by kobowritinglife | May 15, 2023 | Blog, The Craft of Writing, Tips
If you are a genre author, it’s important to be aware of the tropes that are emerging in any given publishing year or years. Some tropes, of course, are evergreen, and will always be popular – such as enemies-to-lovers and marriages of convenience, rebellious heroines...
by kobowritinglife | May 8, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community, The Craft of Writing, Tips
If you’re a romance writer, you already know what we’re here to talk about: steamy, sensual, and sometimes explicit sex scenes between your lead characters. Not every novel has explicit steamy scenes – there are, as they are known, heat or “spice” levels, with some...
by kobowritinglife | Apr 17, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community, Resources, The Craft of Writing, Tips
In a literary landscape that is always demanding new and original content, it can feel overwhelming when trying to stand out or even just to make something that feels new and exciting. However, I’m here today to tell you two truths: Your niche is out there, I promise,...
by kobowritinglife | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, The Craft of Writing, Tips
Writing takes time. There’s no way around it – for many authers, their books are one, five, even ten years or more in the making! But often, it can be frustrating and demoralizing to feel as if it might take you that long to even finish a first draft. Today, we are...
by kobowritinglife | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community, The Craft of Writing, Tips
If you feel like you don’t have a “voice” as a writer, let it be known that you are not alone. Authors of all experience levels struggle with this concept. In short, your voice is your recognizable aesthetic style – essentially, the way you write. Each author, no...
by kobowritinglife | Feb 24, 2023 | KWL Community, Marketing, My Writing Life, Tips
Okay, so you’ve settled on a brand look – you write fantasy, so there’s a lot of silvers and golds, dragon scales, and velvety textures. Or you’re a romance writer who tends to gravitate towards the friends-to-lovers trope for your rom coms; there’s a lot of bright...
