Susan May Warren

It doesn't fetch coffee or make cookies. It just helps make your writing dreams come true. The writing journey can be long and lonely. It's easy to get lost in the weeds of your story, not sure where you are headed . . .or why. Wouldn't it be nice to have a guide along the way? Someone to point you in the right direction, and keep you motivated? Meet your buddy. A manuscript companion to the foundational writer's workbook How to Write a Brilliant Novel, and advanced writer's guide, Advanced Brilliant Writing, My Brilliant Book Buddy puts feet to all the steps needed to create a powerful book, guiding you through character creation, plotting the inner and outer journey, creating essential scenes, and wordpainting. With step-by-step instruction, it helps you craft the perfect black moment, and pushes you on all the way to the climatic ending." The Book Buddy is my new best friend It takes all of the helpful tools, charts and tips from Inside Out and Deep and Wide and puts them in one place. It's like having Susan May Warren in the room helping you craft your story I can't recommend it highly enough " Melissa Tagg multi-published romance authorYou'll never write a book alone again.

From best-selling, RITA, Christy and Carol award-winning novelist Susan May Warren comes the advanced writing techniques that help you build a powerful story An amazing novel has two elements - deep characterization of a sympathetic hero, and a compelling, wide, breathtaking plot. But how do you create deep characters and wide plots and then apply them to your story? It's time to learn Advanced (Brilliant ) Writing. The follow-up to How to Write a Brilliant Novel, Advanced Brilliant Writing utilizes RITA and Christy award-winning, best-selling novelist Susan May Warren's easy to apply explanations, exercises and intuitive methods to teach you advanced fiction writing techniques that will turn any novel from boring to . . . brilliant. You'll learn: -How to plot a profound character change journey-An easy technique to reveal backstory to your readers-How to weave emotion into your scene for the most impact-How to keep tension high through the use of stakes and motivations-A unique plotting trick to widen your plot-Techniques on how to make your hero . . . heroic-The difference between subplots and layers-A powerful use for secondary characters-How the perfect Villain can help you plot your story . . . and much more, including the scene that every book MUST have

After a failed dig in Honduras, aspiring archaeologist Casper Christiansen heads home to Minnesota to face his unresolved feelings for Raina Beaumont, the woman of his dreams. But when he arrives unannounced on her doorstep, he receives the shock of a lifetime: Raina is pregnant with someone else's baby. Heartbroken, especially when he discovers the identity of the baby's father, Casper tables his dreams and determines to be dependable for once, helping his older brother, Darek, prepare the family resort for its grand reopening. Casper longs to be the hero of at least one family story, but a never-ending Deep Haven winter and costly repairs threaten their efforts--and the future of the resort. Worse, one of Casper's new jobs constantly brings him into contact with Raina, whom he can't seem to forget. A tentative friendship begins to heal fresh wounds, but can they possibly overcome past mistakes and current choices to discover a future together?

Eden Christiansen never imagined her role as her younger brother Owen's cheerleader would keep her on the sidelines of her own life. Sure, it feels good to be needed, but looking after the reckless NHL rookie leaves little time for Eden to focus on her own career. She dreamed of making a name for herself as a reporter, but is stuck writing obits--and starting to fear she doesn't have the chops to land a major story. If only someone would step up to mentor Owen . . . but she knows better than to expect help from team veteran and bad-boy enforcer Jace Jacobsen. Jace has built his career on the infamous reputation of his aggressive behavior--on and off the ice. Now at a crossroads about his future in hockey, that reputation has him trapped. And the guilt-trip he's getting from Eden Christiansen isn't making things any easier. But when Owen's carelessness leads to a career-threatening injury and Eden stumbles upon a story that could be her big break, she and Jace are thrown together . . . and begin to wonder if they belong on the same team after all.

Kiss and Tell, the essential step by step worktext on how to write a Romance. How do I structure my novel? How do I create loveable heroes and heroines? How should my hero and heroine meet? How do I create believable conflict? How do I make two characters fall in love? How do I write a sizzling kiss? How do I keep the tension high in the middle of my story? How do I put romance on every page? What is the breakup and why do I need it? Most of all.. How do I create a romance that touches the heart of my reader? Find the answers to all these questions as well as the secrets to creating award-winning romances in this essential workbook by award-winning, best-selling romance novelist Susan May Warren. With ten ingredients and step by step instructions you'll learn how to plot and wordsmith a powerful, layered romance that will make your readers fall in love.

God has answered Mona Reynolds's prayers and given her the opportunity of a lifetime: she is about to open her own bookstore-coffee shop, the Footstep of Heaven. Now Mona has no time for love and no hope that a man can ever be the hero of her dreams. But when she hires mysterious drifter Joe Michaels to be her handyman, she discovers that it isn't only in fairy tales that people live “happily ever after.”