State of the Author – May 2018
In May of 2017, I started seriously planning out the project that has become the Romance MFA. I began reading Pamela, looking for Best Of lists, and tallying my writing …
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Puss in Books, or Fun With Photoshop
While I’m reading Forever Amber, finishing up book one of my historic sports romance series, and thinking about book launch, book covers have been on my end. And last week …
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45 Romance Podcasts for Your Listening Pleasure!
Click here for the November 2018 update of the list – now with 65 entries! I found 45(!) romance podcasts, created by readers, writers, bloggers, and publishing houses, and …
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Behavior change in Romancelandia: adopting public/visible behaviors
Hey Romancelandia—especially white people who are feeling like we can do better—I want to talk about behavior change. Before I went all in on writing, I was pursing a career …
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Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca: Shades of Jane Eyre
This gothic mystery featuring a new bride haunted by the overwhelming presence of the last wife is often cited as a great romance. But is it really a romance? Book …
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Rereading Robin McKinley’s The Blue Sword
I’ve unfortunately been ill yet again. This time I used my bedrest on The Blue Sword, an adolescent fantasy of a warrior woman who gets magical gifts, a great horse, …
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What to read after Gone With the Wind
As I discussed in my first post on Gone With the Wind, Mitchell’s epic is not aging well (though here’s an astute piece on the Washington Post on why it’s …
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Romance Tropes in Gone With the Wind
Despite the pronounced lack of happily ever after, Gone With the Wind is on a lot of people’s lists as a romance novel. So it’s no surprise that there are …
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