romance

Personalised and unique cards that link to an online profile allow speed daters to connect on their terms. Date-mi.com has developed a speed dating solution that allows speed daters to sleep on their thoughts before deciding whom they want to connect with. (PRWeb UK) July 30, 2010 -- A traditional speed-dating event will see singles filling out scorecards after each speed date and at the end of the event handing them in to the organizer.  

After getting divorced at 38, Paula Rosdol was single for seven years – until she embarked on a five-year campaign to find herself a husband. She decided to date as many men as she could until she met THE one. "I wanted to be married again by the time I was 50," says Paula.  

A crowded ballroom on a sultry Florida night. A longing look. An eager glance.  

A speed dating event on Wednesday was held at the W Hotel. Finding love can be a lengthy process. But, 44 young singles were hoping to do so within three minutes on Wednesday evening, as they gathered at the W Hoboken Hotel for a speed-dating event co-hosted by dating company HurryDate.  

Katie Price's success continues as a writer, as the former glamour model's newly published novel is set to go straight to the top of the Sunday Times Bestseller list. Paradise has already sold more than 12,000 copies in its first week, thus defying Katie's critics that the star might be on the decline. Price is the author of several books, including three autobiographies, a series of children's books and a selection of novels.  

--Jay and Christina Lorance first met in an MSN chat room in May 1996, when the Internet, or even the idea of communicating electronically with a stranger, was an unfamiliar concept to many Americans. Their online interaction led to four months of telephone calls and snail-mail letters, culminating in a face-to-face meeting in Colorado. Jay showed up with a ring.  

A crowded ballroom on a sultry Florida night. A longing look. An eager glance.  

But love stories? $1.35 billion is about right. In 2009, the romance genre — publishing's largest category — generated that much in sales, according to a Simba Information report. So that publishers, agents and best-selling writers like Nora Roberts can feel the love this week in Orlando at the 30th annual Romance Writers of America (RWA) convention, here are some sweet stats from the RWA's 2009 reader survey: • 75 million: The number of Americans who read at least one romance novel in 2008. • 91: p  

As a young girl baby sitting to earn a little cash, Lois Cutts Sullivan wove stories to the children to entertain them. "I would mesmerize them," Sullivan said. "They would sit there and listen to what I had to say and want to hear the end of the story. I think I always knew I was going to be a writer."