By Carrie Lofty

In November 2008, I wrote an article for Romance Writers Report, the magazine for members of the Romance Writers of America, on the topic of unusual historicals -- historical romances set in places other than England, Scotland or the United States, or in unusual time periods. This topic is near and dear to my historian heart, and I founded the multi-author cooperative Unusual Historicals in 2006 to help promote our tiny corner of romance publishing. Caren asked me to condense my findings to a blog-friendly length. These are the highlights. 1. People may not be as eager for globetrotting stories as authors are to write them. But a market does exist, and readers are getting restless.

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