Welcome back!
Hey, remember when I had the flu earlier this year? Well I have it again! Yipee! This sucks!
I also got to talk with KJ Charles today for a separate project and it was so much fun, despite me sounding like a chain smoking frog. I’m going to start dousing my body in hand sanitizer.
On the plus side, I’ve eaten a lot of soup and I love soup.
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After thirty years, All About Romance has announced its retirement. The site will be kept up as an archive, but will not be posting new content.
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Sonja Norwood of Wickd Confections is recreating lost Black American recipes on her Instagram channel. I’ve been following her for awhile and enjoy her stuff!
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This link was sent in by EC Spurlock. Author Olivia Waite is talking about Heated Rivalry and queer desire over at Reactor.
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I’ve been loving Rebecca Black’s post-“Friday” career. Here’s her genius cover of Addison Rae’s “Fame is a Gun.”
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Have you heared of this?
https://reactormag.com/harlequin-ending-historical-romance/
It is very sad about All About Romance. They are going to at least keep the archive up. It is a great resource, as is Smart Bitches. Tik Tok and Instagram seem to be where the young’uns go for reviews, but I prefer the written reviews.
Oh a happier note, Alton Brown has a new You Tube series that drops on Saturday mornings. The most recent episode is for Valentine’s Day. Full of double entendres and innuendos. And the food looks pretty good too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0CEpTGXqJM
Oh NO I’m so sorry you’re dealing with the flu again so quickly! That is terrible. 🙁 I hope it eases sooner than the last bout did!
AAR ending at the same time Harlequin cancels the historical line is making me very sad this week.
The Center for Fiction is holding a queer romance panel called “Hearts on Fire: On Queer Romance Novels” with Alexandria Bellefleur, Jennifer Dugan, Kosoko Jackson, and Cat Sebastian on Wednesday, 2/18, at 7 PM EST.
You can buy tickets (for in-person or livestream) here: https://centerforfiction.org/event/hearts-on-fire-on-queer-romance-novels-with-jennifer-dugan-kosoko-jackson-and-cat-sebastian/
Real shame about AAR. I’m glad they are keeping the archives up.
Article about AI romance (NYT archive link), and a response by Gita Jackson.
Having difficulty posting – trying again, apologies if this gets through twice.
Real shame about AAR. I’m glad they are keeping the archives online.
Article about AI romance (NYT archive link). Response by Gita Jackson.