Your comment made me think of the comparison
romance authors make between alpha - heroes and alpha - holes.
Not exact matches
But along with the relationship experts and married couples the
authors interviewed, the economists themselves are often a source of valuable insight into
making romance work.
The
romance here definitely isn't of the sulking emo variety, and that's credit not only to
author Kami Garcia's source material, but to relative newcomers Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert, particularly the former, who imbues Ethan with a whimsical, good ol' boy quality that
makes him fun to watch.
The
author revealed that Dumbledore was gay,
making the announcement outside of the books about a decade ago, and many fans were curious to see if his young
romance would be addressed in Fantastic Beasts 2.
After all, the purpose of RWA is to provide an organization of writers of
romance who are pursuing professional publication, and although a handful of self - published
authors go on to
make mega-bucks, the vast, vast majority of them — 99.9999 % — don't
make enough that they would have to declare the earnings on their taxes.
Regency
romance writer Anne Gallagher has managed to
make a free Blogger blog into a gorgeous
author website.
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.»
They are
making it so that
romance authors are dropping out of the market, which in turn will cause the KU subscribers that read
romance to unsubscribe.
If I were a
romance author, it would certainly
make me think twice about joining the RWA.
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With the Indie market flooded with a gazillion new
romance authors each month, can a brand new
author still
make it in the Indie world?
But, being a new
author to sci - fi /
romance and to ebooks, and an indie, self - published
author in a very crowded field, the «splash» you will be
making, despite KLOUT «s encouraging stats, will not be feeling large.
Former comedian Eric Jerome Dickey has
made a name for himself as the New York Times best - selling
author of steamy
romances, and his latest novel, One Night, is out now.
Romance author Karen Rose Smith
makes her cozy mystery debut with Staged to Death, the first Caprice De Luca mystery.
Yes, she's a
romance author, so that
makes a bit of a difference, but when a publisher's approach to backlist is actively hurting a writer's career by limiting sales, well.
Selling Middle Grade fiction as an indie
author doesn't necessarily
make you rich (no surprise there)-- I think these sales numbers are probably pale compared to
romance, for instance.
As a
romance author, I write with multiple POVs all the time, so let's see if we can figure out how to
make beat sheets work in those situations.
New York Times bestselling
author Sparks
made our list last year with two novels, the historical romantic Less than a Gentleman and the paranormal
romance The Vampire with the Dragon Tattoo.
Rogue Books is home base for German indie
authors of hot
romance novels who went rogue on their native language and took it upon themselves to
make their works accessable for YOU, an avid English reader, by entrusting us with their translation projects — indie style!
Jean Oram is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling
romance author who loves
making opposites attract in tear - jerking, laugh - out - loud
romances set in small towns.
This particular group was
made up of paranormal
romance authors, and their rules included sharing each other's posts on Facebook and being responsible for one post a week.
Nov. 1st when Book Lights Host Debra Parmley chats with
romance author Rebecca Brooks about her new book,
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It was fascinating to hear how the veteran
romance author creates chemistry between her characters, and her description of the real - life Crystal Cove (which inspired her trilogy's setting)
made me want to book a flight to California.
Most
romance readers however, prefer a HFN if it comes at the end of a book in a series, and the
author makes it clear the couple's journey is not over yet.
There's plenty of heat here, but no explicit sex: an issue that all YA
romance authors think about, even though some
make different decisions about it than others.
They could even start up a club, or
make a Listmania List, about «erotic
romances on the sea» and add each other's books to it — and partner with even more indie
authors with similar theme books to do the same thing (share readers).
I would bet that the reason so many
romance authors and readers find each other here at Smashwords is that they have found a place where they are not treated as second - class citizens, and
authors can
make a little money, sometimes a lot of money, and readers can find a great
romance novel without paying an arm and leg for it.
York,
author of multiple
romance titles including the Brooklyn Series and the upcoming title Unsteady,
made available screenshots of conversations Hopkins had on social media with her over this issue.
Funny thing, the one
romance author I know well
makes enough for her husband to quit his job, so he can be a full - time caretaker for their son.
I've heard from some
romance authors that a high percentage of their sales are on Nook, so enrolling in KDP Select wouldn't
make as much sense for them.
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How else do you explain the fact there are so many indie
authors writing science fiction, fantasy and certain sub-genres of
romance who are
making livings from writing in genres all but abandoned by traditional publishing over the years?
Then, when it started hearing from its
authors that they were
making as much money — or more — from their indie work than they were from their «pro» advances, RWA (
Romance Writers of America) changed their requirements for membership.
Irish
romance author Sally Clements was thrilled when Pixels of Ink (@PixelsofInk) picked up her bookThe Morning After, and is sure this particular site
made a massive difference to the downloads of her spicy story, shooting it into the Kindle top ten for
romance.
Since I started this process I went headfirst into researching the best way to write my genre (
Romance), the best way to create an
author platform, and the best way to
make connections to get it published.
SPRT's back catalogue features a number of successful
romance authors who've used brilliant marketing and strong writing to
make a killing.
Than
make some boards with your favorite paranormal
romance books or
authors.
Best - selling self - published
authors Bella Andre and Courtney Milan are reporting eight - figure incomes from their
romance series, with many others easily
making comfortable livings through Amazon's KDP program.
Amanda Hocking is a paranormal
romance author who
made millions of dollars selling her self - published e-books and then went on to get a multi-million dollar book deal from St. Martin's Press.
Since I had already
made the switch from erotica to erotic
romance, several
author friends steered me to my current publishers, Blushing Books and Stormy Night Publications, and I've been thrilled with the following I've amassed.
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RWA, itself, is an event that brings
authors and publishers together in the same program, so it
makes sense to engage the field as widely as possible in a concentrated professional analysis of what has given
romance such draw and staying power for so long — and how to sustain that.
«My website needed a big overhaul, and Melissa over-delivered on her promise to
make a website that would perfectly reflect my brand as a Christian
romance and Inspirational fiction
author.
Sure, some
romance authors trot them out seemingly in no time, but
making it sound like they're all just trivial pursuits with no consideration to the plot or prose is hardly a fair evaluation.
Speaking as self - published
author (I've been selling my non-erotic historical
romances on line since the end of 2006) near the end of 2011 Amazon
made some big changes to their software (as well as bringing in the library thing — their attempts to coral self - published
authors).
Fiction
authors, particularly romantic fiction
authors: take a page from the Hallmark Channel and
make sure to incorporate the search term «
Romance and Christmas.»
It's probably more in
romance and there are some
romance authors who are
making money in German.
It's rare to see someone who writes in fantasy this month,
romance next month, and horror the month after that gaining a big audience and
making a living as an
author.
We are planning to work with
romance bloggers and others to
make this type of book tour possible, but a great deal depends on how much time and effort the
author wants to put into it.