Once again I managed to stumble across a really nice set of lectures on the internet.  This time the subject is writing romantic suspense.  I couldn’t even tell you how I got there, but I bookmarked it and have been back to read and re-read the helpful information within.  Lisa Gardner has a series of lectures, two of them actually.  The first is on the business end and the second is on the practical craft of constructing a romantic suspense novel.  These were well organized, thoughtful lectures that addressed market, synopsis, characters, plots, and the whole spectrum of writing in the rom-suspense sub-genre.

I’ve been working on my current wip for a full year now.  I finished the first draft in November and am workshopping it with Holly Lisle’s How To Revise Your Novel.  The thing I didn’t know I was missing (between all the brilliant techniques delivered in Holly’s lessons) is the genre specific reminders of my target.  There were many things in Lisa Gardner’s lectures that I had forgotten or never really thought about. It came at exactly the right time to toss my thoughts in fresh directions for my revisions.

So if you’re working on a romantic suspense I highly recommend that you take a look at her Lisa Gardner’s website and the tricks of the trade section.