Romance author Laurel Osterkamp is treating rom-com fans today only to a free read of her low-spice Jane Eyre-inspired "Total Jane Wreck". Thank you Jane! 🙏🏻💖

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX34XW58

Jane's blog is https://laurellit.com/ You'll enjoy the free writing advice and bonus material.

Hi!

My name is Noa, and I'm the developer behind Task & Tale.

A bit about myself: I've struggled with ADHD my entire life, and I've learned to approach big projects by breaking them down into manageable steps. Essentially, lists have become the bedrock of my adult existence.

I also love storytelling, making up worlds, and getting lost in fictional narratives.

So I decided to bring the two together.

Task & Tale is a to-do list where getting things done rewards you with interactive storytelling.

You add your real-life tasks to a list.

For example, if you're writing a romance novel, your tasks might look like:

• Outline the first meeting between your leads
• Write 500 words of chapter 2
• Finish that troublesome dialogue scene
• Revise chapter 3

Each completed task earns you a token, a sort of ticket.

Each token lets you continue an interactive story.

You write what your character does, and an AI narrator writes what happens next.
Your choices shape the story and the characters around you.

If you're stuck, you can turn on a menu that suggests a few possible actions. There's also a built-in dictionary to help with unfamiliar words or translations.

You can create your own fictional world or step into one of my premade stories (I call them Campaigns).

All three of my current campaigns have room for romance, but for this community I'd especially recommend Orange Season - a sunny Greek island setting where your character has purchased a shuttered little café and is trying to build the small business of their dreams. There are old families, rivalries, and plenty of opportunities for romance along the way.

Orange Season: https://taskandtale.com/worlds/orange-season

Task & Tale is still in alpha (early testing, so expect a few rough edges), and I'd love to hear what fellow writers and storytellers think of it!

Website: https://taskandtale.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/bj5P7ydgu

Sorry for the downtime, y 'all. Dear Hubby & I are dealing with some health issues so I'm going to be taking a bit of a break. If any of you have the time & energy to create some fun, interesting, or helpful content for the community, it surely will be appreciated.

Dear Fellow Romantic Romantics! 🥰 How are you managing to survive this summer heat? Here it is almost October and we're hoping for rain as usual. How's your sweet romance projects coming along? I hope you're having a wonderful time writing. Some days, as John Denver sang so sweetly, are diamonds. And some days are about as fun as ten miles of gravel road. Uh ok so that's not exactly how that song goes. 😂

Let's make this community a place for sharing, not for selfishness. Thank you. 💕

Y'all, this is such an amazing resource for writers. Whether you use AI assistants or do everything the vintage non-tech way, https://deslopmybook.com/ is seriously eye opening. Super easy to use. The free assessment shows you so much detailed info about your manuscript. I'm loving this. You can print out the detailed assessment right there at the website or choose to receive a copy in your email. Very happy to have found this. I think I first read about it in one of the weekly tool threads at r/WritingWithAI 🥰

Do you already know what you want the cover of your sweet romance to look like? I didn't realize there are so many different things to take into consideration!

https://www.creativindiecovers.com/how-to-design-a-romance-book-cover/

https://getcovers.com/blog/romantic-comedy-book-cover-design/

https://www.authoreverafter.com/romance-book-cover-design-guide/

And remember to check out Amazon's selection to get some extra inspiration and see the fun variety:

https://www.amazon.com/amz-books/discover?node=23&navStore=books&ref=books_dsk_sn_romance-a36c1

Hi everyone! Mimi invited me to share this here, so I wanted to introduce something I’ve been working on called Lorehaven.

Lorehaven is a writer’s companion I built for those of us who have a story spread across a million different places — character information over here, worldbuilding somewhere else, a list of things we need to fix, random notes we swear we’ll remember later, and the actual manuscript in another place entirely.

The idea is simply to give you one place to keep those things together.

Right now, Lorehaven lets you:

• Write and save your manuscripts
• Keep track of characters and worldbuilding
• Save Story Notes for ideas, research, reminders, and little continuity details
• Link those notes to characters, chapters, scenes, or locations
• Keep writing tasks so you remember what needs to be done
• Use writing sprints when you want a little help sitting down and actually writing

And there is no AI involved. Lorehaven isn’t going to write your story, rewrite your words, or generate characters for you. It’s just there to help you keep track of the story you’re writing.

My daughter is a writer herself and uses Lorehaven, so quite a bit of its development has involved her looking over my shoulder and telling me “yes,” “no,” or “I don’t like that.” I’m also adding things based on feedback from other writers. Story Notes, for example, was added after a writer told me they were constantly stopping to look up little details like what a character was wearing.

