Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect.
Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature.
Writers and readers are still trying to work out unresolved problems between men and women, and that is why millions of women around the world are hooked on romantic fiction. So am I.
Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period.
Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel.
I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts.
I've always said men should study romance novels to find out how women think and what they want, both during the courtship phase and in a lifelong partner.
Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.
If you want to talk about a subject that is important to women, romantic fiction is the place to talk about it because that's where your audience is.