Celebrating Bookstore Romance Day

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If you're a big fan of romance novels like me, I'm sure you're looking forward to the fifth annual Bookstore Romance Day! Though, despite the word "day" in the celebration, the amazing bookstores have been spoiling us ever since they've stretched the event out into a weekend.

If you're not familiar with Bookstore Romance Day, you can check out their website. To give you a gist of it, bookstores all around America put their romance stories out in display, and provide platforms for romance authors to speak and share their amazing perspectives and knowledge.

Every year, I get super excited about joining online panel sessions and listen in from Canada! It's a thrill to learn about how authors became inspired to write their novels, and how they made their characters come to life. There are also all kinds of other topics that come up too, such as how they market themselves on social media, and how they find the tropes that work for their stories.

There's lots of spectacular insight going on during Bookstore Romance Day, or rather, weekend! So if you're looking to learn too, check out their website and see which sessions resonate with you.

And if you're ever curious on how to write romance in general, may I suggest stopping by my Ko-fi page? There, you'll find a free or pay-what-you-can outline for romance writing, based on the awesome guide Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes.

Enjoy the romance in the air! - Maria