Several of us here at 8LW read and write romance, and with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I thought it would be a great time to talk a bit about writing love and romance. I also thought it would be a great idea to share something from my own WIP to demonstrate a point. The thing is, my current WIP isn’t a romance.  It’s a women’s fiction story and the main relationship developing is the friendship between the three protagonists. Still, I don’t think I could write a story with no romance in it, so there is something I can share after all. Continue reading →