HDLynn's Library

18+ only || heather || thirtysomething || she/her *Not Currently Taking Requests* **On indefinite posting hiatus** Home to In a Universe Far Far Away, Dusty Trails with US Marshal Din Djarin, Merman Din, & Blacksmith Pero Tovar among other niche AUs Masterlist || Request Rules || AO3 || Art Blog

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Deputy Tommy “Hawk” Hill - Twin Peaks 

Agent George Steelman - The Untouchables

Din Djarin

Star Wars / Mandalorian Characters

Pedro Pascal Characters

Moon Knight (2022)

Arthur Morgan / RDR2

Vander / Arcane

Winter Writing Challenge 2021

PLEASE NOTE: As of 5/25/25 I am working on migrating all short and longer fanfics to be posted in full on my AO3 account only. All HCs will remain currently on tumblr.

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Build Your Monster Romance

Idea overwhelm can be a huge stumbling block for writers and their discovery drafts. Either you become paralyzed because you don’t know where to start or your story gets bogged down with so many unrelated ideas that make facing revisions feel unbearable. We get you!

The Build Your Romance exercise helps you practice focusing on the ideas that really matter to you with a given romance story. You will pick:

- 2 subgenres

- 1 genre style

- 1 monster

- 2 big tropes

- 3 micro tropes

- 1 misbelief for each character in the couple

This could be simply a fun activity to give you practice prioritizing or it might even be the start of your next story! Either way, we’d love to hear what you picked in the comments or in your repost! Remember, within boundaries there is freedom Have fun!!! 😁

Also check out our YouTube channel for full length podcasts as we talk about all things monster this month! Our latest episode is about The Draw of Monster Men 🧛

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Some more autumnal prompts! 🍁

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Some writing prompts as we gear up for Halloween 🎃

Feeling stuck with your romance writing project? What does this single prompt make jumpstart ideas to get you writing in your current project again? Even if it doesn’t end up being used in the final draft it can help you practice writing daily to get you to where you want to get in your romance story!

Happy writing! 💕

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Build Your Werewolf Romance 🐺🌙

Idea overwhelm can be a huge stumbling block for writers and their discovery drafts. Either you become paralyzed because you don’t know where to start or your story gets bogged down with so many unrelated ideas that make facing revisions feel unbearable. We get you!

The Build Your Romance exercise helps you practice focusing on the ideas that really matter to you with a given romance story. You will pick:

- 2 subgenres

- 1 genre style

- 1 setting

- 2 big tropes

- 3 micro tropes

- 1 misbelief for each character in the couple

This could be simply a fun activity to give you practice prioritizing or it might even be the start of your next story! Either way, we’d love to hear what you picked in the comments or in your repost! Remember, within boundaries there is freedom Have fun and tag a writer friend! 😁

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Happy October! We have some fun things lined up for the whole month here at The Romance Rippers!

We are going in depth about why monster romance is and has been so popular within the romance genre! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you catch the new episodes when they drop!

What is you favorite monster/monster romance? 👀

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Happy spooky month! We're dedicating October to monster romance, an ever-popular sub-genre. In this episode, we break down what monster romance is, why it's so popular, and what readers expect when they're picking up a book where one half of the couple isn't human. 👻

Grab a cozy cup of your favorite beverage and join us as we get to the heart of monster romance on 10/9 2PM EST 🎃

Also Get your free romance genre overview guide that walks you through the six obligatory scenes and nine genre conventions AND gives you a checklist to help you keep track of what you're including in your own story! https://theromancerippers.com/

[theromancerippers]

Happy October! We have some fun things lined up for the whole month here at The Romance Rippers!

We are going in depth about why monster romance is and has been so popular within the romance genre! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you catch the new episodes when they drop!

What is you favorite monster/monster romance? 👀

[theromancerippers]

Build Your Ren Faire Romance

Idea overwhelm can be a huge stumbling block for writers and their discovery drafts. Either you become paralyzed because you don’t know where to start or your story gets bogged down with so many unrelated ideas that make facing revisions feel unbearable. We get you!

The Build Your Romance exercise helps you practice focusing on the ideas that really matter to you with a given romance story. You will pick:

- 2 subgenres

- 1 genre style

- 1 setting

- 2 big tropes

- 3 micro tropes

- 1 misbelief for each character in the couple

This could be simply a fun activity to give you practice prioritizing or it might even be the start of your next story! Either way, we’d love to hear what you picked in the comments or in your repost! Remember, within boundaries there is freedom Have fun!!! 😁

[theromancerippers]

It’s easy to feel stuck or need a little creative boost! What comes to mind with this one single prompt you could use to help jumpstart writing in your current project again? Even if it doesn’t end up being used in the final draft it can help you practice writing daily to get you to where you want to get in your romance story!

Please share one of your favorite tropes or prompts in the comments, you may help inspired someone else also having a rough writing day 💕

[theromancerippers]

Idea overwhelm can be a huge stumbling block for writers and their discovery drafts. Either you become paralyzed because you don’t know where to start or your story gets bogged down with so many unrelated ideas that make facing revisions feel unbearable. We get you!

The Build Your Romance exercise helps you practice focusing on the ideas that really matter to you with a given romance story. You will pick:

- 2 subgenres

- 1 genre style

- 1 setting

- 2 big tropes

- 3 micro tropes

- 1 misbelief for each character in the couple

This could be simply a fun activity to give you practice prioritizing or it might even be the start of your next story! Either way, we’d love to hear what you picked in the comments or in your reblog! Remember, within boundaries there is freedom. Have fun!!! 😁

[hdlynnslibrary]

If you missed previous posts me and my bestie @princessbatears have been working on a romance writers podcast! Making some fun things to help encourage other writers in their romance writing journeys 🙌💕

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Today, we're talking about one of our favorite writing tools: fanfiction! We dive into what publishing in fandom spaces has done for our original works and writing practices. This chit-chatty episode isn't one you'll want to miss!

Watch here on Youtube.

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New episode is out!!!!!

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New episode tomorrow! We’re talking about the 6 obligatory scenes every tasty romance story should have! 💘

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New podcast episode dropping tomorrow 🙌💕

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Writing a romance novel? These 9 conventions of genre romance are more then just tropes! They are the building blocks your readers expect when reading romance.

Check out our YouTube video as we talk about these and how they can make your next romance novel addictive and fulfilling to your readers 💕

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Shameless self promotion for the podcast me and my bestie @princessbatears are doing 🙌

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Our first episode is up on YouTube! 🎉

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It’s heeeere! Hehhehehheheh

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Join us tomorrow on YouTube as we get into the 9 romance genre conventions that help you as an author create shippable original couples that leave your readers swooning and your HEA deliciously earned! 💕

[hdlynnslibrary]

Can’t believe we are launching our premier tomorrow! Come join me and @princessbatears as we talk about what makes a good romance book tick! 🙌

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Just doing some new thingssss with my bestie @princessbatears