Did you know September 10-16 is Chef Appreciation Week this year? How exciting is that?! I know, I know, it’s back-to-school season, but I’ve already written a back-to-school post. Yeah, I’ve already written a food post too, but this time I thought it would be fun to talk about those who fulfill our fictional food […]
Narelle’s 5 Step Guide to finding good CCR books + #Giveaway
How can we find the CCR (contemporary Christian romance) books that we’ll love to read? We live in a world where books no longer disappear and go out-of-print forever (which is a good thing!). How can we discover the CCR books that will meet or exceed our reader expectations? In a recent StoryChats @ InspyRomance […]
Telltale Tropes + Giveaway
Mention tropes around a group of readers or writers and everyone seems to perk up a little. Folks often have strong opinions about the best and worst and readily give their opinion when asked. But what do our favorite tropes reveal about us? By definition, a trope is a particular theme an author uses in […]
The Thin Line
You ever hear the phrase: “it’s a thin line between love and hate”? I’m pretty sure it comes from a song (at least that’s what’s in my head now) but it’s something that I see often in one of my favorite book tropes, enemies-to more (aka enemies-to-lovers). I like to find out why two people […]
Fools for Love
It’s April 1st, known to many as April Fools’ Day, day marked for many by pranks and mischief (or one that goes on as normal with little notice, ha ha!). Since I recently did a post on pranks for my third Sinclair Sisters book, I won’t do a repeat of that. Instead, let’s talk about […]
Already Married + Free Book by Melanie D. Snitker
Hello, everyone! I’m so excited to return to Inspy Romance, and I’m looking forward to blogging monthly again. I’ve missed being able to chat with you all! To those of you who don’t know me, my name is Melanie D. Snitker. My husband and I live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country with our two […]
It’s Christmas Time for the Matchmaking Moms!
October 7 sees the release of the final book in my Matchmaking Moms of Oceanview Church series that I “rapid released” over a period of five months. So far we’ve met Dahlia, Lily and Rose, the three moms of adult children who had stalled out in the love department. They banded together to form a […]
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 […]
Friends-to-More is the Best Romance Trope (and here’s why!)
If there’s ever been a romance trope more thoroughly beloved than friends-to-more, I’ve got the wrong data. Poll after poll shows above and beyond that this is one trope we romance readers will never, ever get enough of. Now, I’m well aware that the actual term for this trope is friends-to-lovers, but sometimes “lovers” has […]
Retelling the (Fairy) Tale
Ah, fairy tales. Like so much classic literature, fairy tales form the basis for many contemporary stories. In recent years, retellings have even become so popular they’ve become their own subgenre in fiction. And it makes sense. The originals are clean and usually end happily. Good triumphs over evil. The impossible becomes possible. Romance. Magic. […]