Comments on: It’s All In the Swing…Or My Theory On Why Romantic Suspense Isn’t Making Me as Rich as Croesus http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/ Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterwards! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keira http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-7011 Keira Mon, 10 May 2010 04:08:30 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-7011 Giveaway Update: <a href="http://www.loveromancepassion.com/winner-of-dead-double/" rel="nofollow">Winner of Dead Double</a> Giveaway Update: Winner of Dead Double

]]> By: Beverly G http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6993 Beverly G Sat, 08 May 2010 09:47:07 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6993 wow awesome post and chapter now i want tor ead this for sure congrats on ur release i know im late justw anted to tell u congrats I havnt read any of ur work yet but it all sounds just awesome wow awesome post and chapter now i want tor ead this for sure congrats on ur release i know im late justw anted to tell u congrats I havnt read any of ur work yet but it all sounds just awesome

]]> By: etirv http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6889 etirv Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:21:07 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6889 Hi Tracy! Your analysis was very enlightening. I never really thought about it but while I read historical romances mostly, I read more paranormal romance vs romantic suspense. Maybe because I like sci-fi and fantastic stories that make my imagination work hard! Hi Tracy! Your analysis was very enlightening. I never really thought about it but while I read historical romances mostly, I read more paranormal romance vs romantic suspense. Maybe because I like sci-fi and fantastic stories that make my imagination work hard!

]]> By: Tracy Cooper-Posey http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6882 Tracy Cooper-Posey Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:45:30 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6882 Christine: See what I wrote about the convention for Cathy, above. You can search on Twitter Search -- you don't have to be a member of Twitter. I enjoy writing in, and have successfully written and published, all sorts of different genres. If I had my druthers, I'd genre hop every other book. Every historical I wrote would be in a new era. And I'd end up with no readers, because my inconsistency would have them all drifting away. Plus, the sad fact is, while there are readers like you who really, really like historicals, there simply isn't enough of them to make writing historicals economically worthwhile publishing -- which is a sad fact of publishing life. There ARE publishers who will publish erotic contemporaries and erotic romantic suspense that I write, if I chose to write them, but then it becomes MY decision: do I write Book A, an RS that I know will make approximately X amount of dollars? Or do I spend the same amount of time writing Book B, a paranormal that I know will make 4X amount of dollars? I know that authors should be free to write what they want, and that readers would prefer to think that we're driven by artistic muses, but the reality is, we have to pay our mortgages same as you, and the rest of the book industry see the books we write as a commodity, anyway. It's very hard to give up certain income for the sake of artistic freedom, yet often we still do. It depends on how loudly the wolf is baying at the door. On the other hand, some authors cannot chop and change their genres at all. They are comfortable only in the one genre they write in (and they write that genre very well indeed), and they stick with it. For them, there IS not dilemma...and sometimes I envy them. Cheers, Tracy Christine:

See what I wrote about the convention for Cathy, above.

You can search on Twitter Search — you don’t have to be a member of Twitter.

I enjoy writing in, and have successfully written and published, all sorts of different genres. If I had my druthers, I’d genre hop every other book. Every historical I wrote would be in a new era.

And I’d end up with no readers, because my inconsistency would have them all drifting away.

Plus, the sad fact is, while there are readers like you who really, really like historicals, there simply isn’t enough of them to make writing historicals economically worthwhile publishing — which is a sad fact of publishing life.

There ARE publishers who will publish erotic contemporaries and erotic romantic suspense that I write, if I chose to write them, but then it becomes MY decision: do I write Book A, an RS that I know will make approximately X amount of dollars? Or do I spend the same amount of time writing Book B, a paranormal that I know will make 4X amount of dollars?

I know that authors should be free to write what they want, and that readers would prefer to think that we’re driven by artistic muses, but the reality is, we have to pay our mortgages same as you, and the rest of the book industry see the books we write as a commodity, anyway.

It’s very hard to give up certain income for the sake of artistic freedom, yet often we still do. It depends on how loudly the wolf is baying at the door.

On the other hand, some authors cannot chop and change their genres at all. They are comfortable only in the one genre they write in (and they write that genre very well indeed), and they stick with it. For them, there IS not dilemma…and sometimes I envy them.

Cheers,

Tracy

]]> By: Tracy Cooper-Posey http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6881 Tracy Cooper-Posey Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:17:18 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6881 Thanks, Cathy -- it's been a helluva week! I'm only just now able to get to my computer. And unfortunately, the camera has decided to play up and I haven't been able to get any photos at all. However, word has passed around the conference. If you search #RT10 on Twitter, you'll get links to all the photos and gossip on the doings at the conference. Mark and I have been photographed by a lot of people in the last two days, so you'll get some photos of us somewhere, for sure. Also, a Facebook search should turn up images of us, too. Mark managed to stop traffic here and there last night at the Red Party for EC. Cheers, Tracy Thanks, Cathy — it’s been a helluva week! I’m only just now able to get to my computer. And unfortunately, the camera has decided to play up and I haven’t been able to get any photos at all.

However, word has passed around the conference. If you search #RT10 on Twitter, you’ll get links to all the photos and gossip on the doings at the conference. Mark and I have been photographed by a lot of people in the last two days, so you’ll get some photos of us somewhere, for sure. Also, a Facebook search should turn up images of us, too. Mark managed to stop traffic here and there last night at the Red Party for EC.

