If you’re writing dystopian fiction, fantasy, romantasy, science fiction, or other speculative fiction, your characters may be figuring out how to resist fascism, the rise of a dictator, the new reign of an evil monarch, or an increasingly oppressive oligarchy or corporatocracy. At the very least, your heroes may want to make the regime less efficient, demoralize its most loyal
Author: Bryn Donovan
Were Regency era beauty standards different from today’s? Yes and no! I’ll share everything I’ve learned about feminine beauty ideals in this era. I researched Regency era beauty standards when I was writing my romantic comedy novel Her Time Traveling Duke. My heroine in the book, Rose Novak, is plump, with curly hair. My hero, Henry Leighton-Lyons, is from Regency
Last month, my publisher asked me to write a letter to booksellers introducing my book Her Time Traveling Duke. To be honest, until they asked me to do this last year for Her Knight at the Museum , I didn’t know that authors introducing their work to booksellers was A Thing. I don’t know if most publishers do this!
This list of scents is something I’ve been meaning to do forever, because the sense of smell is uniquely connected to memories and to emotion. A scent in a story can flip a little switch in a reader’s brain, immediately triggering a mood. That’s why when I edit other people’s books, I often encourage them to include smells. I especially
Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday! I hope the summer is treating you right so far! (And if not, it’s always fine to declare a do-over today. 🙂 ) Before we get started, I’m going to ask you for a favor. Will you please add my forthcoming novel, Her Time Traveling Duke, to your Goodreads “to be read” list?
Two of my books are back out in the world…under different pen names! One of them is a bestselling clean and wholesome contemporary romance, under my legal name, Stacey Donovan. One of them is a spicy historical romance, under my usual pen name, Bryn Donovan. These books were originally published by other publishers, but the rights have returned to me.
Yay, it’s time for another Work in Progress Wednesday! It’s the first Wednesday of the month, so I’m sharing a snippet of what I’m working on, and you can do the same. If you don’t want to miss future WIP Wednesdays, be sure you’re subscribed to the blog in the upper lefthand corner. By the way, your content on this