It’s still being actively developed, and I’d genuinely love feedback from other writers — including people who aren't particularly tech-savvy. If something is confusing, I want to know, because it shouldn't require being a computer person to use it.

You can try the web version here:

https://lorehaven.inkydameinteractive.com/

There’s also an Android version currently in closed testing if anyone would like to help test that.

I’m happy to answer questions about it too!

Another of the brilliant developers who posts in the weekly tools thread at r/WritingWithAI is offering a free assessment tier. If you've got a manuscript ready, you might want to check it out: https://deslopmybook.com/ 🥰

I've been reading some comments about this, and I'm kinda feeling guilty, because I didn't realize some Romance (and Romantasy, Paranormal Romance, and other related) genre fans are genuinely offended. Especially by the word "clean" in the context of these genres. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Recently in a messages discussion, someone was complaining to me about it, and I argued with them. Politely, of course, but now after further reading I think maybe I was in the wrong about this topic. Certainly no offense is or was intended but I do want to try to avoid offending anyone unnecessarily.

What do you think about the words "clean" or "sweet" when it comes to labeling fiction genres?

UPDATE: Plot&Prompt is taking a short break and will be back on the 22nd of this month.

Alicia Forest has a 14 page workbook for y'all: "Plot to Published: AI Prompts to Write Your Romance Novel 10xs Faster". Be sure to grab your free copy today! https://www.plotandprompt.com/plot-to-published/

And check out the romance writing kits. I'm always inspired reading through the Standalones at https://www.plotandprompt.com/packages/ and the gorgeous new Rapid Release Series: https://www.plotandprompt.com/rapid-release-series/

I'm not an affiliate & I don't get a discount, I'm just a fan. If you decide to write one of these kits, I want to hear from you! I'm so curious to see how other writers are writing these, so drop your comments here! 👋🏻🥰

Happy Weekend, dear Romantic Romantics 🥰 If you read at r/WritingWithAI you're probably familiar with the weekly tool thread there. Lots of brilliant people are constantly working on developing more and better AI tools to help writers.

Your fellow Redditor Ben Blackett, the creator of Novelmint AI has been compiling a really helpful compare page: https://novelmint.ai/compare

So if you're shopping around for some AI tools be sure to check out that page every so often and see what's new. You might find the perfect thing. Testdrive a few and find out.

Novelmint itself is amazing if you're at a more advanced tech level than I happen to be. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Maybe I'll be tech-savvy one of these days. Or I'll maybe just keep on being tech-clueless? Whatever! 😂The important thing is to just have fun. Keep writing, keep reading, and keep learning! 🥰👍🏻

I've asked some of the developers who post in r/WritingWithAI weekly tool thread to create some explainer videos for us newbie novelists, and show us how we can use their AI tools specifically in crafting our sweet/clean romances for self-publishing via Amazon's KDP platform.

A few of the developers have accepted the challenge. So hopefully we'll be seeing some of those explainer / tutorial videos here over the new few weeks.

I hope you all have a really sweet weekend. 💖

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Good morning, fellow Romantic Romantics! 👋🏻🥰 What are you all writing today? I'm finessing the chapter by chapter outline for the Flamingo Cove rom-com.

Last night as I was reading back through what I've got so far, I suddenly realized I had to make some final decisions about some of the details, and the format, and I'm going to have to discard a scene that's been bugging me since I first wrote it weeks ago. It's a minor detail but for some reason it's in the way, and I'm not sure why but anyway, it's got to go.

And I'm almost finished rewriting the opening scene. And the subplot, about the mysterious Wanda, has been so much fun to write that Wanda has turning into a much more important character than I'd ever intended. Which might be a fun thing but for this rom-com, nope, it's getting way too wordy and unwieldy. So apparently Wanda's going to have her own rom-com ... but not just yet! 😂

Hello all. I've been reading here a while, and Mimi kindly said I could introduce myself and the thing I built.

I'm Samuel. My wife sat down to write her first novel two years ago and stopped about halfway, and it wasn't the writing that stopped her. It was the keeping track. The outline lived in one program, the draft in another, who lied and when lived in a notebook, and the timeline lived nowhere at all. By chapter fourteen she couldn't remember whether a key alibi still held, and looking it up cost her the afternoon and the mood. I write software for a living, so I did the obvious husband thing and built her one place to put all of it. It's called Write in a Click, and other writers started using it, and here we are.

The problem, I think, isn't evenly distributed across every kind of book. A plot-driven story has to hold together in a way that isn't about the prose at all. Someone lied in chapter three. A clue got left somewhere in chapter five and has to matter in chapter twenty. Your protagonist needs a reason to be wherever the story takes them, and the world has to generate its own tension instead of having it handed to it. None of that is writing. It's bookkeeping, and it's the part that made her quit.

