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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 03/05/2026

Thanks to @deborahhale.bsky.social, www.deborahhale.com, and Michelle Helliwell, www.michellehelliwell.com for your presentations on character and plot development this weekend at the RWAC retreat. #WritingCommunity #Authors #Writers #BookSky #Romance

Seven people sitting in a circle, on chairs and couches in a cottage living room. Some are taking notes and talking.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 02/05/2026

It's a beautiful weekend for our annual retreat, at Oceanstone Resort (also a cozy spot when it storms).

Gift bags for attendees, on a table. Each has a sticker relating to romance novels, for example, "Enemies to Lovers Book Club."

Inside a rustic cottage, with a wood stove burning in the corner. Through windows and French doors is a deck, trees, and the ocean. The deck is wet and it's raining outside.

View of the ocean from a wooden deck, on a foggy evening. A rocky beach and a few evergreen trees are in the foreground.

Looking down from a deck at chairs around a firepit, on the edge of a small beach rocky beach. It's late on a sunny day, and the firepit area is in the shade.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 20/11/2025

RWAC member (and VP) Denise Flint reading from her new book, Home For Christmas: A Collection of Newfoundland and Labrador Romances, at the Crow's Nest Officers' Club in St. John's.

A lady standing behind a makeshift lectern at a nautical-themed club, reading from her book.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 14/02/2025

Our favourite proposal location in Atlantic Canada: Heart-shaped Pond (Julie's Pond), Hemlock Ravine Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Location proposed by Deanne Ouest, photos by @trcovell.bsky.social. See our website for more details about this location - link in bio.

Three photos of a pond, shaped like a tall romantic heart. It is cloudy fall day, so there are lots of leaves on the ground, and behind the pond there are evergreens, bare trees, and trees with golden leaves. A light rain naturally increased the colour saturation, and the pond has ripples from the rain drops.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 13/02/2025

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 13, Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The revival of gothic romances has demonstrated that people are ready for cemetery proposals. Location proposed (and photos) by @deannafosterauthor.bsky.social. For more information, see our website - link in bio.

A collage of three photos of Camp Hill cemetery, all showing old headstones on a lush green lawn, covered in flower petals, and trees and bushes in the background.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 12/02/2025

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 12, Tangled Garden, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. Location proposed by Deborah Hale, author of more than two dozen historical and inspirational romances, as well as historical fiction and fantasy. See our website for more details and photo credit - link in bio.

Three photos: One shows the entrance to a curving path with stone walls. Pillars with Celtic designs are at the entrance. Second photo shows a bench on grass, under a tree. Third photo shows a field of tulips, in different colours, and in the background there's a white stone abstract sculpture resembling a student desk, on grass, with trees behind.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 11/02/2025

Top ten #proposal locations - Feb 11, Love-lock sculpture, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Location proposed by RWAC President Kayleigh Malcolm. See our website for more details and photo credits - link in bio. #romance

Photo collage showing seven years of love growing in Charlottetown. Three photos of the Love Locks sculpture, the word LOVE in block letters, and each letter consisting of a metal grid. The first photo shows the sculpture with no padlocks, the second shows the sculpture with locks visible on each letter, and the third photo shows each letter consisting almost entirely as padlocks.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 10/02/2025

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 10, Gros Morne Mountain Summit, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland & Labrador We're into the top five! Location proposed by Lori Savory. See our website for more details and photo credit - link in bio.

Three photos of Gros Morne mountain. Frist shows the view from the base - a rocky hill with trees at the base. Second is looking back at the rocky trail up, with a few hikes in view, and green valleys below. Third is a photo at the summit, overlooking a lake far below, steep mountains with a plateau, and the ocean in the distance.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 09/02/2025

Top ten proposal locations - Feb 9, An Annapolis Valley Winery. Location proposed by RWAC President Kayleigh Malcolm. "I can promise you there will always be a Happily Ever After and love will conquer all." For more information, see our website (link in bio).

Photo of a winery in late summer, on a sunny day. Vines are full and green, against a backdrop of green tree-covered hills.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 08/02/2025

Top Ten Proposal Locations - Feb 8, Prescott House Museum, Starr's Point, Nova Scotia. Location proposed by @mlhelliwell.bsky.social, whose Everwell Manor in her Scandalous Spinsters series was inspired by Prescott House. See our website for more details - link in bio.

A collage of photos, showing the Georgian manor, a sundial in a flower garden, a bench surrounded by ferns under a large tree, a trellis by a hedge with benches facing each other, and flower gardens with the manor in the background.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 07/02/2025

Top ten proposal locations - February 7, Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. Location proposed by Lori Savory. See our website for more details and photo credits - link in bio.

Collage of Signal Hill photos: a close picture of the Cabot Tower in orange twilight, a long shot of the tower on top of the hill above the harbour, on a summer day, and a shot of the Cabot Tower at night, illuminated by floodlights, with a dusting of snow on the ground.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 06/02/2025

Top ten proposal locations - February 6, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Location proposed by Stella MacLean, www.stellamaclean.com See our website for more details - link in bio.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 05/02/2025

Top Ten Proposal Locations - Feb 5, Whale Watching at St. Vincent’s Beach, Newfoundland & Labrador. Denise Flint, RWAC's vice president, proposed St. Vincent's Beach. She writes romances under the pen name Barbara Burke. See our website (link in bio) for more details and photo credits.

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Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada @romanceac.ca · 04/02/2025

Top Ten Proposal Locations - Feb 4, Honorable Mention: Skyline Trail, NS / Confederation Trail, PEI (tie) Proposed proposal locations from @trcovell.bsky.social and @mlhelliwell.bsky.social. See our website (link in bio) for more details and photo credits.

Collage of photos. One of a bench overlooking the ocean and mountainside, and one of wooden stairs down a mountain ridge, from the Skyline Trail. One of the St. Peters lighthouse, a small square wooden lighthouse surrounded by sand dunes, and one of the Confederation Trail, an old rail bed trail, with flowers and other greenery along the path.

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