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Originally Posted by nomesque
 Yeah, it must be difficult to feel as though you're getting somewhere when it's so fast-moving. :-/ |
Romance is a big tent with a lot of competition. The RWA has over 9,500 author members. Hard to distinguish yourself in a crowd that large.
A friend of mine just won a major, major award for her most recent novel -- a novel which the publisher had remaindered after it was in print for less than 6 months. (And no, I'm not going to share her name, since the information about the book being remaindered was shared in confidence). I'm just using it to illustrate how tough it is to get ahead in the romance market.