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Originally Posted by crich70
And I wager most of those 65% are writing in the Romance genre. Perhaps not all of them but the majority. Romance has always been a big market from what I've been given to understand and it makes sense that as more women than men write Romances that they would have a bigger share of the market.
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Also, I fit the demographic in the article and I don't write romances. Of my clients that also fit that demographic, only one writes romance (part of the time). The rest write mysteries or urban fantasy. One of the ladies writes horror part of the time (I don't edit the horror so I can't speak to how well it does or how much is being written).
That's not to say romance isn't being written, but most of the queries I get for editing lean to fantasy and mystery pretty heavily. When I do free short story giveaways on my blog periodically (from various writers) I have only ever had one romance writer participate. I've also taken ads at the blog a few times and none have been for romance. It could be a reflection of my own blog readership though.