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By: The Four Biggest Complaints Romance Writers Hear « Kindling Romance

The Four Biggest Complaints Romance Writers Hear « Kindling Romance — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:33:43 +0000

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By: Maureen McGowan

Maureen McGowan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:16:48 +0000

Great arguments! (and amusing, rather than angry)

I get so frustrated defending the genre some times. I’m bookmarking this.

By: Deidre Knight

Deidre Knight — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:09:15 +0000

Awesome post! And thanks for the incredible shout out for BUTTERFLY TATTOO. The other day I was watching a movie with my daughters and the female lead spent most of her time squealing and looking helpless (and being useless!) I turned to my young girls and said, “See? This is what we call ‘too stupid to live’ if it happens in a romance. I write my women strong and capable because women ARE strong and capable.”
They understood, and I think that’s what many detractors don’t understand about romance, simply because they don’t give it a try. That today’s heroine is strong, empowered, smart–yet still retains her feminine side and the unique qualities that make her a woman.

Great post!

By: Rob Graham

Rob Graham — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:58:35 +0000

When I write my romances my target audience is the smart woman. Plus hopefully a few smart men as well.

Seriously, sex and romance are part of life and a writer of any type writes about life no matter what genre they write in.

By: LaurenMurphy

LaurenMurphy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:31:42 +0000

You made so many good points I have no room to comment. You said it all. Besides I get so down or bored reading all this “serious” literature I want to go hang myself afterwards. Really, it doesn’t have to all be deep and depressing to be meaningful. Why can’t two (or three or more) people grow to love one another and form a meaningful bond that happens to turn into an HEA be meaningful? It’s what most (if not all) of us want anyway.

By: Bella

Bella — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:24:00 +0000

ABSOLUTELY! You said it sister! And while I picked that phrase to be tongue in cheek, I am totally sincere. Thanks for posting that! It is awesome!

~bella

By: Minx Malone

Minx Malone — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:59:12 +0000

I KNOW! Why do people think that boring/big words=intelligent?

Every time someone says romance novels are all about sex, I really have to ask “when was the last time you read one?”. The answer is usually “well, never.”

Yeah, EXACTLY.

By: Bryn

Bryn — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:54:50 +0000

“As for the HEA, does the police drama not have the bad guy getting caught?”

Yes. Exactly. And what REALLY irritates me is the idea that depressing endings = more intelligent fiction. That makes no sense!