I’m Helen Rose Thwaite and I write SSF Romance
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November Round-Up
Happy Advent! I’ve been very lax in updating my blog, for which I can only apologise. I tend to use social media more and I need to stop relying on that so much. As a reminder, I’m on Threads and Bluesky, having deleted my X account on the 6th after… Continue reading
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A CERTAIN DARKNESS is drafted!
Yesterday, I finished the first draft of my paranormal romance A CERTAIN DARKNESS! ACD began back in January as fanfic. The idea came from a weird, dark recess of my brain that combined a fairly well-known “neo-noir supernatural fiction” series and That Scene from the 2005 film version of Pride… Continue reading
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Theer but no fear
Yesterday, the Age of Theer Kickstarter campaign launched and I, of course, backed it because over the past year, I’ve fallen so in love with roleplay gaming. Dungeons & Dragons was something I was aware of growing up but never got involved in. It’s hard to when you are directly… Continue reading
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What I learned doing the 24 Hour Novel challenge
I will caveat this post by saying there was no way on God’s green earth I was going to manage 50K in 24 hours. I went in with the slightly saner goal of 25K and even that was a stretch. I ended up with 14,158 words and a new perspective… Continue reading
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3 tricks for getting shit writ
Us writers are neurotic beans. My house is never cleaner than when I’m trying to write. It’s useful procrastination but it’s still procrastination. See, I don’t really plan my books. I get a general idea, a few scenes and a couple of characters, then charge into writing like the Men… Continue reading