Readers love the fated mates trope. Yet, if you start digging, the whole notion gets a little bit more sinister than you might expect.
Is “Fated Mates” Really So Romantic?
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Checkpoint: Midyear Update on Author Goals
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I was super-ambitious in January and had lots of goals! Now it's July, so it's time to check in and see how I'm doing with those.
Why Romance Novels Are the Latest Target of Book Bans
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Nora Roberts is apparently too spicy for people -- and we need to be worried about that. Book bans are coming for romance novels -- even clean ones.
What Is the A/B/O Trope?
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You've seen it cropping up from your fav writers and in fanfic circles. Now you're asking: What is the a/b/o trope anyway?
The Flirting with the Zodiac Series Reading Order
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One of the fun facts about the Flirting with the Zodiac series is that I released them in the wrong order. So, what order are you actually supposed to read them in?
Bioessentialism in Omegaverse
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Art is always political, which means even tropes like omegaverse take on political bents. We should be wary of bioessentialism in omegaverse.
Where Are All the Alpha Females in Omegaverse?
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Look up omegaverse, and you're bound to trip over "omega male" characters. It's much harder to find their counterpart, the alpha females. Why?
Why “Level-Up” Romance Sucks
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Does an HEA always have to mean marriage and kids? Probably not, which is just one of the reasons the level-up romance is a problem.
Happy Ever After: BIPOC and Queer Characters in Historical Romance
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Some people say they have a hard time believing queer or BIPOC characters could get to the HEA required in historical romance. That's silly.
Clean, Dirty, Sexy, Spicy: A Guide to Romance Heat Levels
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What's clean romance? What's with the pepper emojis? This guide will walk you through the different ways we talk about romance heat levels.
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