November 29, 2008

Over 40 Romances: An Untapped Market for Romance Novels?

Is it just me, or does it look like there's an untapped market for romance novels featuring protagonists that are 40+ or even 50+?

Consider the aging Baby Boomers and then go read the list over at All About Romance (Novels, Reviews, Books, Reading) - Special Title Listings: Older Couples.

After all, Something's Gotta Give found a nice audience ....

November 2, 2008

It's National Novel Writing Month - Again

Sure, for most people November 2008 is a big deal because we're electing our president, but for many writers out there, November means one gut-wrenching thing: it's NaNoWriMo time again.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an annual challenge to put 50,000 words of a story down on paper in 30 days. Hopefully, in some sort of organizational format so you end up with the first draft of a publishable work when the bell rings.

Here's the website if you dare.

At 1667 words per day to meet quota, you're only 3334 words behind as of the date of this post ....