That’s right! The kinky, upstairs-downstairs, Victorian Gothic, Romantic Suspense novel of my heart is officially out in the world! If you’re not sure if this book is for you, don’t worry–I’ve been busy, and I gotcha covered. Here are some options for dipping your toe in:
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
“…The way some women long to be rescued, I have always longed to be captured.”
Romance, the experience, is not just for Romance, the genre. In fact, including romance within non-Romance stories lets us explore the full complexity of relationships—their darkness, their down-beats, their messy or unhappy endings—in ways that Romance stories, because of genre conventions, often cannot.
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
I’m leading a workshop on Halloween, in which writers will leverage desire to create dread in their fiction. Come play with me! Here’s more information:
Pitch Wars 2020 was a wonderful experience for me, not just because I was chosen as a mentee, or even because the showcase helped me find representation, but because of the way my mentor and I worked together… What I would like to pass on to mentee-hopefuls is some insight into choosing the right mentors to apply to (You get four choices!), to give yourself your best shot at finding a mentor-teammate.
While I was querying, I wanted to read stories of others’ journeys. I was trying to divine by comparison whether I would succeed or fail. On the other side, I can tell you that it felt like failing, right up to the moment I succeeded.
Here’s my story:
Briana Una McGuckin 