Comments on: Publishers Weekly December 2007 Issue Features Romances http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F11%2F19%2Fpublishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances%2F&seed_title=Publishers+Weekly+December+2007+Issue+Features+Romances Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:42:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: RfP http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F11%2F19%2Fpublishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances%2F&seed_title=Publishers+Weekly+December+2007+Issue+Features+Romances/comment-page-1/#comment-100363 RfP Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:12:04 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/11/19/publishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances/#comment-100363 I saw Pamela Regis listed in TMT's "About Us" section, so I was trying to congratulate her and the rest of you all together! I saw Pamela Regis listed in TMT’s “About Us” section, so I was trying to congratulate her and the rest of you all together!

]]> By: Sarah Frantz http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F11%2F19%2Fpublishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances%2F&seed_title=Publishers+Weekly+December+2007+Issue+Features+Romances/comment-page-1/#comment-99863 Sarah Frantz Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:51:34 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/11/19/publishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances/#comment-99863 RfP, we're very happy to be in the shadow of Pam at the moment! A great deal of what the academic romance *is* right now is because of Pam. She's a fabulous resource and a very generous scholar and friend. But thank you for your kind words. RfP, we’re very happy to be in the shadow of Pam at the moment! A great deal of what the academic romance *is* right now is because of Pam. She’s a fabulous resource and a very generous scholar and friend. But thank you for your kind words.

]]> By: RfP http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F11%2F19%2Fpublishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances%2F&seed_title=Publishers+Weekly+December+2007+Issue+Features+Romances/comment-page-1/#comment-97765 RfP Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:12:22 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/11/19/publishers-weekly-december-2007-issue-features-romances/#comment-97765 I don't find the title "sniggering" or "rude". It's an eye-catching headline, and it suits the point made in the article: that romance readers have varied interests. I think it's a positive article that captures some of the current genre trends and tensions. The editors gave thoughtful responses (no "It's just silly novels" overtones as in the recent BBC radio piece on M&B), and historical romance came off looking pretty great--Dutton describes a combination of good writing, good history, and solid sales. The Teach Me Tonight group deserve kudos for creating a critical mass of scholarship so that the article didn't rely on dated, hostile academic perspectives on romance. I think it's striking that none of that's in the article, except as a frame for Pamela Regis' perspective. And the rest of the online romance community gets high praise too. From the article, it's obvious a lot is going right in this corner of fiction. I don’t find the title “sniggering” or “rude”. It’s an eye-catching headline, and it suits the point made in the article: that romance readers have varied interests.

I think it’s a positive article that captures some of the current genre trends and tensions. The editors gave thoughtful responses (no “It’s just silly novels” overtones as in the recent BBC radio piece on M&B), and historical romance came off looking pretty great–Dutton describes a combination of good writing, good history, and solid sales.

The Teach Me Tonight group deserve kudos for creating a critical mass of scholarship so that the article didn’t rely on dated, hostile academic perspectives on romance. I think it’s striking that none of that’s in the article, except as a frame for Pamela Regis’ perspective. And the rest of the online romance community gets high praise too. From the article, it’s obvious a lot is going right in this corner of fiction.

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