While you can buy pretty much anything on a Kindle or Nook nowadays, the technology was first and foremost the domain
of romance novelists.
Like Courtney Milan, about whom I've posted before as one of the small but growing set
of romance novelists whose work I REALLY like.
Can you provide an example
of a romance novelist who is particularly good at book promotion?
One of the more spectacular houses is the old Spreckels mansion at 2080 Washington St., now the lair
of romance novelist Danielle Steele.
Not exact matches
The name has an incredible amount
of history considering it dates back to the middle ages and was quite popular with British
romance novelists in the nineteenth century.
Pornographers and young - adult
novelists alike would slap their foreheads in exasperation over Jack & Diane, the dreamy, abstract art movie writer - director Bradley Rust Gray made from the ripely commercial premise
of a teenage lesbian werewolf
romance.
So were the adventure - action -
romance - comedies
Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel The Jewel
of the Nile (1985) starring Michael Douglas as the American soldier -
of - fortune, and Kathleen Turner as a
romance novelist.
The actor brings all
of his talents to the invention
of a most fascinating creature: Melvin Udall, a successful
romance novelist with a struggling obsessive - compulsive disorder who is also a supremely socially dysfunctional grouch.
The five - year
romance, marriage and divorce
of an aspiring
novelist (Jeremy Jordan) and a struggling actress (Anna Kendrick) is told through song in this movie based on a musical stage play.
In Misery, James Caan plays Paul Sheldon, a
novelist who — like King — has made a career
of writing about obsessive and emotional characters, but here within cheap
romance novels.
But her portrayal
of the crazed super-fan
of injured
romance novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan), made the character one
of the movie's greatest horror villains — and turned Bates into a star.
Hartley's style first came to prominence with 1997's «Henry Fool,» the tale
of a self - involved garbage man - cum -
novelist (Thomas Jay Ryan) who
romances the hapless Fay Grim (Parker Posey).
She is an active member
of Romance Writers
of America and
Novelists, Inc, where she has served as president.
An Amazon Top Ten bestselling historical
romance author, she is a member of Romance Writers of America, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Novelists
romance author, she is a member
of Romance Writers of America, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Novelists
Romance Writers
of America, American Christian Fiction Writers, and
Novelists, Inc..
For example, a
romance novelist who wants to attract
romance readers would employ a concentrated strategy, that is to say, this is a large population
of readers — and we aren't segmenting them by saying we only want a small subset
of those readers, no as a
romance writer we want them all because we know our readers read cross sub-genre.
In addition to its original structure, the novel offers candid insights into the effects
of status on love... Barnett's willingness to look beyond
romance to the mechanics
of relationships bodes well for her career as a
novelist.»
Popular
novelist Debbie Macomber admits she tends to overdo it a bit with her love
of all things Christmas, but her latest book, Starry Night, gets it just right with a blend
of romance, adventure and a little touch
of Christmas magic.
Next week, new memoirs arrive from Pulitzer Prize winning
novelist Richard Russo and
romance author Daneille Steel, along with a posthumous essay collection from David Foster Wallace and historian Thomas E. Ricks» critique
of the American military since WWII.
Regarded as one
of most prolific
romance novelists of the 20th century, Cartland published 723 books in her lifetime that were translated into 38 languages and sold worldwide.
Why are
romance novelists far more likely to succeed with Facebook advertising than any other kind
of writer?
She's been shortlisted four times for the US
Romance Writers
of America RITA Award and twice for the UK Romantic
Novelists Association
Romance Prize and has popped by today to tell us a little about her new book.
Patricia's clients include RITA Award - winning and USA Today bestselling
romance author Sarina Bowen (Rookie Move, Berkley / Penguin); women's fiction authors Loretta Nyhan (Digging In, Lake Union Publishing) and Susan Bishop Crispell (Dreaming in Chocolate, St. Martin's Press); young adult
novelists Axie Oh (Rebel Seoul, Tu Books) and Mary McCoy (Camp So - and - So, Lerner / Carolrhoda Lab); and middle grade
novelists Kristi Wientge (Karma Khullar's Mustache, Simon and Schuster Children's), Hayley Chewins (The Turnaway Girls, forthcoming from Candlewick), Margaret Dilloway (Summer
of a Thousand Pies, forthcoming from Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins), and Sandy Stark - McGinnis (Extraordinary Birds, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Children's), among others.
