Romance Readers and Writers

One area of fiction that thrives, especially in the science fiction department, is that of movie and tv show tie ins.  There are whole libraries or books based on “Star Wars” and “Star Trek.” The events in both of these book series become part of the official “canon.” Youth-oriented movies like “High School Musical” have also gotten the tie-in series treatment.

This trend hasn’t crossed over into the romance market, even though there are tv shows and movies that almost beg to be novelized.  You only need to delve into the world of fan fiction to see that popular soaps could be translated to the printed page with very little effort. The popularity of fan fiction should be enough to convince TPTB that money could be made by releasing authorized tie-in fiction.

One show that I would love to see serialized is the vampire drama “Moonlight.”  It was recently canceled by CBS, but there is a chance that it could live on the CW network.  Even if CW doesn’t pick up the show, its legions of devoted fans (the majority of whom are women) would likely flock to the continuing adventures of Mick St. John if the story were handed off to a great romance writer.

What do you think?  Is there a show you would like to see turned into a book?  Would you like to write such a book yourself?

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