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How to Plot & Structure a Novel: An Author's Guide
The latest blog in my #writingcommunity series covers plot and different types of novel structures. I also cover different types of plot...

Beth Linton
May 30, 20225 min read
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How to Write a Romance Book Series
Penning a first novel can be both a joyous and a painful experience. But for some writers, writing one book isn’t enough. They have...

Beth Linton
Apr 30, 20228 min read
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Nine Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
Writer’s block calls to mind the image of a wild-haired author at her desk, empty coffee cups littering the surface as she stares...

Beth Linton
Jan 15, 20228 min read
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How to Get Your Romance Book Published
I love to write, but as a busy working mum it's not always easy to find the time... it was even harder to find the hours needed to...

Beth Linton
Jul 24, 202110 min read
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An Author’s Guide To: Personification & Pathetic Fallacy
Good readers make good writers. Why? Because when we read, we absorb the style and techniques of others, and we can, in turn, use those...

Beth Linton
Jul 10, 20215 min read
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Punctuation Made Easy: Brackets & Dashes
The purpose of this #writerssupportingwriters blog is to run through the rules of two advanced punctuation types: brackets (and how to...

Beth Linton
Jul 3, 20214 min read
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Punctuation Made Easy: Semicolons & Colons
The purpose of this #writerssupportingwriters blog is to run through the rules of two advanced punctuation types: the semicolon and the...

Beth Linton
Jun 26, 20213 min read
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Punctuation Made Easy: The Ellipsis
The purpose of this #writerssupportingwriters blog is to run through the rules of ellipsis use to help romance authors/all writers. Below...

Beth Linton
Jun 19, 20213 min read
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How to Write A Romance Book: Tropes
Trope = Cliché. Right? Wrong! Understanding tropes doesn’t make you a clichéd writer, quite the opposite. Understanding the conventions...

Beth Linton
Jun 5, 202112 min read
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An Author's Guide to Research
Research Tips for Writers: Research matters. For a story to be successful, a reader has to buy into the narrative no matter the genre of...

Beth Linton
May 29, 20217 min read
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An Author's Guide to Sentence Variety
As my #writerssupportingwriters blogs have been very popular (links to all of them at the bottom), I thought I’d tackle another area that...

Beth Linton
May 1, 20215 min read
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How to Write Paranormal Romance: Checklist for Authors
Want to write a paranormal romance book? This blog is designed to aid writers who want to venture into the world paranormal romance...

Beth Linton
Feb 6, 20217 min read
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