Is there a market for....

[writing diva05]

short story romance? I have five romance/drama short stories of women who overcome a variety of problems from love to money in their lives. I hoped to have them published as a book of short stories or am I dreaming?

[stormie267]

Your best bet would be to start by submitting one story at a time to romance magazines like Arabella, True Romance,True Confessions, or Woman's World. Look up their guidelines. Book publishers usually would rather publish a book-length ms. than a collection of short stories (unless you're a best-seller already).

[writing diva05]

:-( I've sent to Woman's World, I don't think they like my work, if they even read it. I will try the others, I'll have to locate their address, any suggests?

[sfsassenach]

Before you submit to those markets, it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with their *specific* guidelines. I've written for the "Trues" and each of them has a different audience.

Try Writer's Market or writersmarket.com, or the web sites for each magazine.

[writing diva05]

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[Fresie]

Also, try British mags, like Woman's Own, Woman, Woman's Weekly, etc, etc. Woman's Weekly, especially, publishes well-written, atmospheric stories, and a lot of them, too -- they have four quarterly issues a year specially for their readers' short stories. But you won't find their guidelines on the Net, only their addresses, so you'll have to write to them for their guidelines.