Because I know quite a number of
romance authors like me, who seldom read them.
Not exact matches
Comedian Aziz Ansari teamed up with sociologist and
author Eric Klinenberg to write «Modern
Romance,» an in - depth investigation into the reality of what it's
like to date and look for love in the digital era.
I'm an
author of inspirational
romance, and through the years, I'd
like to believe my dating experiences have given me a slight sense of knowledge when it comes to women.
With the benefit of significant research on this topic (much of it by the
authors of these guidelines) and sobered,
like them, by the «hype cycles and the techno -
romance of emerging technologies» (Hicks et al., 2014, para. 5), social studies scholars today have a better informed and more theoretically sophisticated perspective concerning the affordances and challenges of digital technologies in social studies teacher preparation than once was the case.
«wow,
like, I noticed this guy's a stand - up comic and he does a podcast
like this, or he does this funny weird thing on Twitter,» and you start thinking «what would that look
like in the
romance author area,
like what would that be?
Tutti - Frutti Blues, Dude Looks
Like A Lady, and the 2 - in - 1 volume The Carmel Charmers Series, by award - winning
romance author, Kemberlee Shortland
This is a big deal for
romance authors; the Romance Writers of America is the main author organization, much like SFWA is for SF / F a
romance authors; the
Romance Writers of America is the main author organization, much like SFWA is for SF / F a
Romance Writers of America is the main
author organization, much
like SFWA is for SF / F
authors.
Bestselling
romance author Inglath Cooper employs targeted marketing through her Facebook page, where she has more than 42,000
likes.
I think some of the most successful blogs that I see from
authors are usually multi-contributor blogs, where you see
like five or six thriller
authors or
romance authors or science fiction
authors get together, and that helps reduce a little bit of the burden and the pressure because you're trading off blogging responsibilities, but you're also bringing together all of the different audiences you have, and there's a lot of good cross-pollination there.
This is another mark in their favor, because why would a
romance author pay the same amount for a list that only
likes science fiction?
Major conventions
like the
Romance Writers of America and other tradeshows don't provide any avenues for
authors to sell their print or digital books.
THERE»S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME A bigger switch comes from New York Times best - selling
author Connie Brockway, who offers her first contemporary with Hot Dish, a novel that turns out to be that rarest of breeds, a contemporary
romance that isn't chick lit or divorce lit or even (much) of a romantic suspense, but a hot main dish for the savvy reader who knows pure
romance can be a hearty meal in itself.
In her YA debut, adult
author Niven (Velva Jean Learns to Drive) creates a
romance so fresh and funny that it seems
like it could save Finch; she also makes something she foreshadows from the first line surprising.»
As Trisha wrote once in an edition of BookPageXTRA: «The premise of Lionel Shriver's ninth novel sounds
like a classic beach read: her heroine, children's book
author Irina, must choose whether to stay with her longtime partner or embark on a new
romance with a snooker star.
Told in conversational (and often irreverent) prose,
Romancing the Beat is
like sitting down to coffee with
romance editor and
author Gwen Hayes while she explains story structure - the way she does with her clients, some of whom are regular inhabitants of the best - seller lists.
Also, if you'd
like to support a fellow indie and check out her work, she's writes paranormal,
romance, horror, and dark fantasy, and is the
author of 10 novels and 9 short stories.
That's
like how I've called myself a paranormal
author rather than a paranormal
romance author.
Title: Honey So Sweet
Author: Amu Meguro Publisher: Viz Media (Shojo Beat) Volume: Volume 1, $ 9.99 Vintage: 2012 by Shueisha, January 2016 by Viz Media Genre: School
romance Nao Kogure doesn't
like delinquents.
As Kristen Lamb says, older
authors are «writing books they'd
like to read:
romance novels with a sixty - year - old protagonist finding love, not a twenty - two - year - old....
Does «Courtney Milan vs. Loretta Chase as the
authors of the top two historical
romances of 2010 in DABWAHA» feel
like a sign of the apocalypse to you?
A reader picks up and
likes a
romance under «Real Name Writer» and then sees another book from the same
author name and buys it and it's a horror novel with ugly guts and blood.
Michelle Horst is a Bestselling
Romance Author who
likes her books hot, dirty, and with a touch of darkness.
(As a
romance author, I feel
like I should point out that with only a few minor tweaks, the movie could have been a sci - fi
romance.
Popular genres
like romance, with all its sub-genres, have masses of readers who love to read, and are hungry for new books and
authors.
But I suspect not — unless you're a
romance author, in which case you're occupying most of the top 40 indie slots and your books are selling
like coke at Studio 54 (how's that for a dated reference?).
I am both Kelly Hashway USA Today bestselling speculative fiction
author by day and Ashelyn Drake USA Today bestselling
romance author by night — or something
like that.
A huge number of
romance readers report visiting
romance authors» websites — by far outstripping other related activities they do
like following
authors on Facebook.
Title: School Rumble Genre: Comedy,
Romance, Slice of Life
Author: Jin Kobayashi Synopsis: She... is a second - year high school student with a single all - consuming question: Will the boy she
likes ever really notice her?
While I think self - publishing is a perfectly viable (and often lucrative) option for some
authors (especially those writing for genres
like thriller,
romance and YA), it disturbs me to think that some people would be happy to see traditional publishing done away with since literary fiction and literary criticism still depend on traditional it.
