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In love with romance novels? Youre not alone! Romance is todays most popular fiction genre, accounting for more than half of all mass market fiction sold. If youre looking to make a serious effort at writing a romance and getting it published in todays multifaceted markets, you need to learn as much as you can about this highly successful fieldespecially how to create the perfect heroes and heroines. Now, in this easy, step-by-step guide, a top romance editor gives you the know-how you need to succeed as a romance novelist!

Writing A Romance Novel For Dummies is perfect for both beginning and more accomplished writers who are looking to get the leading edge on writing a romance novel and get it published. Leslie Wainger, Executive Editor at Harlequin Books, explains what it takes to become the next Nora Roberts, providing the techniques you need to:

  • Select a pseudonym
  • Write a compelling, heartfelt story
  • Find the right agent and publisher
  • Submit a manuscript
  • Market your novel
  • Join clubs and associations

Packed with insider advice, this plain-English guide helps you grasp the building blocks of a great romance, providing practical tips on the craft of writing as well as savvy pointers on how to hook your reader from page one, write with passion, and shape a proposal that will wow agents and editors. You get lots of expert tips on analyzing the marketplace, creating compelling characters, and finding your own voice. Wainger also:

  • Demystifies the sub-genres of the romance world, from historical, contemporary, and multicultural to paranormal, romantic suspense, and Christian/inspirational
  • Explains plotting, pacing, and writing those crucial love scenes
  • Discusses how to conduct research, assign credits, and get permissions
  • Helps you decide whether its best to write alone or with a partner

Complete with a manuscript preparation checklist, tips for revising your work smoothly and successfully, guidance in understanding and negotiating a contract, and a list of romance writing resources, Writing A Romance Novel For Dummies is your one-stop guide to becoming a published novelist!

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Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies

by Leslie J. Wainger

Foreword by Linda Howard

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Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies

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Copyright 2004 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

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Published simultaneously in Canada

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2004103028

ISBN: 978-0-7645-2554-4

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About the Author

Leslie Wainger has been editing romances and general womens fiction for twenty-five years. She started as the editorial assistant for Silhouette Books and is now an executive editor for Harlequin/Silhouette, where she handles the editorial direction and acquisitions for several romance series. She also edits both series and mainstream novels and works with a roster of authors that includes multiple New York Times and USA TODAY bestsellers. In the course of her career, shes traveled extensively to speak at conferences, and shes done both local and national PR in print, on radio, and on TV, including National Public Radio, the Wall Street Journal, and Fox News. Shes written articles, been featured in industry guides and how-to books, and currently has a Letters to the Editor bulletin board in the Community/Learning To Write section of the eHarlequin.com Web site.

When she can get away, she enjoys extended travel vacations; recent destinations have included Australia (where she ate a grub on her first visit and held a baby wombat on her second), New Zealand (where she wisely refrained from swimming in a lake of acid), Peru (where she ate a local delicacy called cuy, aka guinea pig, and more enjoyably visited Macchu Pichu), Bolivia (where she tasted alpaca), and Spain (where she fell in love with Gaudis architecture). Next trip? With any luck, somewhere where she can see monkeys in the wild.

That shes an admitted bookaholic goes without saying, but shes also an all-too-avid collector of CDs and DVDs, with a bent toward popular films (especially romance in any form) and TV series shes known and loved. Additional collections include tacky salt and pepper shakers and (of course) monkeys.

Shes also been a fangrrrrl her entire life, and that shows no signs of stopping. Davy Jones was the first great love of her life (and she still insists they would have been perfect for each other, if only he could have waited for her to get from twelve to twenty-two). Current obsessions include everything related to The Lord of the Rings (especially Viggo Mortensen, with a note to include the fact that shes been a fan since Ruby Cairo), Farscape (if you want to see an amazing romance, check out Ben John Crichton Browder and Claudia Aeryn Sun Black), and James Spike Marsters, formerly of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Additional useless trivia: She has three cats and the commute from hell.

Dedication

To all my authors, past and present: Thank you for making me look good.

Authors Acknowledgments

As the dedication says, I have to thank all the authors Ive worked with. Every single one of them has made me a better editor, and many of them have also become some of my best friends. Special thanks to Linda Howard for the intro and Patricia Gardner Evans for the tech read. For additional technical help, special thanks also to Nancy Yost, who had the (bad?) luck to be scheduled to have lunch with me right when I needed a piece of info and came through in spades, and to Joan L., who answered a library question for me and gets collies in return.

I also want to acknowledge the support I received from everyone at Harlequin/Silhouette/MIRA. Thank you to Donna and Isabel for allowing this to happen, KO for not only jumping on the bandwagon but revving the engine, and especially to Tara, who gave me a push in the write direction. And I cant forget Graylings Leslee Borger, for all the additional engine revving.

Family and friends are the backbone of everyones life. Mom, Dad, Judi, Polly and your attendant crews... thank you. Thanks also to all the friends real-life and on-line whove supported, pushed, commiserated, laughed, cried, and promised to buy (and even requested autographs). If I start naming names, Ill either go on for pages or leave out someone crucial, so basically, if you think you should be included... trust me, you are. (But special mention has to be made of Melissa, at whose baby shower this book or at least my participation in it was also born, Kimm, AZ, Mario, Cheryl, Shelly, Linda K. and Mr. B., all of whom went above and beyond at various points.)

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