Publishing News
digital piracy, diversity, Facebook, historical-accuracy, Netflix, Penguin Random House, sexism
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Netflix Instant has a diversity problem – With so many timely discussions about race and diversity in Romance, this is a noteworthy (but depressing) piece about the apparent lack of diversity in Netflix Instant. Although I am not a Netflix… more
Letters of Opinion
Historical Romances, historical-accuracy, mistorical
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First I want to formally introduce our newest tag at Dear Author: mistorical. Now tags don’t generally get such an officious welcome, but this one, in particular, might be a wee bit controversial, as it means, quite literally, “mistaken… more
Letters of Opinion
Historical Romances, historical-accuracy, m/m romance
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Since my review of Bonnie Dee‘s m/m historical romance Jungle Heat, there has been considerable discussion in Romancelandia about historical accuracy. The ones I noticed were at Katiebabs’ blog, Kalen Hughes at History Hoydens, and Courtney Milan’s blog. I thought… more
Features/ Publishing News
bloggers, Forever, genre critique, Hachette/Grand Central, Historical Romances, historical-accuracy, Literary Agents, Warner-Forever
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Generation Y women like social networking and sharing their thoughts on the products that they buy. This is, apparently, news. It is not something that ebook manufacturers have caught on yet, though. The current ebook reader enthusiast is a 47-year-old… more
Letters of Opinion
Historical Romances, historical-accuracy, Humor, Romance-conventions, stereotypes, trope
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All Scottish men are named Jamie. But that’s only if they’re not called Alistair. All Scottish men wear kilts, even when they were outlawed and even when they didn’t exist. All clans have an identifying tartan. All Scottish men carry… more