romance writing

  • How to Write Dialogue That Feels Real: Subtext, Tension, and Internal Monologue

    This week, I’ve been thinking about dialogue, mostly because I’ve been spending so much time with Mac and Dane on the page in Cursed to Suffer. One thing I keep coming back to is that dialogue doesn’t feel alive because the lines are clever. It feels alive because of what’s happening underneath them: tension, attraction,…

  • A Small Confession About TV… Writing Interconnected Romance Series with Complete Love Stories

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 3 key art). Courtesy of Paramount+ / StarTrek.com. Photo credit: Pari Dukovic/Paramount+. TM & © 2025 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Back in December I finally started watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which means I’m very late to the party while everyone else has apparently been enjoying…