Reviews for How to write romance novels that sell

The average rating for How to write romance novels that sell based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-01-09 00:00:00 Mark Zipse if u want some writing advice that is 100% wild plz read this book ... there is one part where they give a list of tips for if you're staring at the page and don't know what to write and the tips are "have a glass of wine, fuck your husband, wear your most seductive lingerie, picture tom selleck." this is the writing advice i never knew I needed !!! honestly now gonna write a romance novel just u wait

Review # 2 was written on 2019-07-03 00:00:00 Michele Sanchez This is one of a tall stack of books on writing fiction I decided to survey, and it's worth commenting on. In sum: mostly great content, useless format. This book is DENSE with information (well over 400 pages), but the format makes it hard to use. The content is primarily essays by established writers and letters to writers, organized roughly by theme. The appendices are straightforward and potentially useful for those looking for a publisher, e.g., but the rest is a jumble. Sometimes the essays are "here's where I get my inspiration," while others are "here's a super-helpful list of considerations for crafting your main character," or a Q&A with a publisher known for a certain sub-genre. Almost randomly interspersed are great resources like a bibliography of sourcebooks for different historical settings. But a list of "dos and don'ts" organized not by topic but by the author who submitted the blurb response is not particularly helpful. The loose format of authors' musings means that the same topic gets covered piecemeal in 30 different locations in 7 chapters. The letters, which are thick on meanderings and thin on useful content, are usually put in a faux-handwriting typeface that is annoying to read. The artistic titles make it hard to browse ("A touch of magic" could be ANYTHING). The scrapbook format would be great for an anthology, but it's rubbish for a how-to book. This could instead have been an absolutely killer 5-star blog, with hyperlinks and a search bar tying everything together, with plenty of room to play with sharing letters to the editor, book reviews, excerpts from authors, and sentimental musings. In fact, dear editor, why not just move your content into the 21st century and republish this all online? Use either a website membership or, better, ad revenue (including from publishers, yes?) to fund the site. It would be great.