By Thorson Bray: “Everyone lived happily ever after” is the ending we condition children to expect. One day, you will receive a rough approximation of everything you want, and you will go off into the sunset for ever and ever. This would be a delightful world to live in. Unfortunately, we do not live in that world. As a matter of fact, it is literally impossible to live happily ever after. Let’s just say I’m writing a story about two lovers who end up together and I really w

By: Case Bright When struck by inspiration, every writer must decide the shape they want their idea to take. Many writers struggle to determine the distance they want their story to figuratively travel on the page. Is the concept able to fit within the 1,500 to 7,500 word confines of the average short story without being suffocated? Can it fill the near 100,000 word breadth of the average novel while keeping the reader interested throughout? These questions are important to c

By: Trinity Cogan From my observations, romance novels over the last few years have become quite popular, popular in a way they hadn’t been in the past. Gone is the sweet, cheesy romance with a kiss here and there. Now you see a wide variety of subgenres within romance, (sports romances, dark romance, etc.) some that divide people on the internet every day over their tropes and concepts. For example, the novel Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, a spicy sports romance, was huge a fe