The purpose of the RITA award is to promote excellence in
the romance genre by recognizing outstanding published romance novels and novellas.
Not exact matches
Romance as a
genre is
by far the biggest book market, and generates around $ 1.44 billion per year.
Most stories in Northrop Frye's great literary circle blend two adjoining
genres and are therefore identified
by such double terms as comic ironies, tragic
romances, or romantic tragedies (the noun in each phrase denotes the dominant type).
After that, things get trickier: men's next favourite
genre is
romance (23 %), followed
by fantasy (11 %), while women prefer to temper their comedy with fantasy (21 %) and with thrillers (13 %).
Also known as: Marriage Over Love Marriage Without Love Marriage Without Dating Let's Get Married:
Genre:
Romance Comedy Drama: Written
by: Joo Hwa - mi Marriage Contract: Episode 5
by LollyPip.
Also known as: Marriage Over Love Marriage Without Love Marriage Without Dating Let's Get Married:
Genre:
Romance Comedy Drama: Written
by: Joo Hwa - mi
The Divorce Lawyer Is Dating
Genre Romance Comedy Written
by Kim Ah - jung.
The Divorce Lawyer Is Dating
Genre Romance Comedy Written
by.
Eigenberg returned to the same
genre amid a cast of unknowns with the 2007 film The Trouble with
Romance, directed
by Gene Rhee.
Inspired
by the Spaghetti Westerns and celebrating the Western
genre with an interesting twist, Good for Nothing follows an odd
romance and the resulting emotional confusion of an outlaw who reluctantly develops strong feelings for a woman he has kidnapped.
Unrated: Viewer Discretion Advised Runtime: 109 minutes After Credits Scene: No
Genre: Horror,
Romance, Sci - Fi Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker Directed
By: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
This identity disorder — Sofia is one of contemporary cinema's most filmed cities, yet rarely plays itself — is personified
by the lead character (Elika Portnoy), a Bulgarian woman with multiple personalities, each one belonging to a different
genre: a bespectacled, blonde educator with a controlling husband (domestic drama), a redheaded belly dancer (
romance à la Zalman King), and jet - black - haired professional assassin (thriller).
Even
by Ben Wheatley's
genre - busting standards, this film is a triumph, centring on comedy and
romance in a road movie about two violent serial killers.
But while the actors embrace the silliness of the mashup
by playing it totally straight, Steers attempts to juggle so many different
genres — comedy, action,
romance, horror — that it continually feels at odds with itself.
It's a classic film, not a masterpiece
by any means, but the elements of mystery,
romance, and humor are so strong in all departments, there's few in its class as far as this
genre goes.
Such production design - heavy haunted house features as The Shining, The Haunting, and The Innocents have also been cited as a heavy influence on Crimson Peak
by del Toro; of late, though, the filmmaker seems to have begun playing down the idea that he's making a haunted house
genre throwback, and more than Crimson Peak is a Gothic
romance first, set piece - oriented ghost story second.
by Walter Chaw Lyrical, dislocated, and grim in the fashion of a Derek Jarman film (and director John Maybury served as editor on Jarman's The Last of England), The Jacket, like Altered States, Miracle Mile, Jacob's Ladder, and 12 Monkeys before it, is the sort of doom - filled
genre romance that's regularly underestimated in popular contemporary conversation.
Directed
by So Yong Kim, Lovesong seems to be happily approaching the
romance genre with a different attitude and point of view.
Final Victory was written
by Wong Kar - wai, one of the last screenplays he wrote before his 1988 directorial debut As Tears Go By, and in this intersection of genre film and full - blown romance, it is consistent with his later works, where the primal DNA of films like Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and even Chungking Express can be found in Hong Kong cop / gangster sagas (As Tears Go By is explicitly a Triad film
by Wong Kar - wai, one of the last screenplays he wrote before his 1988 directorial debut As Tears Go
By, and in this intersection of genre film and full - blown romance, it is consistent with his later works, where the primal DNA of films like Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and even Chungking Express can be found in Hong Kong cop / gangster sagas (As Tears Go By is explicitly a Triad film
By, and in this intersection of
genre film and full - blown
romance, it is consistent with his later works, where the primal DNA of films like Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and even Chungking Express can be found in Hong Kong cop / gangster sagas (As Tears Go
By is explicitly a Triad film
By is explicitly a Triad film).
Countless movies (and books and songs and TV shows) plumb the agony and elation of teen
romance, but «Love, Simon» brings fresh perspective to the
genre by focusing on an experience unseen in coming - of - age tales: What high - school first love might be like if you're gay.
The film was directed
by Denmark's Nicolas Winding Refn who boldly blends elements of the seemingly - incompatible blood sport and
romance genres.
It seems to have become a sweet spot, certainly for our taste, and hopefully in our abilities for crafting an elevated
genre character piece, and so this movie is Terminator meets No Country For Old Men, District 9
by way of True
Romance.
67) «Lost in Florence» Smart Rating: 16.25 Release date: Friday, January 27, 2017
Genre:
Romance, drama Starring: Brett Dalton, Alessandra Mastronardi, Stana Katic Description: Eric Lombard is at a crossroads, and he must decide between pursuing his long - shot dream of playing professional football or starting the next phase of his life
by attending law school.
