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May Editorial: Growing Pains
This month, PHS Founder and Editor Trish Wylie, talks about personal growth and the effect it can have on your life and your writing.
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Just Bodice Ripping Porn?
How people describe the romance genre is frequently out of touch. Ali Williams, Aja and Virginia Heath talk about how they reply to these Fa
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Calling All Aspiring Authors!
We've been dropping a few hints in the last month about exciting things to come for the PHS readers who are aspiring authors. Now senior
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Defining Alpha Heroes
Love 'em or hate 'em, we can all agree the alpha male is a huge part of romantic fiction. Holly March defines the difference between
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Menopause Matters
Is discussing menopause the last glass ceiling to be broken, health-wise? If so, the PHS is about to take a hammer to it with our new Menopa
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Superhero Online Dating
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a superhero created an online dating profile? Jade looks at the personality types which might do