Whether you’re already a published author or an aspiring romance writer, you could benefit from joining an online community of enthusiastic readers and fellow writers who share your passion for romance. A forum can help you get valuable feedback on your work, find ways to overcome writer’s block, connect with other authors, or even find a publisher for your novel! We narrowed down the 7 best forums for romance writers to share and promote their love stories.
Romance Writers of America
Romance Writers of America (RWA) is one of the most popular forums, made up of over 9,000 romance writers and other professionals involved in the industry. RWA is dedicated to helping romance writers make a career out of publishing their stories, connecting writers with helpful resources, and allowing users to network with each other. There are several benefits to joining RWA, including advocacy, contests, and educational resources. RWA also hosts a yearly conference for writers to meet, jumpstart their careers, and much more.
KBoards
KBoards.com is a community forum for both Kindle users and authors to discuss their favorite books and share tips for getting the most out of their Kindles. Writers can participate in the Writer’s Cafe forum, learn more about the publishing process, and ask for feedback from others. Established authors can create a webpage for their book, be featured on the KB Books page, or advertise their work on Kboards with a banner ad. It’s a big community, filled with love, tough love and advice, for both aspiring novelists and published authors alike.
RT Book Reviews
RT Book Reviews has a variety of forums for readers, beginning writers, and authors to discuss books or ask for advice. Just a few of the several forums include the Aspiring Authors’ Meeting Place, the “Ask the Author” archives, and the Ebook/Small Press Books Spotlight. This site also features contests and giveaways for writers, and plenty of genre-specific forums for discussing everything from romance novels to paranormal stories. Writers and readers can also attend the yearly RT Booklovers Convention to meet authors, make new friends, network with professionals, and even get free books!
Writing Forums
WritingForums.org is best known for being a place where writers can find constructive critique for their works and learn how to develop their writing skills. There are hundreds of posts, resources, and educational materials for writers to reference while they’re working on their novels. This site is unique for having weekly writing contests, photo galleries, and blogs for authors to share their personal journeys with writing. In sum, this site is suitable for authors and new writers alike.
Writers Helping Writers
Writers Helping Writers offers dozens of informational forums including editing tips, publishing details, creating characters, and everything else an author could need. For romance writers in particular, there’s a specified section with advice from writing coaches. Writers Helping Writers also offers a unique database, One Stop for Writers, that helps to make the writing process faster and easier for authors.
Booksie
Bookie is free to join. Here you can read books and share your own free books. Thousands of writers have published their novels, short stories, or poems here and have gone on to become best-selling authors due to the fans they acquired. Booksie also offers a free tool called the Self Publishing Advisor that can help you find all the resources you need to get your book officially published! If you’re a writer on a tight budget, this might be the best place for your novel the attention it deserves.
Romance Book Lovers
Romance Book Lovers is, as the name suggests, entirely devoted to everything related to romance. Authors can plug their books, find book reviewers, discuss writing tips with other writers, and connect with other members. Along with the forums on the website, there’s also a Facebook group of over 1,000 readers and authors who discuss and recommend mature romance books that have untraditional hero characters. For romance writers who may have a bit more risque content, this could be a great option for you!
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