BookPage covers all types of books — from literary fiction, history and biography to popular genres
like romance and mystery — and our book reviews,
author interviews and special features are informative and accessible.
Literary creations of several Australian
authors are also included,
like those of Henry Lawson,
author of the famous titles «The
Romance of the Swag.»
While many ebook - first and ebook - only publishers
like Ellora's or Carina — the digital imprint of
romance genre mainstay Harlequin — accept unagented
authors» submissions, they are also pushing a higher volume of titles; in the case of Ellora's, they are releasing eight to twelve titles each week and signing
authors like Laurann Dohner to 75 - book deals.
For many
authors, whether they are unpublished hopefuls or multi-bestselling veterans, conferences
like ThrillerFest — or the recent RWA,
Romance Writers of America conference, also held in New York — represent the chance to be at home in their elements without the outside distractions of daily life, as well as the opportunity to hone their crafts in any of the numerous skill building sessions.
Kate Noble is a bestselling
author of Regency
romances, but she is also a screenwriter, having written for television shows
like «Law and Order: Criminal Intent,» «The Librarians» and the Emmy Award - winning web series «The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.»
Even today, you can find articles on the much - diminished Bookish.com
like «Five
Authors Pick Their Favorite Pranksters in Literature» and «
Romance Author Jennifer Ryan on Embracing Your Guilty Pleasure Reads.»
The news is full of exciting stories about bestselling indie
authors, and
romance certainly has the largest share of indie stars, many of them
like Bella Andre and Barbara Freethy, who count among the first and biggest indie successes.
35 % of KU readers cite
romance as their favorite genre, but genres dominated by traditionally published big - name
authors like James Patterson in Mystery / Thriller are less likely to be in KU.
Fading away is a format that was both inexpensive and widely accessible — thrillers and mysteries and
romances by
authors like James Patterson, Stephen King, Clive Cussler and Nora Roberts that were purchased not to be proudly displayed on a living room shelf (and never read), but to be addictively devoured by devoted readers.
Because readers who
like mail - order bride
romances want to read all the mail - order bride
romances that the
author has written, where that reader has fallen in love with the
author's voice and story - telling ability.
Some digital divisions,
like romance leader Harlequin's new e-book only Carina Press, are even offering never - before - seen royalties to
authors — sometimes as high as 30 % of the cover price — if they will forgo advances in order to speed up the amount of time it takes to get a book to market.
We're talking big - time
romance authors,
like Jill Shalvis, Julia London, Mary Jo Putney, Robyn Carr and so, so many more.
Debbie Herbert, A USA Today and Publisher's Weekly best - selling
author and 2017 RITA finalist, writes paranormal
romance novels and suspense books, reflecting her belief that love,
like magic, casts its own spell of enchantment.
Then sit back, kick off your shoes and prepare to fall in love with the newly edited, just for you, Aloha Sweet
Romance Series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Chris Keniston.Former Navy Special Forces Nicholas Harper likes his new life as captain of a dive boat in Hawaii.Powerhouse attorney Kara Lynn O'Conner's world revolves around her small Texas town where life is easy and safe.Six year old Bradley Russell is about to change everything.Note:: This story was originally published as a mainstream contemporary romance under the similar title Aloha Texas and is still available to purchase for those who prefer the original spicier version.Not sure which is the Sweet ad Clean version of the Aloha
Romance Series from USA TODAY Bestselling
Author Chris Keniston.Former Navy Special Forces Nicholas Harper
likes his new life as captain of a dive boat in Hawaii.Powerhouse attorney Kara Lynn O'Conner's world revolves around her small Texas town where life is easy and safe.Six year old Bradley Russell is about to change everything.Note:: This story was originally published as a mainstream contemporary
romance under the similar title Aloha Texas and is still available to purchase for those who prefer the original spicier version.Not sure which is the Sweet ad Clean version of the Aloha
romance under the similar title Aloha Texas and is still available to purchase for those who prefer the original spicier version.Not sure which is the Sweet ad Clean version of the Aloha series?
As someone mentioned online the other day, asking an erotic
romance author if they do everything in their books is
like asking Stephen King if he's murdered anyone lately.
I think it's hurt sales of newer
authors -
like me - but I think it's given a bunch of new readers a chance to find out the truth about «old school»
romances.
Like more debut authors, or more genre fiction (like romance) or simply having more titles to choose from all the way aro
Like more debut
authors, or more genre fiction (
like romance) or simply having more titles to choose from all the way aro
like romance) or simply having more titles to choose from all the way around.
PS — if you're a
romance author that would
like to assist in maintaining these pages, please let me know.
BB eBooks primarily works with
romance and erotica
authors, so cursive / script fonts
like Allura and Alex Brush look nice.
But I can guarantee this: unless you're an
author who has already hit a major bestseller list and / or your book is the most important book being published by that traditional publishing house's imprint and / or you got paid an advance of $ 50,000 or more (in small genres
like sf or westerns) or $ 100,000 or more (in larger genres
like romance and mystery), your book will not get a single title ad.
Kristi Ann Hunter is one of the rising stars of Christian Regency fiction, although her take has more focus on the
romance than
authors like Julie Klassen, as well as more humour.