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Tag: Romance
Cute, Sensitive, Funny: Creating A Happily Ever After, a guest post by India Hill Brown
I’m a sucker for a good happily ever after. I believe that most people deserve one, and deserve to see people like themselves have one. Which is one of the reasons I wrote Rhythm & Muse, to fill a void that I wasn’t finding at the time. A black, teenage boy finding his.
The Necessity of Writing Queerness Without Romance, a guest post by Maria Ingrande Mora
The nature of Brynn and Skylar’s relationship doesn’t make Brynn or the book less queer. Giving Brynn a meaningful relationship that was neither romantic nor sexual was a very intentional move on my part.
Rebranding Happily Ever After? A guest post by Lakita Wilson
Happily Ever After’s, in the current state in which they are offered, should come with a big disclaimer: BELIEVE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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In Defense of Romance, and the Pivotal Role it Plays in YA, a guest post by Ellen O’Clover
People love to make fun of romance. Isn’t it embarrassing to have huge, vulnerable feelings for another person? Gross! I hope you’re catching my sarcasm, because no! Not gross!
He Couldn’t Read It, So He Wrote It, a guest post by Justin Arnold
I wanted to write a party mix of all of it, those things that I love, in a story world where I and everyone else exists, because that’s the book I wanted to read as a teen but couldn’t find.
Saying Goodbye to the “Not Like Other Girls” Girl, a guest post by Alexene Farol Follmuth
In fiction, the NLOGG is an aspiration. In reality, she’s the mentality that unnecessarily pits girls against each other.
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Book Review: Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos
This was an entertaining read with great diversity and inclusion.
Falling in Love with the Terrible Years, a guest post by Nina Moreno
So, yeah, I wrote about grief again. Sam’s and mine. Maybe yours. And yet…Our Way Back to Always is absolutely that swoony, tropey love story I always hoped to write. Because life—even in the terrible years––can be really funny like that.
Book Review: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Full of humor and heart and, yes, love, this is a fantastic story about being brave, being imperfect, learning, trying, changing, growing, and taking chances.
Book Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
With a heavy focus on families, history, expectations, and secrets, this love story will leave readers satisfied.
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