Cheers,

Tracy

]]> By: Tracy Cooper-Posey http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6880 Tracy Cooper-Posey Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:13:50 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6880 Hi Anna: RS is not doing well in comparison to paranormal. *Nothing* is doing well in comparison to paranormal, which outstrips any other genre by a factor of three to one. Once you take paranormal out of the picture, however, RS is probably the strongest genre in the romance market, far ahead of contempory, historical, the lot. But with paranormal overshadowing everything, that's not saying much. When there's only 25% of the market share left to fight over, table scraps are pretty much all you're left with, no matter how much of that 25% you snare for yourself. Romantic suspense sells much better with the non-erotic imprints at New York paperback houses than in erotic epublisher lines, so if you're looking at it from that orientation, or looking at the books on the shelves of your local bookstore, it'll look like RS is ranking right up there with paranormal. But when you factor in the paranormal ebook sales, RS starts to backslide in a very big way. Cheers, Tracy Hi Anna:

RS is not doing well in comparison to paranormal. *Nothing* is doing well in comparison to paranormal, which outstrips any other genre by a factor of three to one.

Once you take paranormal out of the picture, however, RS is probably the strongest genre in the romance market, far ahead of contempory, historical, the lot. But with paranormal overshadowing everything, that’s not saying much. When there’s only 25% of the market share left to fight over, table scraps are pretty much all you’re left with, no matter how much of that 25% you snare for yourself.

Romantic suspense sells much better with the non-erotic imprints at New York paperback houses than in erotic epublisher lines, so if you’re looking at it from that orientation, or looking at the books on the shelves of your local bookstore, it’ll look like RS is ranking right up there with paranormal. But when you factor in the paranormal ebook sales, RS starts to backslide in a very big way.

Cheers,

Tracy

]]> By: Christine H http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6879 Christine H Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:19:07 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6879 Hi T, I'm so happy for you. Another book out! That's fantastic! I'm surprised that paranormal is the biggest seller and has the biggest market. Did Twilight start this? I love twilight and have read one other paranormal series but that's it. I still prefer Contemporary, then historical, then romantic suspense but can't be to scary or sad, I like my books to be happy. I bought the newest book in the Series I mentioned and I haven't even read it yet. I was into them when I was reading them back to back, I just haven't gotten myself to start that one. I still wish certain Authors were still writing Erotic Contemporary like Shiloh Walker. Her book My Best Friends Lover was fantastic. I also like that you like to write Historical. It was your historicals by Anastasia Black that got my attention and started us talking. I'm so glad you wrote Ningaloo Nights too. I can't wait to get my ereader to read that one. Well, here's to wishing you much More success in whatever you decide to write!!!!! But I wouldn't mind some EC contemps. ;) Take care, Christine P.S are you having a blast at the convention? Hi T, I’m so happy for you. Another book out! That’s fantastic! I’m surprised that paranormal is the biggest seller and has the biggest market. Did Twilight start this? I love twilight and have read one other paranormal series but that’s it. I still prefer Contemporary, then historical, then romantic suspense but can’t be to scary or sad, I like my books to be happy. I bought the newest book in the Series I mentioned and I haven’t even read it yet. I was into them when I was reading them back to back, I just haven’t gotten myself to start that one.
I still wish certain Authors were still writing Erotic Contemporary like Shiloh Walker. Her book My Best Friends Lover was fantastic.
I also like that you like to write Historical. It was your historicals by Anastasia Black that got my attention and started us talking. I’m so glad you wrote Ningaloo Nights too. I can’t wait to get my ereader to read that one.
Well, here’s to wishing you much More success in whatever you decide to write!!!!! But I wouldn’t mind some EC contemps. ;)

Take care, Christine

P.S are you having a blast at the convention?

]]> By: Cathy M http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6878 Cathy M Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:27:38 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6878 While most of my bookshelf holds paranormal romance stories, a close second is my romantic suspense collection. Authors that still give me strong female characters that hold their own, not necessarily with weapons, but with strength of character, conviction and finely honed verbal skills, lol: Elisabeth Naughton, Shannon McKenna, Tara Janzen, Elizabeth Lowell (her early Ann Maxwell stories too), Christine Feehan and Lora Leigh, to name just a few. A couple of these authors have crossed over to paranormal as well, and I've been more than happy to join them. Happy Release Week, Tracy. caity_mack(at)yahoo(d0t)com While most of my bookshelf holds paranormal romance stories, a close second is my romantic suspense collection. Authors that still give me strong female characters that hold their own, not necessarily with weapons, but with strength of character, conviction and finely honed verbal skills, lol:

Elisabeth Naughton, Shannon McKenna, Tara Janzen,
Elizabeth Lowell (her early Ann Maxwell stories too), Christine Feehan and Lora Leigh, to name just a few.

A couple of these authors have crossed over to paranormal as well, and I’ve been more than happy to join them.

Happy Release Week, Tracy.

caity_mack(at)yahoo(d0t)com

]]> By: Anna Shah Hoque http://www.loveromancepassion.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-swing-or-my-theory-on-why-romantic-suspense-isn%e2%80%99t-making-me-as-rich-as-croesus/#comment-6876 Anna Shah Hoque Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:59:21 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6884#comment-6876 I have to say that I'm really surprised to hear that romantic suspense is a category not doing that well...I am totally addicted to the genre and am always looking out for more books with that theme...I've been reading romantic suspense stories for many years and am addicted to Kay Hooper, Lisa Jackson, Linda Howard, Shayla Kersten, Linda Castillo, Tami Hoag and soo many more great authors. I'm always on the look-out for new authors in this genre as well...so here's hoping that romantic suspense stories will flourish and rise to the top again. I have to say that I’m really surprised to hear that romantic suspense is a category not doing that well…I am totally addicted to the genre and am always looking out for more books with that theme…I’ve been reading romantic suspense stories for many years and am addicted to Kay Hooper, Lisa Jackson, Linda Howard, Shayla Kersten, Linda Castillo, Tami Hoag and soo many more great authors. I’m always on the look-out for new authors in this genre as well…so here’s hoping that romantic suspense stories will flourish and rise to the top again.

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