Comments on: Isn’t it Romantic? The Enduring Popularity of Literature’s Most Successful Genre https://booksbywomen.org/isnt-it-romantic-the-enduring-popularity-of-literatures-most-successful-genre-by-teri-wilson/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:02:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Elisabeth Crisp https://booksbywomen.org/isnt-it-romantic-the-enduring-popularity-of-literatures-most-successful-genre-by-teri-wilson/#comment-48384 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:02:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15796#comment-48384 Terrific post, Teri! I’m so happy for your success.

From one of your former SARA group!

-Liz

]]> By: Brace Yourselves… – EVERYONE, GATHER AROUND https://booksbywomen.org/isnt-it-romantic-the-enduring-popularity-of-literatures-most-successful-genre-by-teri-wilson/#comment-48341 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:58:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15796#comment-48341 […] Money or status, violence or conflict, or romance and hook-ups. Thus, it’s no surprise that romance as a genre is such a reliable sell for storytellers, and that the power that romance plays as an action-fueling subplot can make the difference between […]

]]> By: Lauren E Faulkenberry https://booksbywomen.org/isnt-it-romantic-the-enduring-popularity-of-literatures-most-successful-genre-by-teri-wilson/#comment-47755 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 02:17:34 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15796#comment-47755 Agreed–emotion and the tension in relationships is key. I never thought my first published novel would be a romance, but it was–because I had the same thing happening you describe: I was writing a love story. Everything I write ends up being a love story. 🙂 It’s funny how the patterns emerge as we go along. Thanks for sharing your story!

]]> By: Rachel Brimble https://booksbywomen.org/isnt-it-romantic-the-enduring-popularity-of-literatures-most-successful-genre-by-teri-wilson/#comment-47693 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 14:38:50 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15796#comment-47693 Hear! Hear! Great article, Teri – romance novels are touching and enduring and as an author who writes romance, romantic suspense & Victorian romance, I wholeheartedly agree that as different as the stories can be, the emotion is always at the heart 🙂

]]> By: Isn’t it Romantic? The Enduring Popularity of Literature’s Most Successful Genre | WordHarbour https://booksbywomen.org/isnt-it-romantic-the-enduring-popularity-of-literatures-most-successful-genre-by-teri-wilson/#comment-47692 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:41:38 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15796#comment-47692 […] Teri Wilson I didn’t set out to write romance. Not intentionally, anyway. I started writing because I was […]

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