The Perils Of Writing Erotic Romance.
Many erotic romance readers love the genre so much, they turn their hands to writing a novel and some writers are good enough to get published.
You’d think that would be the end of your troubles, getting published, wouldn’t you? You only have to read around a handful of how-to-write blogs and sites to figure out [...]
Do You Read Erotic Romances Just to Drool Over The Hunky Heroes?
Lynn Spencer over at the All About Romance blog raised an interesting point today in her post, “Placeholder Heroines,” as she frothed at the mouth over yet another article written by British journalist Tanya Gold for The Guardian, “Confessions of a secret Mills & Boon Junkie,” where she proposed that romance heroines were no more [...]
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 across any crowded bar [...]
The Complete Ellora’s Cave Primer for Newbies Who Are Too Afraid To Ask – Part 3
How to Ease into Ellora’s Cave
Jump to Part 1: What is Ellora’s Cave?
Jump to Part 2: What Ellora’s Cave Has To Offer You, The Reader
Jump to Part 3: How to Ease into Ellora’s Cave
Once you’ve orientated yourself and figured out how to navigate around the massive amounts of books and information inside the cave, the [...]
The Complete Ellora’s Cave Primer for Newbies Who Are Too Afraid To Ask – Part 2
What Ellora’s Cave Has To Offer You, The Reader
Jump to Part 1: What is Ellora’s Cave?
Jump to Part 2: What Ellora’s Cave Has To Offer You, The Reader
Jump to Part 3: How to Ease into Ellora’s Cave
Jump To Part 4: Other Way To Keep Up With Ellora’s Cave
Last post, I covered what Ellora’s Cave [...]
The Complete Ellora’s Cave Primer for Newbies Who Are Too Afraid To Ask – Part 1
Part 1: What is Ellora’s Cave?
Jump to Part 1: What is Ellora’s Cave?
Jump to Part 2: What Ellora’s Cave Has To Offer You, The Reader
Jump to Part 3: How to Ease into Ellora’s Cave
Jump To Part 4: Other Way To Keep Up With Ellora’s Cave
It still catches me by surprise when I come across [...]
What Mr. Darcy Really Wanted To Tell Caroline
If you’re a Regency Romance purist, you won’t like this. It will offend you.
You’ve been warned.
If you’ve got a sense of humour, cross your legs, grab a tissue and hang on:
Conga, anyone? <grin>
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Fall in Love With The New Sherlock Holmes. I Could.
While I’m being all obsessed about heroes with brains, take a look at the trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes movie, due out on Christmas Day. Robert Downey Jnr. looks like he does the role justice, and finally, Watson is worth looking out. (Jude Law — Wow!)
I know Ellora’s Cave has probably tainted [...]
Really Smart Heroes — Brains Over Brawn Is Better.
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at All About Romance, based on their latest post, “The Beautiful Minds of Heroes”, floating the theory that a really smart hero is better, any day, than a brawny one.
My eye was caught by the discussion because Jean, the author, started out rhapsodizing about Sherlock Holmes, which is [...]
A Romance Without A Happy Ending? No Way, Jose.
I belong to a few — well, okay, quite a few — well, okay, too damned many romance discussion groups, bulletin boards and the like. And on no less than three of them in the last two days the subject of romance novels without a happy ending cropped up.
Blink. Blink.
Excuse me?
I mean, aren’t [...]
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