Romance Writer's Pink Pages, 1996-1997 Edition: The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Romance Novel Published (Romance Writer's Pink Pages)

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To be successful, aspiring romance writers need more than a raging passion. They need the professional know-how, found in this book, that puts them on the inside track of the romance novel industry.

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Romance Writer's Pink Pages : The Insider's Guide to Getting:

Romance Writer's Pink Pages : The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Romance Novel Published (1996/97) is an excellent reference for the fledgling romance writer, a 'must have.' The Pink Pages gives the guidelines and criteria of what the romance publishers are looking for in a manuscript, as well as names and addresses of publishers, for everything from novels to short stories.

Good resources, some drawbacks:

This book has a lot of good points - writer's tip sheets, suggestions, markets that not everyone has heard of.

However, there are some drawbacks. The most notable comes from the sheer volitility of the publishing market - editors rotate, move around, leave jobs, etc. And writers, using a contact name several months or years old will look foolish to the people they are trying to impress with their proffesionalism. The other drawback I found was in incorrect information. For example, they list president... more info

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