Comments on: Guardian Can’t Stop Writing About Romance http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F28%2Fguardian-cant-stop-writing-about-romance%2F&seed_title=Guardian+Can%26%238217%3Bt+Stop+Writing+About+Romance Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:05:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Laura Vivanco http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F28%2Fguardian-cant-stop-writing-about-romance%2F&seed_title=Guardian+Can%26%238217%3Bt+Stop+Writing+About+Romance/comment-page-1/#comment-128938 Laura Vivanco Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:31:25 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/28/guardian-cant-stop-writing-about-romance/#comment-128938 Strictly speaking, I don't think this was published in the Guardian. If you look closely, you'll see it says that it was published in the Observer. They do have a joint website, though, which is why it wasn't so easy to tell if you were reading the online rather than the print version. Strictly speaking, I don’t think this was published in the Guardian. If you look closely, you’ll see it says that it was published in the Observer. They do have a joint website, though, which is why it wasn’t so easy to tell if you were reading the online rather than the print version.

]]> By: Lisa http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F28%2Fguardian-cant-stop-writing-about-romance%2F&seed_title=Guardian+Can%26%238217%3Bt+Stop+Writing+About+Romance/comment-page-1/#comment-128929 Lisa Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:08:27 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/28/guardian-cant-stop-writing-about-romance/#comment-128929 Not a bad article, but it's interesting that to set up this bit they had to quote a writer circa 1970: "Stories in which male dominance remains the norm stand accused of setting back women's emancipation, our hard-won rights to a partner instead of a ruler. They are considered outdated, no longer representing what women of today really want, but none the less encouraging such desires to linger." People who don't read Romance so easily misconstrue many of the "masterful and stern" alpha heroes with a male character who can't become a partner by the end of the book. I know I'm singing to the choir here, but often the hero's character arc is to move from a ruler to a partner attitude. Admittedly, I read mostly single title, but I imagine this has to be true for category as well. Not a bad article, but it’s interesting that to set up this bit they had to quote a writer circa 1970: “Stories in which male dominance remains the norm stand accused of setting back women’s emancipation, our hard-won rights to a partner instead of a ruler. They are considered outdated, no longer representing what women of today really want, but none the less encouraging such desires to linger.”

People who don’t read Romance so easily misconstrue many of the “masterful and stern” alpha heroes with a male character who can’t become a partner by the end of the book. I know I’m singing to the choir here, but often the hero’s character arc is to move from a ruler to a partner attitude. Admittedly, I read mostly single title, but I imagine this has to be true for category as well.

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