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April Editorial: Light The Dark
PHS Founder and Editor Trish Wylie, talks about the power of words, and how writing every day can shine a light in the darkness..
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Real Life Meet Cute
Does the kind of meet cute we read about in romance novels happen in real life? Avril Tremayne and Mollie Blake tell us how they met their h
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Nixing Negativity
When it comes to criticism, romance writers soon discover the value of a thick skin. So how do authors respond to people with little to no u
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Embrace Life
In this busy world we live in, it's all too easy to overlook the beauty that surrounds us. Susan Meier talks about the important lessons
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Comic Book Love: The Girlfriend Problem
Why don't Comic Book Romantic Interests get their own spin offs? Corinna Lawson discusses the fate of the love interests who made it and
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The PHS Poll: Size Matters
Do you prefer standalone stories, family sagas, a linked series of three or four books or an epic continuation of a tale you never want to e