Join our IRP community!

Member Benefits


Community

Members have access to connect and meet with other Romance authors, share knowledge, make friendships and more! We are an inclusive community where your existence is never up for debate and we all believe that HEA's are for everyone. Our community is made up of romance writers from all over the globe and the thread that connects us is our love for the genre and respect for those in the profession by leading with empathy and fairness.

Mentorship Program

Members can apply to our annual IRP Mentorship Program which pairs romance writers with seasoned and knowledgable romance authors to help them achieve their writing and publishing goals over a (6) six month period. For more information on our mentorship program, please visit here. We're always looking for mentors!

Programs & Continuous Education

Members have access to webinars, workshops, recorded sessions, articles, and other resources created by industry experts to help them grow in their craft and career. Examples of our programs include: "Q&A with an Agent/Editor" Series, "Writing Inclusive Sex Scenes" workshop, and Harlequin@IRP Pitch event.


When you join our Community, you also agree to abide by our IRP Code of Conduct.  Please read it thoroughly as there is no safe community without adhering to community policies.

Best Practices to get the most out of Slack

New to Slack? No problem! It's like old school chat that's been nourished with fun features to help you minimize group noise and have more meaningful connections!

Learn more here.

Beyond our virtual critique group meetings, we share information, connect and learn from each other in our online community. We have focused rooms based on the needs of our community so people can participate where they get the most value.

Perks of using Slack:

We have a specific community agreement in here that all are required to abide by or they will be ejected from the community.

Our Current Focused Channels:

#town-square: Everybody's here! General announcements from founder, event posts, new member introductions and general member questions.

#mentalhealth: Space to talk openly and offer mental-health check-ins for members as we write. Daily insights provided in this channel on topics of perfectionism, self-awareness and challenging negative self-talk

#publishing-marketing: This channel covers topics of: agent experiences, editor experiences (good and not so much), trad pub wins, indie/self pub tips, pitches and queries for submission. Also to nurse our wounds of rejection and celebrate our wins.

#member-meetups: Channel where you automatically get introduced to other IRP member every two weeks so you can meet and grow your network. We currently use the Donut app to facilitate introductions.

#wip-critique: If you have a work in progress (WIP) and would like some feedback, join this room. This is also our official chat room for the virtual critique group.  To learn more, visit here.

#watercooler: Wanna share a recipe? Talk about the last show you binged? Random topics and questions are expected to be rattled out in here so the focused rooms don't get too noisy.


Community Resource Groups:

#rainbow-romance - Space for all authors, allies and enthusiasts of LGBTQ+ romance including author resources and events.

#black-writers-matter - Safe space for Black authors to heal during these times along with healthy conversation on the nuances of writing while Black, editor and author resources, including events.


Have Feedback to Share with Us? 

The Inclusive Romance Project believes in growing from constructive input and feedback on our programs and your experience. Please fill out the form below starting with the subject of why you're contacting us and we'll process your input/feedback as soon as we can.