1,200 RWA members are published in book-length romance. Almost every author in the United States who is writing romance fiction is a member of our association. On average, one romance per author is released per year. The contract almost always involves a cash advance, and then a royalty pay-out. Romance authors have worked as attorneys, teachers, scientists, accountants and any number of other professions before resigning to write romance fiction.
Many authors still maintain a day job in another field while writing romance.
One in every third woman has read a romance in the past year, one in every 30 men has read a romance in the past year.