Category Romance Authors – Benefits to Being Agented

Today, we’re fortunate to have agent Scott Eagan visit RU to talk about how category romance authors benefit by having an agent. Scott was generous enough to write a short lecture and answer a few [...]

Historical Romance Part 1: Hot? Not?

It’s my great pleasure to welcome Kris Kennedy and her agent Barbara Poelle to Romance University. As many of you know, RU’s highlighting a different romance sub-genre each month, and February’s all about historical. Today, [...]

Contemporary Romance – Hot? Not?

Welcome to the first of a yearlong series of lectures on different romance fiction sub-genres. One Monday each month, Crafting Your Career will be dedicated to this topic, and today’s post focuses on the contemporary romance. Those of us who’ve been around know sub-genres wax and wane in popularity, so which “w” word applies to contemporaries in the current publishing climate?

Today, New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips and literary agent Laura Bradford are here to share their insights and predictions. Carly and Laura will also check in throughout the day to answer questions.

Holly Root on Negotiating Publishing Contracts

Today, Holly Root with the Waxman Literary Agency chats with us about an important part of the writing business: contract negotiation. I certainly learned both new terms and concepts through this lecture. Holly will try [...]

Agents are People, Too

Lucienne Diver with the Knight Agency is joining us to talk about well-behaved writers.

Balancing the Writer, the Agent and the Internal Editor

Joining the RU crew today is Lois Winston, who is both an author and an agent with the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. Read on for insight into writing well and catching an agent’s attention.