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Next week is Random Act of Kindness week at Romance Divas. Give it a try and tell us about the experience!

Just under a week left to enter the Best First Meeting contest at Romance Divas. Our final judges will be editors at Siren publishing and HQN – don’t miss your chance to get work in front of them!

Hot! Hot! Hot! Get yours before they’re sold out! All Atlantis seeks the Jewel of Dunamis, which legend claims can overcome any enemy. Grayson James, human agent of the ultra-secret Otherworld Bureau of Investigation has orders to keep it from the wrong hands — or destroy it. What he doesn’t know is that Jewel is [...]

February is the month of Amour… so, as a way to help make your Valentine’s Day extra special, I am spotlighting TJ Jones of Mr. Romance. He’ll discuss life after reality TV and what he’s doing now on the Spotlight On segment. He also has graciously allowed me to raffle him off.. yes, that’s right [...]

I started the Mentor Program not long after Romance Divas launched and due to the success of the first two, I’ve just kicked off the third round today. What I’m discovering is that next year, I’m changing the rules. It’s going to be tougher and it’s going to be more structured and there will be [...]

By Kristen Painter That’s right, I said it. Synopsis. That torturous bit of prose full of spoilers and lacking all the fabulous detail we work so hard to perfect. As it turns out, it’s not that awful. Once it’s done. The synopsis really can be a valuable tool, even to a pantser like me. Sure [...]

By Jolinn Henley aka Cup o’ Noodles In City on the Edge of Forever, Captain Kirk says let me help will one day replace I love you as the three most important words in the English language. The Romance Divas website needs your help. In July, many Romance Writers of America will be headed for [...]

By Lara Santiago “The Call” I got from Siren Publishing was at 3:45pm on August 31st, 2005. I almost didn’t answer because the only people who usually call me at that time of day want to test my water for contaminates and then insist I need a purifier. Thankfully, I answered and when my publisher [...]

By Laura Vasjuta (writing as Rose Middleton) Oct 31: Blaze contest results announced. I didn’t win. I had 4 entries, so it felt like 4 R’s. Nov 1: Defiant and stubborn, I emailed one of the unsuccessful entries to Linden Bay Romance. Nov 3: A request for the full. Okay, this is a little crazy. [...]

When my second novel was first released by a small press in June, 2005, I was eager to submit it for review, but I was nervous, too, because I knew that a total stranger reading my book would not be as kind to me as my mother-in-law. I submitted it to several romance book review [...]