I didn’t even know Hurt/Comfort was a trope until I started writing romance. Actually, I was writing my fifth book before I discovered that two of my previous titles included hurt/comfort situations. In retrospect, it should have been obvious. I had one character in hospital and the other character comforting them. I had not realizedContinue reading “By the Tropes: Hurt/Comfort”
Tag Archives: Kelly Jensen
Choose Your Holiday Disaster
Kelly Jensen. Blowing up the holidays, one date at a time. The first time I tried to write a Christmas story, I trapped two coworkers in a rental car on the side of the road in upstate New York during a blizzard. Not exactly the happy, fluffy holiday feel readers are looking for. I didContinue reading “Choose Your Holiday Disaster”
By the Tropes: Second Chances
Why are second chance love stories so compelling? Is it because so many of us remember the one who got away? Maybe it’s the redemption arc—putting things right once and for all. Or, perhaps it’s that sometimes we know, even when they don’t, when two people really should be together. Watching that realization dawn, whetherContinue reading “By the Tropes: Second Chances”
It’s Release Day for Let’s Go Out!
Writing the Let’s Connect books has been all kinds of fun. I always wanted to try an online dating story and the format felt perfect for a newsletter serial. What I didn’t expect was Robin. Trevor was always a part of the outline for the first book, Let’s Connect. Trevor was supposed to be Robin.Continue reading “It’s Release Day for Let’s Go Out!”
LET’S GO OUT has a new cover and a special preorder price!
The sequel to Let’s Connect is here! Well, almost. Let’s Go Out is scheduled for release on March 1st. But it does have a pretty new cover and a special preorder price. Cover designer Natasha Snow has outdone herself with this one. I didn’t make it easy, either. She truly has the patience of anContinue reading “LET’S GO OUT has a new cover and a special preorder price!”