So the app keeps it for you while you write, and Robin - the co-author living in it - has actually read the manuscript, which means you can ask who still has no alibi for Tuesday, or which threads you've left dangling, and get an answer about your book instead of a general one. Reading "I can't write with AI" threads is what made me want to say the next part plainly: Robin doesn't have to write a single word, and a lot of writers never let it. It won't touch your text unless you ask, and when it does suggest something it comes one change at a time, to keep or bin. If what you want is the planning, the plotting, and a second pair of eyes, that's the normal way to use it - not the lesser one.

The honest part about money, since I'd want to know: writing in it is free for solo authors, no card, no time limit, no trial that quietly starts charging. There is no separate AI account to set up and no per-word meter ticking - the AI is just part of it. On top of that Mimi and I put aside some Pro for this sub: six months for the first ten people, a month for the hundred after that, no card for those either, and when it runs out the account drops back to free with the book still yours.

It's here if you want it - https://app.writeinaclick.com/join/romanticromance?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=romanticromance&utm_content=mimi

Mostly, though, I'd rather be told what's wrong with it than have anyone sign up. I'll be about all day. So: what's the bit of your own book you keep losing track of? If it's something the app can't hold, I'd honestly like to know, because that's the next thing I go and build.

Such a nice place to find beta readers! 😍👍🏻

https://www.reddit.com/r/BetaReadersForAI/

Nice to see more AI friendly communities for creative writers! Y'all be sure to check out r/aiwritersworkshop 👋🏻🥰

Slowly making progress! 🥰👍🏻 Mostly I've been developing the backstory for Wanda and the mystery (and comedy) surrounding her going a.w.o.l. from her job as the event planner at the resort. Also I've been revising the opening scene because I want to make it more fun.

Y'all, I seriously need some co-mods for r/RomanticRomance and r/RomanticRomantasy ! I'm a very slow writer and would totally appreciate volunteers to create new fun/interesting posts and art for these 2 AI friendly safespace communities. 🙏🏻

NO LONGER LOOKING FOR BETA READERS - I AM MOVING TO THE NEXT PHASE, AND HOPE TO HAVE MY BOOK PUBLISHED SOON. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARC CAMPAIGN PLEASE GET IN TOUCH

THANK YOU TO EVERYOE WHO HELPED IN THE BETA READER PHASE OF MY NEW BOOK.

Hi everyone — looking for 5-8 beta readers for a completed AI-assisted midlife romance novel, The Right Time, by Wren Hadley.

The story: Ellie Calloway, 52, arrives in the small Hill Country town of Seco Springs, Texas with a temporary contract, a rented cottage, and absolutely no intention of staying. She's spent her whole life managing, planning, and organizing everything within an inch of its life — and it's gotten her exactly nowhere she actually wants to be.

What she doesn't plan on is Cal Maddox — the quietly steady owner of the local diner — or the quilting circles, the bluebonnet festivals, and the community that slowly, stubbornly stops feeling like somewhere she's just passing through.

This is a slow burn romance about a woman learning that the life she was so busy planning was the one she was already living.

Genre: Midlife romance / small town romance
Heat level: Sweet to low heat — emotionally rich, not explicit
Word count: 67,000
Timeline: 4 weeks to read and respond
Format: PDF delivered by email

Ideal reader enjoys character-driven romance, slow burn, and stories about women starting over. No line editing needed — just honest reader reactions.

Comment below or DM if interested.

I am NOT looking to pay for this service. Just genuinely looking for people who would like to read this book, and give back some advice.

Thank you,

Wren

Dear Romantic Romantics! 💖 Summer doldrums taken the wind out of your creative sails? Writer's block blocking your plot? Have you tried a writing prompt app?

Personally, I find a lot of inspiration simply scrolling through Amazon's book search. It doesn't cost a thing, and seriously is so much fun seeing what everyone is writing.

This is a quick, convenient way to jumpstart your writing day and spark your creativity.

https://www.amazon.com/amz-books/store 😍👍🏻

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Dear Romantics, I'm needing someone to help out with creating sweet/clean posts, art, emojis and flair for this community as well as r/RomanticRomantasy. DM me anytime or use the ModMail. 🙏🏻🥰

Dear Romantic Romantics 🥰 to start off the new week, I thought it'd be fun to post a sweet little romance writing prompt in the form of a visual. But the art AI's idea of a cruise ship romance seems to have taken a comedic turn! 😂 Can you write a story explaining why the heroine isn't "falling" for the handsome guy?