Poll

Jul 23 2009

Is It Ever Acceptable for a Published Author to Critique the Work of Another Published Author

NOTE: I flushed the poll because there was some confusion about the “PUBLIC” nature of the criticism. I want the poll to reflect the temperature of whether public criticism is acceptable.   Sorry for the restart. [poll id="188"] The website mistress of The Season (a place to find out about new historical romance releases) asked this(…)

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Jul 21 2009

Appropriate Age for Allowing Girls to Read Romances

[poll id="187"] I think I was a preteen when I first started reading romances, albeit against my mother’s wishes. I am sure I was only 14 when I read Whitney, My Love. God I loved that book when I was 14.   Of course Whitney and my maturity level was about the same so it made(…)

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Jul 20 2009

Is Abortion Acceptable in Romance

[poll id="186"] Abortion has been fairly taboo in romance. In other words, a heroine has rarely ever seriously contemplated abortion or had one. Would a heroine who had an abortion be acceptable? Send to Kindle

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Jul 13 2009

Are there too many books published?

[poll id="185"] There are officially over 400 books published each month and this number only counts print published books and does not take into account digitally published books. 400 seems like a lot, particularly given that we don’t have tons of diversity within the genre. Do we need less books published (and hopefully higher quality)(…)

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Jul 9 2009

When is adultery acceptable in romance?

[poll id="184"] To me, infidelity and adultery is something that is a flaw that must be overcome in a romance. Send to Kindle

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Jul 8 2009

Do You Need the Words “I Love You” in your romance books

[poll id="183"] This was a topic Keishon blogged about last week. (Thanks Tee!). I recall there being a controversy over Jane Feather’s book featuring Jack and Arabella in Almost a Bride. This was a book published pre Dear Author, but it was a book both Jayne and I liked. The hero, Jack, is a duke(…)

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Jul 6 2009

Do you feel out of step?

[poll id="182"] Sarah of SmartBitches and Maili were discussing on Twitter about being out of step with popular opinion regarding books.   I admit that I had some qualms when I posted my B review of Joan Johnston’s Outcast and saw that Sandy at AAR had given the same book a D!   I wondered whether I(…)

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Jul 3 2009

The Fetishization of Scottish Highlanders

[poll id="181"] I kind of made up this poll so I could talk about a recent blog post that I saw wherein the author appeared to describe the Scottish hero in absolute terms: But there is far more to a hero who wears a kilt than just his clothing. If the story takes place hundreds(…)

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Authors Behaving Badly

Jun 29 2009

Authors Behaving Badly

[poll id="180"] Last night, on Twitter, Alice Hoffman totally lost her shit over a review written by novelist Roberta Silman at the Boston Globe. As Ron Hogan so beautifully summed it up: In addition to playing the Famous Writer Card on Twitter, Hoffman also played, among others, the Feminist Card (“Girls are taught to be(…)

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Jun 26 2009

Do you listen to music while reading?

[poll id="179"] Nearly all ereading devices have had mp3 players. I don’t know if this is for audiobooks or music playing.   But I do know that writers often to listen to music to get them in the mood for certain scenes. Do readers listen to music while they read? I prefer perfect silence when reading.(…)

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Jun 22 2009

Percentage of books started but never finished

[poll id="178"] I start a lot of books during a month that I never, ever finish because I just can’t get past the first three chapters or so.   I estimate that I finish approximately 60% of the books that I start. How about you? Given all the books you buy, rent, borrow, how many do(…)

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Jun 16 2009

What’s keeping you from buying an epublished book

[poll id="177"] In my continuing series about ebooks and epublishers, I want to know what are the things that are keeping people from buying an epublished book. You can check as many items as are true for you. Send to Kindle

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Jun 15 2009

Quality of e Published Books

[poll id="176"] One of the greatest challenges facing digital publishing today is the perception gap.   That is to say, there is a perceived gap in quality between books published in e form and books published in print by the NY houses. I suffer from the perception gap myself which isn’t helped when I come across(…)

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Jun 11 2009

Publisher Branding in Publishing

[poll id="175"] This is the second in a series of polls about digital publishing.   One of the concepts that was of great interest to me in a recent thread was this idea of publisher branding. I think within the e-publishing industry, branding matters a lot to readers. I know it does to me. Often I(…)

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Jun 10 2009

How Many Readers Have Bought an ePublished Book

[poll id="174"] In RWA’s most recent President’s Letter, Diane Pershing makes the case that epublishing as a business model does not serve the membership of RWA well primarily because digital publishing does not offer advances: In other words, that publisher’s business model is of benefit to all its authors (RWA members). The fact that a(…)

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