/site/raynehal... YouTube "Ten Random Facts about Rayne Hall" (2 minute video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXR4T... Contact Rayne Hall on Twitter @RayneHall follows back writers and readers. http://twitter.com/RayneHall
