Coming to our April Member Meeting - Busting the Myth of Big D!ck Energy: Fantasies and Fallacies in Steamy Romantic Fiction with Christina Braver
Romance is fantasy, escapism, and an HEA. In this workshop, we’ll discuss 10 popular sex myths and how to bust them.
Coming to our April Member Meeting - Busting the Myth of Big D!ck Energy: Fantasies and Fallacies in Steamy Romantic Fiction with Christina Braver
Romance is fantasy, escapism, and an HEA. In this workshop, we’ll discuss 10 popular sex myths and how to bust them.
ECRW Newsletter submissions are now OPEN! 🎉
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New from ECRW member Rebecca Minelga - False Start
Blurb: A sweet grumpy/sunshine romance where love is a four-legged word.
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Coming to our April Member Meeting - Busting the Myth of Big D!ck Energy: Fantasies and Fallacies in Steamy Romantic Fiction with Christina Braver
Romance is fantasy, escapism, and an HEA. In this workshop, we’ll discuss 10 popular sex myths and how to bust them.
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ECRW Newsletter submissions are now OPEN! 🎉
Have a new release, event, milestone, or exciting author news? Let us share it with the community!
📧 Submit here: buff.ly/kMCzyZk
Let’s celebrate your wins and keep our members in the loop!
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Now available from ECRW member Mini Briar - The Black Sands of Hades
Blurb: Welcome to Hades Beach Resort. The night is alive with possibility, but beware the dawn…
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Need an escape that gives you the giggles, helps you find a handsome orc, or ensures there will be dragons? Join us for Steamy in Seattle 2026 where guests Kimberly Lemming and Stephanie Burgis are in conversation about cozy monster romance!
Costumes (and masks) encouraged!
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Now available from ECRW member Olivia Tildon - Toll of the Crowned Flame
Blurb: Toll of the Crowned Flame is about love that burns hotter than fear—and the price it demands.
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Now available from ECRW member Leslie J. Hall - Keep Out
Blurb: Kaitlyn thought chasing graffiti taggers was the height of her code enforcement drama . . . until she nearly trips over a body at a construction site.
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ECRW Newsletter submissions are now OPEN! 🎉
Have a new release, event, milestone, or exciting author news? Let us share it with the community!
📧 Submit here: buff.ly/kMCzyZk
Let’s celebrate your wins and keep our members in the loop!
#ECRW #AuthorNews #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #AmWriting
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Now available from ECRW member Amelia Stone - Love Potion 13
Tropes: Enemies to lovers · Body swap · Forced proximity. Perfect for readers who love: Freaky Friday, The Hating Game, meddling older neighbors, and banter that turns into chemistry.
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New from ECRW member Gabbi Grey - Love in Mission City: The Wedding Duet
This book includes a novella and a short story:
Too Much in Love to Care is a 10k short story
Never Thought I’d Want You is a 15k word novella
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Now available on audio - Finn's Find by Gabbi Grey
I'm not the kind of guy who lusts after strangers, but the man pulling up next to me is muscular and hot as hell. Sadly, when I wake up, I find myself alone. Do I have to chalk this up to a one-night stand, or might I him again?
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New from ECRW member Kari Harrison - Penny's Innocent Salvation
Blurb: I’m nearly twice her age, alpha to the bone, and I am determined to keep her safe. Forced under the same roof for protection, tension sparks into white-hot attraction.
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Have you bought your ticket yet?
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ECRW Newsletter submissions are now OPEN! 🎉
Have a new release, event, milestone, or exciting author news? Let us share it with the community!
📧 Submit here: buff.ly/kMCzyZk
Let’s celebrate your wins and keep our members in the loop!
#ECRW #AuthorNews #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #AmWriting
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Please join us for our next workshop on March 7th
It's a new year and that means a new tax season! Thomas Brown will discuss what authors need to do to keep accurate tax records for their writing business and answer your burning questions about everyone's favorite tax subject, deductions!
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Now available from Rachel Kofman! "Finding The Curve of Love"
Blurb: Ben is really good at math. Ryan isn't.
In fact, Ryan's so bad, he needs a tutor. In fact, his tutor is Ben, the cute grad student he has to meet with weekly or else he fails his math class, or else Ben loses his funding.
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Come see us @ ECCC! We will be in the Writer's Block space WB17 starting TODAY through Sunday. Hope to see you there!
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Did you know ECRW has a monthly friendly critique group? Please join us every first Wednesday of the month at 7 pm Pacific (10 pm Eastern) for a no-homework, friendly, and kind group or workshop time!
Located in the Video chat channel of the ECRW Discord.
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Please join us for our next workshop on March 7th
It's a new year and that means a new tax season! Thomas Brown will discuss what authors need to do to keep accurate tax records for their writing business and answer your burning questions about everyone's favorite tax subject, deductions!
A stack of books sitting on a desk in front of a blackboard in the background. A white piece of paper that appears to be taped to the screen listing the items that can be shared on the ECRW monthly newsletters
ECRW Newsletter submissions are now OPEN! 🎉
Have a new release, event, milestone, or exciting author news? Let us share it with the community!
📧 Submit here: buff.ly/kMCzyZk
Let’s celebrate your wins and keep our members in the loop!
#ECRW #AuthorNews #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #AmWriting
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New release from ECRW member Gabbi Grey - Finn's Find
I'm not the kind of guy who lusts after strangers, but the man pulling up next to me is muscular and hot as hell. Sadly, when I wake up, I find myself alone. Do I have to chalk this up to a one-night stand, or might I him again?
buff.ly/YqFhcEj
White bald man wearing a black/blue suit
Please join us for our next workshop on March 7th
It's a new year and that means a new tax season! Thomas Brown will discuss what authors need to do to keep accurate tax records for their writing business and answer your burning questions about everyone's favorite tax subject, deductions!
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Now available from ECRW member Gabbi Grey - Hot Rucking Canadian
Hot Rucking Canadian is a 26k novella about a rugby fullback who embraces life, a grumpy construction worker who always sees the worst in life, and the love story that spans across an ocean.
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Now available from ECRW member Gabbi Grey - Gideon's Gratitude
Gideon’s Gratitude is a small-town, opposites attract, hurt-comfort gay romance about a former longshoreman who believes he’s broken and the lawyer who believes there’s life after divorce.
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Greetings! I'm Samara Black, and I'm the 2026 ECRW Social Media Manager - the face behind the posts, repost, and stories. When I'm not writing or hanging out on social media, I enjoy photography, annoying my teenaged children, and spoiling our pets - 3 rescue kitties and a rescue chinchilla
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ECRW Newsletter submissions are now OPEN! 🎉
Have a new release, event, milestone, or exciting author news? Let us share it with the community!
📧 Submit here: buff.ly/kMCzyZk
Let’s celebrate your wins and keep our members in the loop!
#ECRW #AuthorNews #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #AmWriting
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