Have you been waiting for Liz Carlyle’s new book due to be released on September 28th? Five lucky readers won’t have to wait much longer since we have Advance Reading Copies to give away this week courtesy of our friends at Avon Books. The beginning of a new trilogy (and her first for her new…
As romance enthusiasts, we are passionate about our genre. It’s also fair to say that we get somewhat emotionally attached to the books of the authors we love. And then there is the whole no respect thing. As in, romance readers don’t get none from anybody outside the genre. It’s a combo that makes all…
I love going to RWA nationals for a variety of reasons. However, one of the major thrills for me comes from getting to hear about upcoming books and forecasts for various subgenres of romance. This year, hearing about the various trends in publishing really struck me because many of the types of books listed seemed…
I sat down to write something kind of snarky about language use in historicals after having come across some particularly heinous examples lately, but I soon found myself thinking about something entirely different: Are we in the midst of a renaissance of the historical romance? I think we may be getting there. Recently I read…
Blythe and Lynn have already done such a great job of summing up our RWA experience, that I’ll only add a few personal notes. I always have a wonderful time at the conference, but I agree with Blythe’s assessment that everyone seemed less stressed and ready to enjoy themselves. It was, in fact, all good….
It’s the end of a long day here in Orlando. Sandy and I both traveled here today and met Lynn (in my case, for the first time). This marks the first time all three of AAR’s publishers have met face to face, which was fun for all of us. After a quick dinner, we went…
When I went to study abroad in France, I’d already been reading romance novels for years. So one of the first things I did, having roughly acquired a second language, was to seek out all the French romance novels I could find. I mean, everyone loves a happy ending, right? And even coming from a…
The other day, I was sitting in the car and I realized just how little clothing I had on. My outfit wasn’t strange or extraordinarily scandalous. I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. But at the time, I was reading an historical romance novel. Those of us who enjoy Regency or Victorian era settings have…
Lately (as in during portions of the past few years when I haven’t been too dazed from work to notice), I’ve been seeing fewer and fewer actual romantic suspense books out there. I see urban fantasy and paranormal romance with suspense plots worked in, and historicals with their suspensey and/or spy-related subplots, but not a…
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a propensity towards criticism and pessimism. Take romance novels, for example – I could go on for hours about the general Decline and Fall of the Romance Civilization. But you know what? I still read romance novels. I still love them. And I still defend them…
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