Comments on: A Category Romance Primer

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By: Shari Heinrich

Shari Heinrich — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:38:06 +0000

Love your recap, and thank you! Though I fell way behind in my emails and missed when you dropped this. SO much good information for everyone to appreciate. Wishing you a fantastic course! Not answering the bonus because 1) your course began! and, since you know me, I'm writing young adult with romance. Not yet trying that tough juggle of full romance, let alone category.

By: Juliette Hyland

Juliette Hyland — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:13:00 +0000

Hi everyone!

Thanks for the lovely comments. I ran the names of everyone who commented through [Link deleted]And the winner of the free registration to my category romance class is Chrissie!

Chrissie, please send me an email at ju******@************nd.com and I will get everything set up.

Juliette

By: Juliette Hyland

Juliette Hyland — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:08:45 +0000

In reply to K McKade. I love these takes. I've never thought of movies that way. Now I will have to have a think on that!

By: Juliette Hyland

Juliette Hyland — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:07:29 +0000

In reply to Barbara Doran-Rogel. Catgorizing indie's is so important and soooo much work. I have one indie book and that list is daunting!

By: Juliette Hyland

Juliette Hyland — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:30:08 +0000

In reply to Mica Rossi. Wow! A timeslip! So fun. I am not sure if there is a place taking timeslip but I think Tule has some category with light fantasy elements. I saw give category a go. If nothing else, it teaches craft!

By: Chrissie

Chrissie — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:20:55 +0000

In reply to Barbara Doran-Rogel. I totally loved Victoria Holt and Mary Stewart!

By: Mica Rossi

Mica Rossi — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:11:38 +0000

Thanks for this. I've never really tried writing category romance, but it sounds like something I'd like to do.

My romance is a time travel where a woman goes back to medieval England to become the mother of King Arthur.

By: Juliette Hyland

Juliette Hyland — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:36:02 +0000

In reply to denise. I love how this is so many people story about category. I got them from my mom and fell in love with happily ever afters!

By: Juliette Hyland

Juliette Hyland — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:35:27 +0000

In reply to Brad. It sounds like a romance. If you M/M have a happily ever after or a happy for now ending than you have written a romance. But if you have well developed side characters, you have a trade romance. Still a romance just a longer one that doesn't fall directly into the category folder. Good luck with your Romance!!!