Jason Evans joins us today at the Blood-Red Pencil: First off I want to thank Jason (Henry) for giving me this opportunity. I write historical fiction primarily. I do have to say, though, that tackling a romantic subplot was one of the best things I did. Learning how to write romance made me a better writer. How I organize and write a scene, how I approach a plot, and how I create a character arc, have forever changed because of what I learned about romance. So let me explain what I learned working on a romantic subplot for my upcoming historical fiction, The Gallowglass. (pronounced “Gallowglaw”) 1.     Romance does not mean erotica. (Tweet:) I had never read romance before so in my first attempt I actually wrote erotica : two beautiful people with out of control libidos humping like rabbits. The way I described sex was clinical and boring. This wasn’t romance, it was a bad play-by-play by a sports announcer. Romance isn’t strictly about hopping...