Welcome back to Wednesday Links! (Is it Wednesday?)
To be frank, I’m damn exhausted. I’ve been so tired lately. Can we get to fall yet? I find the crisp New England air to be energizing.
On Friday mornings, a friend and I have a Zoom writing sesh for an hour. it’s been going well and I’ve been working on a fantasy romance. However, yesterday I was hit with a new idea for something contemporary and I can’t stop thinking about it. I may switch gears.
I was telling my partner that fantasy writing takes some extra brain power if you’re creating a completely fictional world. Naming things is the bane of my existence. And right now, I don’t have a ton of brain power to spare.
If you have any helpful tips and tricks for naming things, I’m all ears!
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So many of you sent us the Fabio flowchart. Sarah and I had a good time keeping track of all the emails that came in. You can find the flowchart at #15 on this list from Ask A Manager.
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Harper’s Bazaar has a piece on how audiences don’t want romcoms, they want romantic horror. It’s an interesting opinion, but one I don’t agree with fully. I don’t think the audiences have shifted. People still want romcoms. It’s just that media companies (and I’m including publishing here) do not seem to know what a romcom is and the label has diluted so much that it means nothing. In my humble opinion.
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This link comes from Kim D., who shared this interview with a cover model, who retired in 2019, on how he preps for a cover shoot.
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From Kael: I thought you all might like to know she got a mention in the new Princess Weekes video on Enemies to Lovers! (the exact timestamp is 23:15, it’s about Sarah’sresponse to For Such A Time)
It’s a super interesting watch and would definitely recommend it to the folks here who don’t mind a crunchy conversation.
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!