Endings

As you may have guessed from the pain the Muse experienced on Sunday, I’ve been working on the ending for my current book. You wouldn’t think the end would be a problem in a romance novel. After all, in a romance the man and the woman get together. Period. And yes, that’s the case. But the […]

10 Reasons Why I Love Romance Novels

    So, I kind of decided that I’m probably going to give up reading romance novels for Lent. I usually try to give up something I like for Lent, but this year it was hard because I’ve already changed a lot of stuff. There just wasn’t much left. After some thought, I decided to […]

Prince Charming

I read a lot of romance novels. I think we’ve established that already, right? Right. Anyway, I’ve decided that one of the things I find the most irksome in a romance novel is when the hero is too perfect. Don’t get me wrong, I hate a perfect heroine too. But usually the author will try […]

Some Romance Authors I Read

As you may, or may not, know, I own well over 2,000 books. And I’d say that about 1200-1300 of them are romance novels. Have I read them all, you ask? Pretty much. And I’ve actually read more than I own because I periodically feel that I have too many books and try to divest […]

What’s So Scary About Romance?

You know, when I decided to concentrate on writing romance, I had absolutely no idea that I was threatening the fabric of society as we know it.  And yet, it appears that I am. In recent months we have seen, first the public “outing” and castigation of a high school English teacher who has been […]

What Romance Is, and What It Is Not

  As I mentioned in an earlier post, a few months ago I had a run-in with a rather rude man at a Barnes and Noble. As a result, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the romance genre, about what it is and what it isn’t. What follows are my humble opinions on this subject, […]