Lindsay Detwiler, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/lindsayanndetwiler/ Sun, 05 Mar 2017 18:34:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Sweet Instead of Spicy: Writing Sweet Romance in a Fifty Shades Kind of World https://booksbywomen.org/sweet-instead-of-spicy-writing-sweet-romance-in-a-fifty-shades-kind-of-world/ https://booksbywomen.org/sweet-instead-of-spicy-writing-sweet-romance-in-a-fifty-shades-kind-of-world/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:49:26 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18512   Pounding hearts and sweaty body parts. Looks of lust and feverish kisses. Sexy words and entwined limbs. Foreplay leading to racy scenes, blush-inducing positions, and unbridled passion. These are the things romance novels are made of. Or are they? As a sweet romance writer living in a writing world where Fifty Shades of Grey […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/sweet-instead-of-spicy-writing-sweet-romance-in-a-fifty-shades-kind-of-world/feed/ 7 18512 My Husband Doesn’t Read My Books: Ways to Support an Author Without Spending a Dime https://booksbywomen.org/my-husband-doesnt-read-my-books-ways-to-support-an-author-without-spending-a-dime/ https://booksbywomen.org/my-husband-doesnt-read-my-books-ways-to-support-an-author-without-spending-a-dime/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:59:39 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15996 I glance up from autographing a copy of my newest book to see my husband across the store. He has our mastiff Henry with him—a character in all of my novels—and is surrounded by women asking him questions. Then, the dreaded question, the one we both hope he won’t be asked, comes out of a […]

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