Comments on: The Irony Deepens http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/the-irony-deepens/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 26 May 2012 14:12:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7535 Lauren Baratz-Logsted Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:11:09 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2006/11/13/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7535 I'd appreciate it! I tried to leave a comment on their coverage but got back a message saying something like, "You've never commented here before so we need to wait first to see if you're cool enough before adding what you have to say." I’d appreciate it! I tried to leave a comment on their coverage but got back a message saying something like, “You’ve never commented here before so we need to wait first to see if you’re cool enough before adding what you have to say.”

]]> By: Jane http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7529 Jane Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:58:15 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2006/11/13/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7529 I just think that the irony is so rich. You should email gawker. Maybe I will. I just think that the irony is so rich. You should email gawker. Maybe I will.

]]> By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7528 Lauren Baratz-Logsted Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:50:53 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2006/11/13/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7528 To be fair, and I'm beginning to suspect someday I'll kill myself with all this fairness, the literary event in NYC is The Small Press Book Fair, emphasis on "Small Press," which would explain why THIS IS CHICK-LIT, published by the small press of BenBella Books, was invited. That said, I know that after I accepted they issued an invitation to Elizabeth Merrick et al, despite their big-publishing backing, to join us on the panel, but as far as I know they're not coming. Perhaps she's scared? To be fair, and I’m beginning to suspect someday I’ll kill myself with all this fairness, the literary event in NYC is The Small Press Book Fair, emphasis on “Small Press,” which would explain why THIS IS CHICK-LIT, published by the small press of BenBella Books, was invited. That said, I know that after I accepted they issued an invitation to Elizabeth Merrick et al, despite their big-publishing backing, to join us on the panel, but as far as I know they’re not coming. Perhaps she’s scared?

]]> By: Natalie http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7495 Natalie Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:40:58 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2006/11/13/the-irony-deepens/#comment-7495 Does this fair come with wine and cheese as well? Why are chick lit authors invited to one, which is considered to be a major literary event, yet not the other? Sometimes the fiction world drives me mad. Books containing violence and death are more than acceptable, but merely hint at romance and suddenly it's "trashy" or somehow beneath notice. Romance authors spend the same amount of research, blood, sweat, and tears in creating their works that other authors do, yet time and again their genre is denigrated and made to seem less somehow. I will never understand how love and people finding it could ever be considered a bad thing. Does this fair come with wine and cheese as well? Why are chick lit authors invited to one, which is considered to be a major literary event, yet not the other? Sometimes the fiction world drives me mad. Books containing violence and death are more than acceptable, but merely hint at romance and suddenly it’s “trashy” or somehow beneath notice.

Romance authors spend the same amount of research, blood, sweat, and tears in creating their works that other authors do, yet time and again their genre is denigrated and made to seem less somehow. I will never understand how love and people finding it could ever be considered a bad thing.

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