What are you willing to do to get published?

June 24, 2009

I’m not a romance writer, but after my agent’s repeated suggestions, I wrote a romantic suspense. He says romance is selling well in the inspirational market and after my first mystery didn’t sell, and I already had this romantic suspense book partly written (for an anthology,) I finished it. Now all I can do is wait, and rewrite my original mystery with a romance angle.

I’m not thrilled about turning my married protagonist into a divorced, single mom of three so she can find love and live happily ever after, but I do want the book to sell, and it already made the rounds. I’ve been told editors liked the idea, but wished it was a romance.

So here I go again, writing a romance. Is this where I want to stay? No! But I’m hoping it will be a stepping stone to what I really want to write and in this economy and market, sometimes we have to take a different path if we want to get ahead!

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Gina Conroy

Gina Conroy

From the day I received my first diary in the second grade, I've had a passion expressing myself through writing. Later as a journalist and novelist, I realized words, if used powerfully, have the ability to touch, stir, and reach from the depths of one soul to another. Today as a writing and health coach, I inspire others to live their extraordinary life and encourage them to share their unique stories. For daily inspiration follow me on https://www.facebook.com/gina.conroy and check out my books here https://amzn.to/3lUx9Pi