Writing Romance (Writing Series)

Writing Romance (Writing Series)

This book will show you everything you need to know to successfully break into the romance writing market. Create a romance bestseller Write romantic scenes from start to finish Get in on the big business of writing romance! Realize your creative dream and make money, too! Romance novels represent one of the most lucrative genres in book publishing―making up over half of all mass market fiction sold in North America and generating more than $1.2 billion a year. This book will show you everything you need to know to successfully break into the romance writing market, from planning and plotting your story to editing and selling your manuscript. Whether you're excited by classic love stories or steamy erotic romances, there’s a market for your love story. Let Vanessa Grant coach you in the process of getting from idea to finished novel. Learn how to: Develop characters your readers will care about Write sensual and romantic scenes Set up a suspenseful story Research your plot details Use your computer to write efficiently Work with an agent Find a publisher Sell your book Writing Romance includes contributions from popular romance authors Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Gail Crease, E. C. Sheedy, and others writing about subgenres of the romance field: historical romances, paranormal romances, romantic suspense, erotic romances, and more. A CD-ROM jam-packed with helpful templates, audio files, and two e-books is also included. Highlights of the CD: Excel template for tracking character history and timelines Trial version of MuseNames character-naming software Bonus MP3s from Vanessa Grant’s seminars on writing great romance novels Two complete e-books As luck would have it, now anyone can benefit from Grant's romance-writing know-how. In Writing Romance, she coaches you on everything from naming your characters to getting an editor to read your finished manuscripts -- Amazon.com Essential for all aspiring romance writers. -- Jo Beverley, best-selling romance author It's by far the best writing book I've ever read. Five stars for Vanessa. -- The Writer's Markets Report, National Writer's Monthly Writing Romance is a kind of how-to-do-it-yourself romance writer's workshop under one cover, and will reward the serious reader by [offering] helpful, practical advice so necessary to successfully break into print in the romance field. Highly recommended! -- Midwest Book Review Writing Romance is a thoroughly professional guide to a business that generates close to $1 billion a year. -- Canadian Book Review Annual Vanessa Grant's love affair with writing fiction began during a protracted illness at the age of 12 when she decided to write a novel of her own, sitting up in bed using the typewriter she'd been given for her birthday. Not a computer, not an electric typewriter, but a then-state-of-the-art manual typewriter. The story, a romance, ground to a halt on page 50 but Vanessa never forgot the excitement of bringing her own characters to life. She later wrote three unpublished novels, developing her skills as a writer while living on a remote lighthouse during what she thinks of as her baby-making, basket weaving, beach-walking days.     In 1985 Vanessa's novel Pacific Disturbance was published in hardcover by Mills and Boon. She now has over 10 million books sold and has been translated into 15 languages. She also has written what one critic described as, "by far the best writing book I've ever read." Writing Romance, published by Self Counsel Press, won the Under the Covers Best Writing Book Award, and is currently in its third edition.     Over the years her love of storytelling and her curiosity about people led Vanessa to study psychology, volunteer on a crisis line, complete individual and relationship counselor training, volunteer as a peer counselor for a family life organization, and tell stories about life, love, and secrets. Vanessa is also an accountant, a university professor, a publisher of educational materials and eBooks, and a popular international speaker with considerable media experience.     Vanessa and her husband have lived on an island in the Pacific Northwest since returning from a two year sailing cruise to Mexico some years ago. Vanessa loves hearing from readers and from other writers.