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18 Really Awesome Things About the Romance Community

By Jane • Apr 15th, 2008 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

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I’ve been fatigued by the scandals and the bad behavior and the general discontent that’s going on these days. It seems like you can’t turn around without tripping over someone inserting their foot into their mouth and then some. The problem with that is there are actually some wonderful things [...]



Romance’s Trivialization of Issues

By Jane • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

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A legitimate criticism of romance as serious literature is it’s often cavalier treatment of important life topics. Too often, war, separation, human indignity, are treated as plot devices, conflict mechanisms, and not given the attention and treatment those important issues deserve. How many romance books are thought provoking? How [...]



Confess Yourself: Are you a closet category romance reader?

By Jane • Oct 9th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

I received a press release from Harlequin a couple of weeks ago about the online version of the Romance Report that I made fun of last year. The theme was confessions. This year, though, I figured it would be just too easy and I would just be repeating the myself. But my [...]