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How to Write Romantasy

by Jenna Moreci • 2025

Romance and fantasy demand opposite things from a story. Here is how to make them inseparable.

4.15

211

🏰 Fantasy Writing 💕 Romance Writing 🌍 Worldbuilding

How to Write Romantasy

Romance and fantasy demand opposite things from a story. Here is how to make them inseparable.

by Jenna Moreci 2025 240 pages

4.15

211 ratings

🏰 Fantasy Writing 💕 Romance Writing 🌍 Worldbuilding

The Language of the Night

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1979

Beauty is morality, prose is the novel, and fantasy speaks to the unconscious.

4.28

2k+

✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Essays On Writing 🐉 Genre Fiction Defense

The Language of the Night

Beauty is morality, prose is the novel, and fantasy speaks to the unconscious.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1979 304 pages

4.28

2k+ ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Essays On Writing 🐉 Genre Fiction Defense

But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?

by University of Chicago Press • 2016

Grammar superstitions debunked: the Chicago Style Q&A teaches editing judgment, not rigid rules.

4.27

132

🔍 Editorial Judgment 📘 Chicago Style ✍️ Grammar And Punctuation

But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?

Grammar superstitions debunked: the Chicago Style Q&A teaches editing judgment, not rigid rules.

by University of Chicago Press 2016 112 pages

4.27

132 ratings

🔍 Editorial Judgment 📘 Chicago Style ✍️ Grammar And Punctuation

Digital Retirement

by Michelle Kulp • 2020

Forget the 401(k). A short Kindle book each month can replace your retirement income in a year.

4.30

302

📚 Kindle Publishing 💰 Passive Income Creation 🏖️ Early Retirement

Digital Retirement

Forget the 401(k). A short Kindle book each month can replace your retirement income in a year.

by Michelle Kulp 2020 113 pages

4.30

302 ratings

📚 Kindle Publishing 💰 Passive Income Creation 🏖️ Early Retirement

Always Take Notes

by Simon Akam • 2023

Two hundred writers on the money, the rejection, and what it actually takes to publish.

3.56

140

📝 Writing Advice 📚 Publishing Industry 🎨 Creative Process

Always Take Notes

Two hundred writers on the money, the rejection, and what it actually takes to publish.

by Simon Akam 2023 310 pages

3.56

140 ratings

📝 Writing Advice 📚 Publishing Industry 🎨 Creative Process

How to Write a Novel

by Nathan Bransford • 2013

Forty-seven rules for finishing a novel, from character motivations to the editing that saves it.

4.18

441

📖 Novel Craft ✍️ Writing Process 📈 Plot Structure

How to Write a Novel

Forty-seven rules for finishing a novel, from character motivations to the editing that saves it.

by Nathan Bransford 2013 150 pages

4.18

441 ratings

📖 Novel Craft ✍️ Writing Process 📈 Plot Structure

Blogging Tips

by Zac Johnson • 2012

The niche, content, and monetization playbook one blogger used to build a six-figure online income.

3.15

💻 Blogging 💰 Blog Monetization 📝 Content Marketing

Blogging Tips

The niche, content, and monetization playbook one blogger used to build a six-figure online income.

by Zac Johnson 2012 104 pages

3.15

20 ratings

💻 Blogging 💰 Blog Monetization 📝 Content Marketing

The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land

by Diana Wynne Jones • 1996

The recycled map, obligatory stew, and inevitable dark lord: an A to Z of generic fantasy.

3.95

4k+

🏰 Fantasy Tropes 📖 Satirical Glossary ✍️ Writing Reference

The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land

The recycled map, obligatory stew, and inevitable dark lord: an A to Z of generic fantasy.

by Diana Wynne Jones 1996 243 pages

3.95

4k+ ratings

🏰 Fantasy Tropes 📖 Satirical Glossary ✍️ Writing Reference

The Ultimate Guide To Content Marketing & Digital PR

by Charlie Marchant • 2016

A playbook for earning media coverage, search rankings, and customer trust without a PR budget.

5.00

🖋️ Content Marketing 📰 Digital Pr 📥 Inbound Marketing

The Ultimate Guide To Content Marketing & Digital PR

A playbook for earning media coverage, search rankings, and customer trust without a PR budget.

by Charlie Marchant 2016 222 pages

5.00

1 ratings

🖋️ Content Marketing 📰 Digital Pr 📥 Inbound Marketing

Accounting for Authors

by Mark Leslie Lefebvre • 2022

Your writing is a business. The accounting skills that keep the royalties flowing without the panic.

📚 Publishing Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 📊 Small Business Accounting

Accounting for Authors

Your writing is a business. The accounting skills that keep the royalties flowing without the panic.

by Mark Leslie Lefebvre 2022 204 pages

📚 Publishing Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 📊 Small Business Accounting

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