I’m ready for a vacation – maybe a road trip, a quiet beach, a country estate, or a trip to see the wonders of a National Park. It’s time for some romance book travel! I’ve included a few of my favorites but would love to hear your favorites too! Float Plan by Trish Dollar, takes…
I was browsing K. J. Charles’s blog (highly recommended!) and came across a post where she mentioned that her heroes don’t smoke, and that she could write an entire book where no one smokes, unlikely though that would have been in Victorian times. Her main reason was that she doesn’t want the heroes to die…
This post is from May 6, 2009. I wondered if our attitudes towards adultery in romance have changed since Rike wrote this. It’s interesting to see that, of the sixteen books we have tagged with adultery, not a one has a grade less than a B and half are DIKs. Thoughts? We’ve also written about…
We’re more than halfway through 2024–where DOES the time go? Thus far, AAR reviewers have designated 59 books (out of 178 reviewed) as DIKs. Two have received the rare grade of A+: Bridesmaid for Hire by Megan Quinn and The Perfect Find by Tia Williams. (Not all of the books we’ve reviewed have been romances.)…
Last week’s ask column irked many. One reader emailed me to tell me I was off base in my comments, another cancelled her financial support of AAR, and several others got close to testy in the comments. I thought it would be interesting to pull up some older conversations at AAR and see how or…
Yesterday we reviewed–and loved–the latest by Ali Hazelwood who is one of the doyens of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) romance. I think she might be the first author I recall whose work was branded with that title but I’m not sure. STEM romances are also about the long standing and pervasive sexism women…
Being a Graphic Designer by trade, my feelings towards AI-generated imagery have been ambivalent, to say the least. Over the past year, I’ve evolved from adamant hatred and condemnation of the use of any and all AI-generated artwork, (convinced it involved the most heinous levels of copyright infringement and outright theft, not to mention heralding…
I wrote about AI and its writing prowess over a year ago in this column. Many of those of you who commented then felt that ChatGPT’s writing was soulless and repetitive and unlikely to usurp that of us humans. I thought it would be interesting to share an update and see if your feelings have…
Dr. Feelgood and I have been watching Fargo–the TV show, not the iconic film–and, midway into season three, I think we’re done. The first two seasons were wildly violent but at least–more or less–the show made sense. The premises of season three are absurdly unbelievable AND Noah Hawley, the showrunner, keeps giving into flights of…
At one point in time, RWA (Romance Writers of America) was the envy of other genre writers. With over 10,000 members, a robust conference, and courses and tools for published and unpublished writers, it nurtured the careers of many for over four decades. It was, however, always a traditionally leaning organization. In this century, they…
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