Crafting Category Romance
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Crafting Category Romance by Amy Lane
Category romance is a precise art. With such a small word count, writing the perfect category romance is a little like writing a haiku. But how do you write a book in seventeen syllables? How can you cram compelling conflict, satisfying character development, and toe-curling romantic tension into less than sixty thousand words? In Crafting Category Romance, two-time RITA(TM)-nominated author of nearly one hundred books Amy Lane describes the rules of engagement, traps to watch out for, and how to leverage common tropes to create conflict, craft a character, develop a plot, and leave readers with a happy ever after that's different every time--all in a tidy package. With practical exercises in plot, conflict, and character development, Crafting Category Romance will teach you how to use the rigid rules and expectations of the genre to your advantage and win a loyal readership following for life.AMY PARKER is the author of Beasts and Children, a critically acclaimed story collection. She was born in the Japanese island of Okinawa and spent the majority of her youth on diplomatic and military bases across the world. She returned to the United States after graduating from high school and studied comparative literature at Indiana University. The University of Texas at Austin awarded her a Michener Fellowship in fiction. Following that, she spent four years in intensive monastic practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the United States' oldest Soto Zen monastery, and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Mill Valley, California.
In 2007, she was ordained as a layperson in the Soto Zen school. She left the convent to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she received her MFA in 2012. She is a resident of Iowa City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781644058077 |
| ISBN 10 | 1644058073 |
| Title | Crafting Category Romance |
| Author | Amy Lane |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dreamspinner Press |
| Year published | 2020-09-08 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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