Bitchin' Blog Posts
: Usa Today
October 08, 2011 | Saturday | 17 Comments
Here’s an opening blog entry that I can raise a glass to: Romance novels rock. Romance readers rock. Romance writers rock.” HELL YES JOYCE LAMB! I am so excited about the new USA Today Books blog about romance novels, Happy Ever After, especially since it not only features authors like Joyce Lamb and Michelle Monkou and Kathy Altman, but Mandi from SmexyBooks is on the team as well! That’s so awesome! Seriously, I think it is so excellent that USA Today, which already boasts some romance-friendly writers in their crew, has a romance blog. I love it. Congrats, y’all. I…
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July 07, 2009 | Tuesday | 38 Comments
Deirdre Donahue of USA Today profiled romance novelists Eloisa James and Julia Quinn, and feature some random bloggers (us!) in an article about how smart women read and write romance. Oh holy crap, I can’t tell you how proud I am to be part of romance-positive coverage. Looking at the intelligent and fierce women who write and read our favorite genre, Donahue’s piece lets James, Quinn, and Harlequin CEO Donna Hayes speak for themselves. Their quotes are frank and supportive of the genre - and reveal what we’ve known all along: that we’re clever, savvy, and so damn intelligent. The…
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February 12, 2009 | Thursday | 28 Comments
Grab your suitcase and gas up the car: Nora Roberts’ Inn BoonsBoro is opening this weekend. In a spiffy article in USA Today, reporter Carol Memmott received a tour of the new building - and wrote up a lovely account of the inn and Nora’s career, with no sniffing down the nose at the romance genre. I might have to lie down a moment. My favorite quote is Nora, who is also known on Fandom_Wank as “Maid of Wyn,” talking about how difficult it was to come up with seven happy romantic couples on whom she could base the decor…
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