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Romance/Love: October 14, 2009 Issue [#3329]

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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

The dedicated life is the life worth living.
You must give with your whole heart.
-- Anne Dillard

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but looking outward in the same direction.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
-- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

T'is our Love that finds us!
And the glue that binds us!
And in this we know
that by faith we show
We are ever strong.
-- Ben Fox

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
-- Benjamin Disraeli

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.
-- Benjamin Disraeli


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Letter from the editor

In a time of economic disaster, when jobs are scarce and security seems like a fairy tale gone horribly wrong, it seems that there may be a light beyond the thorny wall. If Motoko Rich of The New York Times is correct, what people seem to want or need right now is a happy ending. Escapist reading is at an all time high.

According to Rich,
sales of romance novels are outstripping most other categories of books and giving some buoyancy to an otherwise sluggish market.


Apparently, Harlequin Enterprises is reporting its 4th quarter sales were up 32%. Both Barnes & Noble and Borders Books sales of romance novels are up as well. Just as during the Great Depression when sales of Margaret Mitchell's book, Gone With the Wind were blown sky high, people are seeking to run away from the daily worries and retreat to a place where there are happy endings and all is right with the world.

Romance readers are considered among the most loyal fans, sticking to a series or an author once they have grown attached to one. “It’s a very dedicated audience who doesn’t see it as a luxury as much as a necessity,” said Liate Stehlik, publisher of William Morrow and Avon, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers.

The romance genre may also be especially attractive to consumers during difficult economic times because so many of the books are sold in the mass-market format, smaller paperbacks often found on racks at the grocery store or in airport bookshops. These books sell for $7.99 or less, compared with $12 to $15 on larger trade paperbacks.

Romance novels also often appear in discount chains like Wal-Mart or Kmart, where shoppers make impulse buys.


So what does this translate to for us here at WDC? It means that in a time when books are rapidly turning into E-books, that readers are wanting to curl up in a chair with a good book and that means higher interest in seeking out new manuscripts to handle the surge.

Now may well be the best time ever to either write or to finally finish that romance novel that is languishing in a forgotten folder on your computer. Acting now may well give you an edge and just maybe the next time we curl up with a good romance, it will be BY someone here at Writing.Com!




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Youth and its fleeting beauty.
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Love ballad to myself, created on a dare from the Storymaster.
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Ask & Answer

On my travels the past few weeks, I've encountered a slew of folks who met their partners in unique and different sorts of places. Did you meet your better half under
strange circumstanses or an unusual place? Please write and let me know! I'm writing next time's newsletter on this subject.

travelin' fyn

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