I've often considered trying my hand at writing romance - would you have any words of advice, or websites to point to, books I should read, etc. to gain more knowledge about the market and these "rules" by which to write?
I'm not sure. The advice I was given had three parts: One, make sure you read a lot of them; two make sure you don't hate them; three: make sure you actually get them.
I've seen a lot of people who've said "I'll just write a romance" as if it were the simplest thing in the world -- and their book sucked. Why? Because they had no inherent love of what they were doing, and active contempt for their readers. Which I'm sure I've ranted at length about elsewhere, so.
But I know that Harlequin has a number of e-sites based on their different lines, and all of those sites have writers guidelines posted in one form or another.
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branchandroot
Re: Writing Romance
Date: 2004-11-08 08:08 am (UTC)I'm not sure. The advice I was given had three parts: One, make sure you read a lot of them; two make sure you don't hate them; three: make sure you actually get them.
I've seen a lot of people who've said "I'll just write a romance" as if it were the simplest thing in the world -- and their book sucked. Why? Because they had no inherent love of what they were doing, and active contempt for their readers. Which I'm sure I've ranted at length about elsewhere, so.
But I know that Harlequin has a number of e-sites based on their different lines, and all of those sites have writers guidelines posted in one form or another.