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    How to Write Clean yet Scintillating Romance

    By Mary Gray

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    "This is a great, informative read on how to effectively write a kissing scene. It's full of great examples, too! A must-read for writers who are interested in giving readers ALL THE FEELS when they read their book. - Vanessa K. Eccles, Bound & Brewed

    Bodice rippers are some of the most lucrative books in the industry. So what if you write romance that isn't as steamy? I don't know about you, but I love reading and writing kissing scenes. And I don't write explicit scenes with sex.

    If you're the same way, then you've happened upon the right book. In this brief nonfiction work, I'll cover how to write clean yet scintillating romance--primarily, kissing scenes--in ways you may not have considered. I'll share:

    •    The best piece of editorial advice I ever received (when my first publisher bought my first book from my first agent)

    •    A method I like to call action versus reaction

    •    How to escalate a kissing scene

    •    How to use rhetorical devices and setting to heighten heat

    Are you ready? Grab your pens and pencils, jot down your notes in your favorite apps, or simply allow the juicy material to soak in.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonster Ivy Publishing
    Release dateJan 18, 2018
    ISBN9781948095051
    Author

    Mary Gray

    Mary Gray moved through small town newspaper editing, corporate public relations, and international travel planning before she retired to write poetry, essays, magazine articles, and Poetic Justice. The manuscript was a semi-finalist as a novel-in-progress in the 2017 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. She is the ghost writer for two memoirs, Gerald Fitzgerald’s Africa by Air and General John Henebry’s The Grim Reapers at Work in the Pacific Theater. She has delivered readings at the Chicago Public Library, The Printers Row Book Fair, the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Emily Dickinson Poetry Series, the University of Chicago, and DePaul University. She graduated from Northwestern University School of Journalism and has attended the Ragdale Writers’ Retreat and the Piper Writers Studio at Arizona State.

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