The Resurrection of the Historical Romance Portal.
I had the good fortune in October last year of being asked to co-host the Historical Romance Panel at Ellora’s Cave’s inaugral reader’s convention, RomantiCon.
The convention was a total blast, but the panel itself was slotted into one of the most strategically awkward places you could get: The last hour before the most eagerly anticipated [...]
Why It’s Impossible to Write An Historical Novel Accurately For A Modern Audience.
When you’re next reading an historical romance that sucks you so deeply into the period that you feel like you’re really living in those times, and the characters are breathing and walking around you as they suffer through their emotional roller-coaster ride of a story, when you sit back and say “The writer got the [...]
Read more »The Difficulties of Writing Really Old Erotic Historical Romances.
Ever wondered why there aren’t more erotic historical romances out there?
I’ve always written the odd historical romance, but my output has dropped considerably since the market bottomed out rather dramatically a few years ago. Since erotic romances bloomed in the early 2000’s I naturally switched my attention over to erotic historicals, and my very first [...]
Eileen Ann Brennan to dance with us, February 9
Fellow Ellora’s Cave author, time travel writer Eileen Ann Brennan will be guesting here on February 9th to mark the launch of her novella, Waltz Me Through Time. It’s one of the Dance of Desire series, the same as my…well, Teal Ceagh’s (wow, still getting use to saying that out loud!) Eva’s Last Dance, which [...]
Read more »Two Sorts of Historical Romances
I’ve read a few historical romances in my time, and they divide themselves, more or less, into two groups.
Historical Backdrop Romances
These romances are set in historical times, but apart from the odd “nay” and “verily” and the gowns and destriers, the hero and heroine could be staring longingly at each other [...]
The So-Called "Dead" Historical Romance Market
I keep coming back to this question because I keeping getting conflicting information about it. On the one hand, the in-take side of the market — editors, agents, distributors — say that the historical romance market is pretty much stone cold dead, and trying to sell an historical romance manuscript is like trying to sell [...]
Read more »Lynn LaFleur Is All Business
Today we have with us Lynn LaFleur, who is marking the launch of her new erotic contemporary romance from Ellora’s Cave, Business and Pleasure.
Lynn has kindly offered a copy of Business and Pleasure as a prize to a commentor, so make sure you chat back. Draw closes at midnight MST on December 1.
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Who are your [...]
Release Dates: Heart of Vengeance, Betting with Lucifer and Dead Double
The release date change that cause me the biggest scurry was Betting with Lucifer. It was supposed to be coming out next month, and got bumped to December 10, only a matter of about ten days, but I’d already started booking blog tour dates and so forth. Anyway, mark this one in your calenders, as [...]
Read more »New for History Addicts and Historical Romance Writers – The History Portal
One of the official duties I carried out at RomantiCon last weekend was to sit on the Historical Romance panel on the Sunday. That’s me in the pic to the left, second from the left, sitting next to the lady in the kirtle, listening to the lady expound on the pitfuls of writing historical romances, [...]
Read more »Julia Templeton and Smoldering Sinjin
We’re talking to Julia Templeton today, who is launching the first of her Rakehells of Rochester series, Sinjin.
Who are your favourite authors at Ellora’s Cave?
Tracy Cooper-Posey, Patrice Michelle, Jordan Summers and Kate Pearce.
<no, I didn’t pay her to say that!>
What is your favourite novel [...]
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