The articles are there, but the design isnt. My phone is being annoying.). Also, I never realized there is a giant genre of Alien Barbarian romance. Fool Me Twice (Rules for the Reckless, #2), A Lady's Code of Misconduct (Rules for the Reckless, #5), Luck Be a Lady (Rules for the Reckless, #4), That Scandalous Summer (Rules for the Reckless, #1), The Sins of Lord Lockwood (Rules for the Reckless, #6), Meet the Authors of This Season's Swooniest Romances, Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America. On the other hand, it creates a never-ending cycle of the same old stories with just minor tweaks. If our president states that the virus will magically go away not based on any scientific evidence but just his opinion and belief, can Americans unravel that notion critically and understand that theres a difference between evidence-based reasoning and personal observation/opinion? The LaurasLaura Moore and Laura Florand. I think something similar happened to Rett MacPherson with her Torie OShea mystery series and Ive only seen one novel that she self-published recently. The second is the shrinking word count. And yet, many if not most of the authors I read are reviewed her. Not already mentioned: You mentioned in your last post that your word count would be about 100,000 125,000. She does still write essays and things at Word Wenches that I like to read for a taste of her writing. what do you say when someone's daughter gets married? Several of you commented how much you miss her work and shared your hopes that she'll return to writing romance. I miss Anne Stuart and even though she is revising old classics, I still miss new original books from her. Its a bit of the chicken and the egg in my mind. I miss Judith Duncan the most, closely followed by Paula Detmer Riggs, Helen Bianchin, and Laura Moore. I believe I recall reading some years ago that Edith Layton and Barbara Metzger were very good friends. Thats interesting about Avon. var hash = window.location.hash.substring(1); https://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/05/harlequin-fail.html, https://justpublishingadvice.com/kindle-scams-are-still-making-easy-money/. I also dont necessarily agree that compared to the past, heroines today are sarcastic and fluff. Jill Sorenson now writes as Jill Cliff. To make a foolish example, if there is a pothole on my street thats clearly visible, I dont need to wait for an official report from the Department of Transportation to tell me the hole is actually there. Sandra Antonelli, a romance author who is reviewed here, wrote her doctoral dissertation on ageism in romances and blogs about it frequently and has lots of great insight on the issue. Would a 5,000 word erotic HR short receive the same treatment as a 120,000+ word inspirational tome? Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { I rememberthat there was even a category line that was 85k, I think it was Harlequin SuperRomance, and even the Trad. Nina Bangs (pnr, a few years) I used to look more at e-publisher but many of largest romance geared ones have gone out of bussiness and what is in the bookstores are a sea of ballgowns and simple plots that I can predict what is going to happen before I even open the book and it drives me crazy because I want to read a book and it seems that I can not get one that I can sink my teeth into. $j("#connectPrompt").show(); While some of the writers I enjoyed are younger than I am, like Meredith Duran, I worry that that style is not current enough to attract a twenty something market. Again. I think someone said Sorenson was publishing under another name, but I could never really verify if that were the case. $2.99 $ 2. It seemed like a large number of historical romance authors started writing in genres like paranormal for example and in many cases it was not totally by choice. Then if I keep trying and getting disappointed, I get angry at myself for wasting my own time. It was not a bad book (I really dont think Kati is capable of writing a bad book), but there were certain word choices and the way dialogue was presented that I felt were definitely driven by the fact that the book would be HEARD before it would be READ. This is true in a number of genres, and especially striking in traditionally published juvenile literature. 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (34) Kindle Edition. Just trim away all the fat and floweryness from your writing, and youll do fine. sort by * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Id love to ask a publisher about your theory. Meredith Duran. And Zemindar. How interesting, I did not know this. Shes publishing regularly. They need to make a living, but I expect a fair value for my money. Meredith Duran is the USA TODAY bestselling author of thirteen novels. Sphere of Influence: Boundaries of 1976 plus Country Club Park, California Golf Club, and . She is the author of twelve novels, all published by Pocket Books. ( No one I knew could or would buy a cotton bikini or two piece swimsuit for love or money at that time.) Ruthie Knox went into publishing I believe, Brainmill Press? Did Amazon have something to do with it? And thats a good thing. How can the romance community be improved or changed for you? December 2010: I'm over the moon: The Duke of Shadows and Bound by Your Touch have both made All About Romance's Top 100 Romances 2010 poll. Maybe our other favorites will, at some point, reimerge! showBlogFormLink.click(); I reread The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown a few years ago and was, again, agog at their greatness. Linnea Sinclair (sfr, I havent seen a new one in a decade) I didnt know this. I try to read against the grain when it comes to age and not assume too much about an author based on any biographical tidbits I pick up from them. She hasnt stopped writing, but in the Afterword to her last published romance (NOT YOUR SHOE SIZE), she announced she was no longer going to be writing romance; she plans to write in a different genre and publish under a different name (Dangerfield provided neither her new name nor the new genre). Im always grateful that I find new authors every year. Its my opinion based on what I have observed and read over the past 35 years or so of being a romance reader in one form or another. First, I think skepticism and concrete data seeking are healthy behaviors, but I dont discount the power of observation. //