Have you ever felt a stirring in your heart to step out of your comfort zone and do something new? I’ve had a few moments like this in my life, and while some were small, others were life changing. I’m Mandi Blake, and I’m a new blogger here at Inspy Romance. Being asked to be […]
The Perks of Collection Writing + Giveaway (Guest Post by Teresa Tysinger)
Hey everybody! I’d like to introduce my dear friend and fellow author Teresa Tysinger. She’s got a great post for you today! As of now, she’s the only author in my collection team I’ve had the privilege to meet in person (though I’m praying that changes before long, because I LOVE these women). Here’s us […]
Life In Fiction #Giveaway
Today, I’m welcoming my guest Amy R. Anguish. I recently had the pleasure of editing Amy’s book, Saving Grace. I love this story, love the characters, plus there’s humor and plenty of swoon worthy moments. And I’m not just saying that because I’m biased. I’ve been a friends to romance fan for years. Here’s Amy: […]
Modern Hero and Heroine Careers
Modern Hero and Heroine Careers People often ask me how I come up with ideas, and if I have to do a lot of research for my novels. Normally, an idea springs from some small thing I hear someone say, a news story I read, or a person I talk to with a certain career. […]
The Price of Dreams + #Giveaway
Y’all, the last book of the Faith & Fortune series is finally here. It’s a bittersweet time, happy that’s available for you to read and sad that it’s the last book. Seriously, what was I thinking? I should have made the series longer. (Lesson learned.) The Price of Dreams is the third book and features ballerina, […]
Between Books #Giveaway
Many moons ago, we saw a movie that inspired me. In the story, a young girl’s parents were authors. On deadline, they rarely spent time with her. Until they finished. When she came home from school that day, the whole family painted a room in their house. Though I’ve always made a point to work […]
The Boy Next Door and The Heartbroken Girl – Waiting For You
The Spencer family first came into existence when I wrote Mistletoe Kiss. I hadn’t planned to write a series, but I absolutely fell in love with the family when I was writing Chase’s story! I normally get to know the characters before I start writing. I already knew Wade from Mistletoe Kiss—the sweet, dependable, boy […]
Enemies to Love Tropes–Star Rising
Today I wanted to talk about the writing trope: Enemies to Love. Funny thing is when I started writing, I had no idea what tropes were. In fact, I’m still learning. These days, the word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices in creative works. I looked […]
Why Contemporary Romance? #Giveaway
July has swept many changes into my world. Instead of writing, I’m editing. I’ve sent rejections to writers. But while I dashed their dreams, I gave them tips on what they needed to study and hopefully encouraged them. I’ve learned that editors aren’t mean wannabe writers who want to rewrite my book. I didn’t really […]
Why I Write Unlikeable Heroines
I promise you that the title of this post was not clickbait. :) According to a couple of my readers, I have written books with unlikeable heroines. Let me give you a few examples of what their reviews said: “I didn’t like (the heroine) very much, for a Christian, she was too judgemental.” “(The heroine) […]