Fiction Writing:
Go-To Resources

books

• Make a Scene: Writing a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time, Jordan Rosenfeld
• Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping, Matthew Salesses
• Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer

blogs and websites

• Fiction+, from the good folks at the Chicago Manual of Style
• craft-focused blog posts from author KJ Charles
• Six Impossible Things, author Patricia Wrede's blog
• The Key Book Publishing Paths, Jane Friedman
• Writing, Justice, and Liberation Resources, Firefly Creative Writing

romance-specific resources

• Laura Vivanco’s Romance Scholarship Database
• Fated Mates Trailblazers series, Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop [podcast episodes]
  
• Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels, Gwen Hayes [book]
• my free booklet POV for Romance Writers
• my guest post "Consent in Romance" at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
• my Romance Writers' Report article "Doing Gender on Purpose: Diversity, Depth, and Character in Romance"