Make A Living Writing Romance

By Kimber Chin

There are two main schools of romance writing.

There are those writers that outline or plot the entire book before sitting down to write. There are very detailed plotters. They sketch out everything from character builds to action points. They knew exactly where the book is going.

At the other side of the spectrum are the pantsers. These writers write by the seat of their pants. They simply sit down at the keyboard and start typing. They don’t know what happens next in the story until they write it.

 
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By Rachel Carrington

With the publication of your book, you have every reason to be proud of yourself. You deserve a break, a time to relish in the knowledge that you are a published author. Give yourself the kudos you deserve, several pats on the back and if you’re so inclined, take a few days off to celebrate your success. Then, you’ll need to get back to work.

I know it sounds strange, but promoting your book isn’t just your publisher’s responsibility. If you think you’ve done the hard part and the publisher should be able to take it from there, you’re in for a sad awakening. The book is yours and so is the job of marketing that wonderful masterpiece you’ve written. So how exactly do you promote and market your work of art? And what happens if you’re a brand-new author and you don’t happen to have the budget needed to guarantee your book will be a best-seller? What I’m going to share with you now comes from years of experience, determination, and extremely limited funds.

This may sound like information you already have, but the Internet is an extremely useful tool when you’re looking to promote your book. Chock full of websites for writers and places to list your book, the Internet is a veritable gold mine of promotional opportunities and all it requires is the investment of your time. One of the best websites for authors is The Romance Studio. All it requires is free registration and you can post news, contests and book releases for free and you if don’t happen to have a website yet, you can’t go wrong using The Romance Studio’s services. They’re reasonable, fast and extremely easy to work with.

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By Kimber Chin

There are two main schools of romance writing.

There are those writers that outline or plot the entire book before sitting down to write. There are very detailed plotters. They sketch out everything from character builds to action points. They knew exactly where the book is going.

At the other side of the spectrum are the pantsers. These writers write by the seat of their pants. They simply sit down at the keyboard and start typing. They don’t know what happens next in the story until they write it.

Most writers are a combination of the two. I work out a very brief outline of what I would like to see happen in each chapter, where it will begin and end. I also draft rough character sketches of each key person so I ‘know’ them before writing. After that is done, I let the muse take over. Sometimes my characters go where I want them to go. Sometimes they don’t and I have to rework the outline.

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