What Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Taught Me About Writing Sex Scenes: A Guest Post by Heather Anastasiu

August 28, 2015

I’m a romance reader (and writer) who loves books of all levels of heat. If it’s got a romance tag on it, I’ll read it, everything from Christian fiction to intense BDSM erotica….

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An Interview (and Giveaway) with Kathleen Gilles Seidel

August 25, 2015

I’m a huge fan of Kathleen Gilles Seidel. Back when we did our reviewer Top Ten posts, I chose her Again as my top romance novel of all time, and…

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Writing Across Cultures: Right or Wrong?

August 23, 2015

Earlier this month I was chided on Twitter for saying this: I’m 70% through A Bollywood Bride by @Sonali_Dev. I now feel bereft that I’ve never been to an Indian wedding….

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Julia Quinn: The #RWA15 Interview

August 21, 2015

My final RWA interview was with Julia Quinn. Ms. Quinn was beyond lovely to take the time to talk to me. She’d just finished giving the Keynote address at the…

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Diversity in Romance: A Guest Post by Audra North

August 16, 2015

I’m guest posting today about diversity in romance, with a focus on race and ethnicity, using the responses from a small, informal survey I conducted last month. The discussion about…

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Eva Leigh/Zoë Archer: The #RWA15 Interview

August 14, 2015

I’m impressed by authors who write as more than one persona. To a non-writer like me, managing to come up with one distinctive fictional voice is cool. Creating multiple successful writing…

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Annual Poll Focus: Best Historical Romance NOT set in the U.K.

August 13, 2015

Last month we published the first of a series of posts leading up to AAR’s Annual Reader Poll for the best of romance published for the first time in 2015….

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Queer Regency romance: a chat with Ava March and KJ Charles

August 11, 2015

Today’s post is by queer Regency romance authors KJ Charles and Ava March. Ms. Charles’s latest book, A Fashionable Indulgence, is a DIK at AAR (review here). Ms. March’s The…

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Reflections on Reviewing Graphic Novels

August 6, 2015

If I were more organized, I’d have written a graphic novel retrospective at the one-year anniversary. But I’m not, and I didn’t, so here it is now: reflections on nearly…

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Julie Anne Long: The #RWA15 Interview

August 5, 2015

Do you know what you’ll be doing on September 29th come the fall? I do. I’ll be reading–finally–Julie Anne Long’s The Legend of Lyon Redmond. I, and historical romance readers…

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Defining the Gothic: A Guest Post by Laura K. Curtis

August 3, 2015

When Dabney Grinnan asked me to define a Gothic at RWA in New York, my first reaction was to use Potter Stewart’s infamous “I know it when I see it”…

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Eloisa James: The RWA15 Interview

August 1, 2015

The world of romance novels is crammed with women of astonishing accomplishments and abilities. Sift through the life stories of those who write the books we so love and you’ll…

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