1.0Sheep Among Wolves Publishinghttps://sawpublishing.comCourtenayhttps://sawpublishing.com/author/courtenay/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="blUPOqVXWy"><a href="https://sawpublishing.com/dear-reader-what-about-romance/">Dear Reader: What About Romance?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sawpublishing.com/dear-reader-what-about-romance/embed/#?secret=blUPOqVXWy" width="600" height="338" title="“Dear Reader: What About Romance?” — Sheep Among Wolves Publishing" data-secret="blUPOqVXWy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://sawpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dear-Reader-What-About-Romance-366.jpg700366What about romance? Is it good? Is it bad? Does it have a place in books? In today’s edition of the Dear Reader series, we’ll explore both the positives and the negatives that romance can bring to fiction, along with some basic principles for navigating this topic with grace.