#BookReview of RAVEN’S SHADE by @shawnareppert #thriller #gothic #TuesdayBookBlog
Congratulations! It’s a bouncing, baby… gothic? He loved the idea of old castles and gothic cathedrals. He just didn’t …
Tag Archives: tropes
What makes it romance? Plus #Bookreview of KNEE DEEP by @denaehaggerty, #romance #humor #RBRT
WHAT MAKES IT A ROMANCE NOVEL? In my What’s My Genre post, I mentioned the elements of various genres. Here …
Want to write a #Thriller? PLUS #Bookreview: The Runaway by @LindaHuber19 #PsychologicalThriller
You want to write a thriller? THRILLER: noun—A novel, play, or movie with an exciting plot, typically involving crime …
If the Mary Sue fits… #humor #sisters #writing
In a recent post here, I used a trope shortcut by naming a character Marysue. My sister Marysue was not …
#BookReview of Mahoney by Andrew Joyce #Western #GenerationalSaga @huckfin76 #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog
I was fascinated by Andrew Joyce’s new generational saga, because in many ways his tale of Irish refugees in America …
So you want to write a western? Plus #BookReview of Marta’s Daughter by Gordon Rottman #Western #humor
Thinking of writing a Western? As genre’s go, this one’s tropes are relatively easy to nail: Set it in the American …
Cozy #horror? plus #RBRT #Bookreview of DOGGEM by @john_f_leonard
I am SO not a horror fan. Horror movies have ensured that I will never relax in a bathroom with …
#GenreMashup Week #BookReview number 1: Fear & Phantoms by @CarolJHedges #VictorianDetective #RBRT
Now that you’re all genre experts after my intro-post here, I’ve promised a week of book reviews of new genre …
#Romance & That Glittery Hoo-ha Trope. #BookReview of LEFT HANGING by @CindyDorminy #TuesdayBookBlog #humor
You say trope like it’s a bad thing.. What’s a trope? Definition from Merriam-Webster online— a : a word or …
#Bookreview : Murder At The Marina by @EllenJacobson #humor #sailing #MurderMystery
What makes an amateur detective? In 1841, Edgar Allen Poe published the first modern detective story, “The Murders in …
