Reading Round-up: 2018
Here we are at the end of the year. Between drafting and re-writing on two different romance novels, I’ve written over 100K words — plus all the words that have …
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The political context of Angelique
While I was reading Angelique, I was mainly intrigued by the interplay and conflict between scientific thought, as represented by her husband Joffrey, and the conservative ideas of the Catholic …
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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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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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Further Reading: Romantic Precursors
Obviously, in narrowing down for a manageable syllabus, I’m only reading a fraction of what’s available. If you’ve got more reading time and want to dive deeper into early romance …
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It’s here! The Official Romance MFA Reading List
After many rabbit holes of research, and a lot of repeated addition and subtraction of the same titles, I’ve finalized my romance novel syllabus for the Romance MFA project. Here …
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Working on a Romance MFA Syllabus
I’ve been working on my Romance MFA syllabus for over a month now. It hasn’t been a simple task: the number of books in the romance genre is overwhelming. I …
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