A Writer's Papyrus

Everyone knows that getting your first novel published is tough, but did you know it is easier to break into certain genres? How about the romantic genre? At least that’s what Drew Turney from The Writing Magazine says… Most people might be too embarrassed to admit they read romance novels, however, it appears that a lot more readers read this genre than we realise. If you want to see your name on a published book, writing a romance novel might just be the way to go. Don’t believe me? Take a look at some of these stats from The Writing Magazine: The romance genre is at the top of selling list and it’s growing – in 2007, 8090 romance titles were released (25.9% more than the previous year).  In 2007, the US book market was worth $10.71billion, or which romance novels contributed $1.375billion (12.9% of sales)  64.6million Americans read at least one romance novel in a year – not bad considering reading is supposedly a dying hobby with the advent of PlayStation, Nint...

Who is Eloisa James ? Quite frankly I didn’t know who she was until I read my trusty February issue of Writing Magazine. She is a university professor turned historical romance novelist. With 3.5million books in circulation and several best sellers up her sleeve, I definitely deem her writing advice worthy of heeding. So What Does Eloisa James Say About Making a Book Publishable? Stop planning too much and just write, because you can edit ten pages of writing but you can’t edit anything if you have none. That’s great – I never was the kind of writer that planned things out anyway. Too much planning can lead to a book without originality of freedom. She finds that allowing herself to write bad fiction helps her to do this. By continuing to write, something interesting might arise which you would never have discovered if you had cut yourself off in the first place. I love this piece of advice – it gives me a good excuse to write crappy short stories because I never know whe...