Gina Conroy's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T12:20:41ZGina Conroyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/GinaConroyhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60993808?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=k33drl9vdbtg&xn_auth=noWhat are you willing to do to get published?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-24:537324:BlogPost:2045302009-06-24T13:10:55.000ZGina Conroyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/GinaConroy
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.<br />
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I'm not thrilled about turning my married protagonist into a divorced, single mom or three so she can find love and liveā¦
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.<br />
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I'm not thrilled about turning my married protagonist into a divorced, single mom or 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.<br />
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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!