Are there any particular length requirements for romance novels?
Always! That’s one way an editor can tell a person who’s trying to be professional from a person who doesn’t care. Most length requirements can’t be changed. Publishers usually have romances in different lengths for different lines. Should I have a specific publisher in mind before I begin writing? That’s hard question to answer. When I sold my book to Silhouette, I had been reading Silhouette romances so you could say I wrote the book for them. But since then, I’ve published books with many publishers. I think if you can have a specific publisher in mind, that works but it’s not necessary as long as you follow the guidelines for each publisher. And if you do target a book for a specific publisher and you have it turned down, don’t feel it can’t go to a different publisher. Once you write a book, don’t give up trying to get it on the market until there are no other publishers to send it to. Then re-title it, re-name the characters and send it out again! Persistence pays in this busines
