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Off the top of my head-- If the romance is indeed a *sub*plot, keep it that way. Don't let it take over and become a central plot thread, which is easy to do. It should complement the story, not distract from it. I think romantic dialogue is the easiest place to accidentally cliche yourself up a wall by getting too serious. "Never let go!" Don't do it. As ...

There's a good thread on this over at Absolute Write - http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184551 The general consensus there seems to be that there is definitely a limit on how explicit YA sex should be. They suggest going for the more 'poetic' approach rather than an explicit or erotic one, and I think that makes sense. ETA:I didn't ...

Here's a great article by Mette Ivie Harrison: How To Write Romance (in Fantasy), published in OSC's Intergalactic Medicine Show. I think it's particularly appropriate to your question because it focuses on romances as subplots, romance combined with other elements. Harrison starts out by rejecting "category romance" and obiquitous mishandlings of fictional ...

I'm not a romance writer, but because I hate orphaned questions, I can offer you a link which I found interesting. (Well, you probably know it.) http://www.writing-world.com/romance/ It's not a book, but articles from different authors to the subject.

There is no hard set rule, and the boundaries are constantly expanding. Tender Morsels deals with incest, molestation, gang rape, abortions, and many other extremely adult issues. But it does so with implications and metaphors more often than gritty details (don't get me wrong, the book is amazing). So many of the issues could be glossed over by a reader ...

The truth is (as usually) not nearly as simple. There are different styles of writing and different audiences you're aiming at, but not only the split doesn't go along the line of "online/offline", the line is not nearly as clear-cut as you're trying to make it. Some of the longest books even written never reach paper and have avid audience online. And ...

Your novel should be as long as it needs to be. Not shorter, not longer. Too vague? Well, that's writing ;) Honestly I think we already answered this question, but I can't find it. To summarize out of my head: A novel starts around 50,000 words. That's a widely accepted figure no matter what genre you write in. Write, don't care about word limits. If you ...