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This course has been created solely with Closed Door Romance authors in mind.

Learn everything you want to know about the Bookstagram world! From optimizing your profile, to branding, to what and when to post, this course covers it all!

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Need help knowing how to market your book? A Marketing Pull is perfect for this! I will read your book, create as simple marketing plan, pull out quotes, and create audience captivating hooks.

I hired Rachel from Closed Door Romance to do market pulls for A Dance of Shadows & Thorns and The Crimson Corsair, and WOW—she delivered! She was quick, detailed, and gave me so much valuable insight to help me promote my stories. I’m seriously blown away. I’ll definitely be working with her again. If you’re an author, you need her in your corner!
CN Noble
CN NobleNo Spice Fantasy Author
I hired Rachel for a market pull for my debut novel since I’m a newbie and I had no idea what I was doing. And she did an amazing job! I don’t know what I expected, but she read the whole book and provided pages of quotes, tropes, comps, hooks, and more that I would never have thought to use myself. She is a marketing genius and an incredible supporter of closed-door authors. Highly recommend, especially if the marketing end of things isn’t your strong point!
Sara George
Sara GeorgeNo Spice Paranormal Romance Author
Rachel exceeded my expectations! She was faster than I imagined, and gave me fantastic ideas for pull out quotes, interactions with readers based on my book, and other helpful marketing advice, such as keywords and categories. I can't wait to use her suggestions, and return to her with another book!
Sarah Lamb
Sarah LambClean Romance Author
Rachel at Closed Door Romance was so much fun to work with! She was responsive, quick, detailed, and very instructive. And she’s so kind, and just makes your story (and you!) feel like a million bucks. Worth every penny, highly recommend!!
RA Cheatham
RA CheathamNo Spice Romantasy Author
I’ve hired Rachel not once, not twice, but three times to do a marketing pull on my three books. She possesses a unique ability to see the book, its plot, its characters and grasp what the author desires the reader to see. Sometimes, I have to pinch myself because she pulls such outstanding quotes and scenes. As I’ve thanked her, she’s always said, “You’re the one who wrote it!” I will definitely have Rachel do all my books so long as she’s willing.
EL Irwin
EL IrwinClosed Door Romance Author
“The marketing pull was fantastic. I love having a resource I can open anytime I need to post about No Plans to Fall—with quotes, tropes, hooks, and ideas already laid out so I don’t have to burn mental energy coming up with them. She even included similar titles, tropes, carousel concepts, reel ideas, and more. Anything that saves me time and brain space is a win in my book."
Kiri Patterson
Kiri PattersonClosed Door Romance Author

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Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands/Affectionate touching
  • Compliments/confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces/cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters from past only referred to, not described or on-screen

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied not described
  • Feel warm/flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls and groans
  • Thinking/speaking about desire non-descriptive
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level – but may be unpopular if not married

Level 3

  • Hands moving, still not in underwear zone
  • French kiss with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions still follow guidelines
  • Feel hot, sweating
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, panting
  • More frantic and lose some control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If they lay down together anywhere, use little description of contact/moving
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with fade to black scene. Keep focus on the emotion.
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged/committed couples.