Writing Romance

Writing Romance by Vanessa Grant

Paperback: 239 pages
Publisher: Self-Counsel Press; 2nd edition (August 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1551803534
ISBN-13: 978-1551803531

The cover of the book says it all:

Create a romance bestseller, write romantic scenes from start to finish, and get in on the big business of writing romance!

Writing Romance gives you all the ingredients for a successful romance novel, from writing powerful characters to opening the story with a question that stirs the reader's mind.

The book is divided into several different sections:
--Planning and plotting your book
--Researching
--Setting goals
--Selling your book

The author also gives details on the many different subgenres of romance: historical, paranormal, contemporary, fantasy, gothic and romantic suspence, just to name a few.

The sections of the book that helped me the most were examples of previously published works and query letters. After working hard to complete your manuscript, the query letter and getting published can be the hardest tasks to accomplish.

I also enjoyed the small essays that were included by some successful romance authors: Carole Dean, Kate Frieman, Daphne Clair, Robyn Donald, Kathi Webb, and Jo Beverly.

If you are interested in writing a romance novel, then Writing Romance is a good reference book to help get you started. It also includes a CD-ROM full of useful information.