First Time Romance Novelist

[adamandnoura]

Well I've been writing poetry for the past 6 years and finally got to grips with writing a proper Novel after years of just thinking about it. My avenue is romance (I have posted the first ten chapters in the conference room under romance).

I'm just wondering what the call is for romance stories these days? Is there a list of top genre's? If so where would romance fit?

[Akiahara]

if i remember correctly, isn't romance just about the top selling genre?

all i know, is that supernatural romance is on the rise. that's about all i know for sure. ;)

[Maryn]

Romance of every stripe continues to sell briskly. That's what I hear, anyway. I've also heard scary statistics about the high percentage of all books sold being romance novels.

Welcome to the board! It's not my genre, but I'll keep you company until a romance writer comes along with more specific information than general encouragement. Want a cookie?

Maryn, who's got the goodies

[Jamesaritchie]

Well I've been writing poetry for the past 6 years and finally got to grips with writing a proper Novel after years of just thinking about it. My avenue is romance (I have posted the first ten chapters in the conference room under romance).

I'm just wondering what the call is for romance stories these days? Is there a list of top genre's? If so where would romance fit?

Romance is one genre where you stand a decent chance without an agent. If you haven't been to the eHarlequin website, you should go there and look around. Tons of information about writing, romance novel types, etc.

http://www.eharlequin.com/cms/index.jhtml

[adamandnoura]

Wow some great positive news! :D Thank you! You are all so friendly!

[Jenny]

I don't want to immediately jump in and sound picky (and can someone who knows more than me just check in) but if you put more than 10% (is that the magic figure?) of your novel on line, I think some (most?) publishing houses won't have a bar of it. You might want to only share your novel in the password protected Share Your Work section for critique. Can anyone jump in whether this is a real worry or my paranoia's showing?