Romanceland is a strange sort of place, airy and ephemeral. Setting often does not seem to have the same sense of importance as it does in other genres. Most historicals are set in a vague and misty “past” – usually European and usually peopled by lords and ladies who travel…
I spend a lot of time talking about what I don’t like in a Romance novel. I make fun of dumb heroines, overly macho heroes, and every other aspect of the genre – but only out of love. The sad truth of the matter is that I, like so many…
Blogger ate my blog for a day, but apparently Sharpe Words didn’t agree with Blogger, because Blogger spat it back out. From now on, I am going to back up my posts and template…starting tomorrow.
Oh no, I did it. I slipped up and used the “c” word in print. Specifically, I referred to fictional character Meredith Grey of Grey’s Anatomy as “a sandy little cunt” in my comments on Monica Jackson’s scattered, but thought-provoking Romancing the Blog post. The instant I hit “submit comment”…
You know what I like about foreign TV shows? They end. Instead of hanging around like talkative drunks at the end of a party, foreign shows go out on a good note. They last a season or three, and they leave you wanting more. American shows go to crap. They…
Apparently, Chick Lit is Hurting America. D’oh! And here I was, acting like the dumb popular fiction reader I am, blaming W, Iraq, the National Debt and Haliburton for our current sorry state of affairs. But, no. According to a former editor who hasn’t even got the guts to sign…