«Gender bending is just the first sign that unusual happenings are afoot in this origin story for a revamped Sherlock Holmes series by bestselling author Thomas... There is also a tantalizing, slow - burn love story between Holmes and a longtime friend befitting Thomas» skills as a
romance novelist... The ground has been laid well for future incidents in the professional and intimate life
of Charlotte Holmes.»
And who knows the hearts, and the minds,
of those who read
romance novels better than the
novelist who writes for that audience?
JM:
Romance novelists have always known the power
of the series.
His opinion and educational pieces have appeared in the newsletter
of Novelists, Inc., the
Romance Writer's Report, and a number
of F&W guides to publishing.
Romance novelist Robyn Carr is holding a similar contest (which you may have seen advertised on our site): Readers can enter for a chance to have a character named after them in one
of her 2011 books, specifically, a kitchen colleague in the restaurant where we'll first meet the story's heroine.
During RWA this year, we had the pleasure
of talking to many
of the most popular
romance novelists writing today.
SQL database technician by day,
romance novelist by night — that's only one
of the fun facts we learned about Carolyn Jewel in our latest «7 Questions» installment.
After signing up for a writing class with
romance novelist Lori Wilde, Rachel realized it would take quite a lot
of work to bring her goal
of publishing a novel to fruition.
Masterful Irish
novelist Colm Tóibín's sweeping saga
of a reluctant emigrant and her unexpected
romance in America was adapted into an eponymous film starring young Saoirse Ronan.
Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder series Former
romance novelist Castillo's debut mystery, Sworn to Silence (2009), transported readers to Amish country, where Chief
of Police Burkholder — a lapsed Amish woman — dredges up old secrets and solves a string
of grisly murders.
Okay first off — my friend Katherine is a bestselling
romance novelist, has NO husband, is raising two children, one
of whom is autistic, and works full time.
Named in 2015 as a top ten historical
romance novelist in Publisher's Weekly, Piper Huguley is the author
of the Reconstruction era «Home to Milford College» series.
Regardless, sci - fi sells so well that there are more and more articles and interviews with science fiction writers where they are put on pedestals and treated as though they belong in the select company
of writers
of much higher standing - like
romance novelists.
In this workshop veteran screenwriter turned
romance novelist, Ines Johnson, will teach you the four simple steps
of writing copy to persuade a potential reader to pick up your book.
The author
of quantum physics will target an entirely difference audience than the
romance novelist.
Multi-award-winning
novelist, Gail Gaymer Martin is the author
of Christian contemporary
romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction with nearly 60 contracted novels and four million books in sold.
Romance novelist Jamie McGuire self - published three books in 2011, one
of which was Beautiful Disaster.
Welcome to the virtual home
of USA Today bestselling contemporary
romance novelist Courtney Hunt.
The «Dayton Book Expo» (being held 11 to 4 at Sinclair Community College) is going to be a blast, full
of first - time authors telling their life stories, experienced
novelists with another edge -
of - your - chair
romance, and panels
of folks for you to listen to.
Both longtime
romance readers, Bea is also a
romance novelist whose master's thesis focused on the use
of historical fashion in Regency
romance novels, while Lea is a fiber artist and quilter whose specialty is contemporary
romance and erotica.
She is a member
of Romance Writers
of America, International Thriller Writers and
Novelists, Inc..
There's no way a debut
novelist in the
romance genre would EVER get away with some
of the story line twists that Glines pulls, and it comes from having the ability to say, «You know what?
Sue is a member
of the
Romance Writers
of America and the Romantic
Novelists Association here in the UK.
When getting ready to open the store, they reached out to writers like Courtney Milan, a
romance novelist who works independently
of a publisher.
When Kate Moore heads south to Anaheim this weekend to attend the
Romance Writers of America's RITA ® Awards, it will be for more than a chance to connect with her fans and fellow romance nov
Romance Writers
of America's RITA ® Awards, it will be for more than a chance to connect with her fans and fellow
romance nov
romance novelists.
Bestselling historical
romance novelist Sarah MacLean led a reading
of The Flame and the Flower and some women were dismayed by a rape scene.
Courtney Giardina, a contemporary
romance novelist from New York, takes a solo trip to Wilmington, North Carolina and discovers the relaxing benefits
of solo travel in this week's Women Who Travel Solo.
With the number
of lawyers - turned - authors, combined with the mammoth size
of the
romance publishing industry, perhaps it's unsurprising that so many
romance novelists have law degrees...