Behind the Book: (Still) Waiting for Someday — Guest Post by Amy Drown

Beth VogtContemporary Romance, Life, Reality, Romance 39 Comments

My just-released novel, Catch a Falling Star, deals with the question: What do you do when life doesn’t go according to plan? The heroine, Dr. Kendall Haynes, has a satisfying life in a lot of ways — except her dreams of happily-ever-after haven’t come true.  While Kendall is an imaginary person, the disappointment she struggles with is one many women …

Contemporary Romance Writer: How Do You Define Happily Ever After?

Beth VogtContemporary Romance, Romance, Writing 16 Comments

  Every self-respecting romance novel or movie ends with a happily ever after, or HEA in writer-speak. But if we were all sitting around my family room talking romance (lovely idea, that!) and we tried to determine the components of a HEA … well, I’m not sure we could. Spoiler Alert: I give away the endings to some books, so …