The Royal Roses of Scotland (Or, how not to write your first historical romance...)

🏰 From castle ruins to romantic plots…

My first attempt at historical romance was bold, exciting, and written in Excel.

It was... A challenge!

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I SHOULD STOP WRITING FOR TODAY 😅
I spelled "house" as "hoause," and "clothes" as "clotheses." A colleague pointed it out to me, and I have to point out that it's the correct spelling 😬 I need to step away from the keyboard, rest my eyes, and rewire my brain.

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a cat peeking out of a wooden door with the words peek-a-boo written below it ALT: a cat peeking out of a wooden door with the words peek-a-boo written below it

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So the MC in one of my current #WIP has a bodyguard, which is all well and good, except I'm constantly forgetting about him in scenes he should be in, leading to the guy popping out from around corners like

Writer’s shame: today I misspelled “too” twice today. Different spellings each time. #authorlife #spelling #writingfails

One of my novels sold so poorly that I haven’t heard anything from my editor/publisher since, and I think we’re all just pretending it never happened 😭 #ProbablyJustAsWell #WritingFails

I need to stop using the word iridescent in my writing…

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