Genre Etiquette: Politeness, Please
December 11, 2014
An example of good genre etiquette: Jane Austen sets the good genre etiquette tone: “If... read more
Gone Girl v. The Romance Heroine
December 4, 2014
Spoiler alert: Do not read this blog if you’re planning to see the movie Gone... read more
The Detective Novel and the Romance Novel
December 2, 2014
P.D. James died over the Thanksgiving weekend. She was a master of the detective novel.... read more
The Mindy Project and Abby the Romance Writer
November 19, 2014
Yay to The Mindy Project for introducing the character of Abby Berman. She appeared for... read more
The Beauty Trap – All Women Experience It
November 11, 2014
There is one sort of beauty trap with which all women are familiar. Another one... read more
On Silence and Singularity and the Romance Novel
November 4, 2014
Silence surrounds the romance novel. Despite being a billion-dollar-a-year industry, romance novels are absent from... read more