Any
genre you want is used to tell the story — from film noir to
romance, action thrillers to comedy — the only thing that remains absolutely consistent is that they are all set in the City
by the Bay.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG - 13 for action, violence and brief sensuality) Mash - up of the horror and
romance genres yielding a parody of the Jane Austen classic in which a headstrong heroine (Lily James) finds herself being courted
by an aristocrat (Sam Neill) raised from the dead during a zombie outbreak.
Film Review
by Kam Williams Marlon Wayans Spoofs
Romance Genre in Shocking Parody of Salacious S&M Adventure Ever since Scary Movie (2000), Marlon Wayans has carved out quite a career for himself writing and starring in a string of silly spoofs that includes Scary Movie 2 (2001), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted House (2013), and A Haunted House 2 (2014).
What To Expect When You're Expecting
Genre: Comedy /
Romance Directed
by: Kirk Jones Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock Release Date: May 11, 2012
Everything Everything
Genre: Drama /
Romance Directed
by: Stella Meghie Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera, Taylor Hickson Release Date: May 19, 2017
Drinking Buddies
Genre: Comedy / Drama /
Romance Directed
by: Joe Swanberg Starring: Anna Kendrick, Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, and Ron Livingston Release Date: July 25, 2013
Love Simon
Genre: Comedy / Drama /
Romance Directed
by: Greg Berlanti Starring: Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg, Miles Heizer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Tony Hale Release Date: March 16, 2018
The Summerland Project
Genre: Drama /
Romance / Science - Fiction Directed
by: Adam Orton Starring: Ben Whitehair, Ed Begley Jr., Chris Ellis, Kate Vernon, Eddie Jemison, Kamar de los Reyes, Debra Wilson, Angela Billman Release Date: TBA 2016
How do you know
Genre: Comedy /
Romance Directed
by: James L. Brooks Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Jack Nicholson Release Date: December 17, 2010
This Means War
Genre: Action / Comedy /
Romance Directed
by: McG Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy Release Date: February 14, 2012
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Genre: Action / Science - Fiction /
Romance Directed
by: Kate Maberly Starring: Kate Maberly Release Date: TBA 2018
The concept may sound obscure — it's based on a short story
by much adapted sci - fi author Phillip K. Dick and we don't want to reveal any spoilers here — and with its peculiar mix of thriller, sci - fi and
romance genres it is.
DVD release date: 07/17/2018 Theatrical release: 04/27/2018 Language: English
Genre: Drama /
Romance MPAA rating: R Director: Sebastián Lelio Actors: Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola Plot: Years after being shunned
by a community for an attraction towards a childhood friend, a woman returns home only to find the passion rekindled in a relationship that will test the bounds of faith and sexuality.
Do literary agencies need to specialize,
by services offered (such as self - publishing help),
by genre or topic (such as
romance or political non-fiction),
by focus on niches or global?
Genre fiction and
romance will continue to be an e-book sweet spot, he added, as will e-books
by self - published authors.
Awards are generally categorized
by genre of writing, such as fiction, comedy, drama, horror, non-fiction, realistic fiction,
romance novel, satire, tragedy, and tragicomedy.
She is taking pitches for the following fiction
genres:
romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery / thriller / suspense, horror, young adult, middle grade, literary fiction, new adult, graphic novels, women's fiction, upmarket fiction, and novels / books
by and about people from marginalized perspectives (such as LGBT people and / or racial minorities).
There is no denying that the
Romance and Erotica
genres are hot right now and the industry is mainly written
by female indie authors.
If you want something on the paranormal side of the
romance genre, try Water Bound
by Christine Freehan, an imaginative tale about a beautiful sea urchin diver who saves a drowning man.
Our mission is to publish entertaining and enjoyable works
by gifted storytellers in all
genres, including, contemporary fiction, mystery,
romance, self help, general interest fiction, street - lit, erotica, non-fiction and Christian fiction.
Title: Your Story I've Known Author: Tsuta Suzuki Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (Juné) Volume: One - shot, $ 12.95 Vintage: 2008
by Ta - ke Shobo Co. in Japan, April 2011
by DMP
Genre: Yaoi (16 +),
romance The title stor...
Title: No Touching at All Author: Kou Yoneda Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (Juné) Volume: One - shot, $ 12.95 Vintage: 2008
by Taiyoh Tosho Publishing Co. in Japan, October 2010
by DMP
Genre: Yaoi (18 +), drama,
romance, off...
The study's authors, Dana Beth Weinberg and Adam Kapelner, a sociologist and mathematician, respectively, found that even when you looked at book
genres that are dominated
by female authors, the percentages only go up
by an average of 9 % — so, even if hardly any men are writing, say,
romance novels, the women who are writing them are still getting screwed out of equal pay.
Don't Judge a Book
By Its Magic (The Convergence)(Book 1 of The Convergence series)
By Kate Policani
Genre: Fantasy,
Romance, Paranormal The fabulous Awesome Indies have granted this book with the Seal of Approval.
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.
Take some
romance, throw in a little bit of historical fiction and add a dash of time travel and science fiction and you have the basis for this interesting storyThunder Mountain
by Dean Wesley Smith is one of those reads that defies
genre classification.
If I'd gone
by that alone I'd never have picked up Joanna Bourne's historical
romances and she's the best author in the
genre from the past few years, hands down.