Susan Gable said:Well, I have to tell you, I spent a large amount of time last week with Ken Casper, a delightful man who writes for Harlequin Superromance as K. N. Casper. So we'll take men if you can write a story women want to read.
And if an editor tells you otherwise, invoke Ken's name. LOL. Of course, I don't know how men (there are a few more male romance writers besides Ken) handle the RWA gatherings. <G> I give those intrepid male souls who walk into a luncheon with app. 1800 women (all talking at once LOL!) a lot of credit. <G>
Susan G.
What Susan said.
And an interesting factoid is that Dean Koontz, before he was famous, as a Har/Sil writer!
If you get the chance to meet a variety of Harlequin writers, as I have through RWA, you'll find an amazingly diverse cross-section of people. Everything from high school dropouts to rocket scientists. Young, old, urban, small towners, etc. The only thing they have in common is the ability to write a story that grabs readers.