Publishing News19th C / Authors Guild / backlists / book trailers / digital publishing / Fantasy / Game of Thrones / gender roles / History / literary reviews / Open Road / violence against women20 Comments
George R.R. Martin explains why there’s violence against women on Game of Thrones – In which George R.R. Martin uses the history excuse to explain the violence against women in his work. Because even though he writes about dragons, which are clearly fantasy, he sticks to “history” when it comes ... more >
B- Reviewsbeta hero / Christmas / friends-to-lovers / gender roles / holiday novella / novella / virgin hero22 Comments
Felicity Evans and Harry Walsh have been best friends forever, but lately, Felicity has noticed the looks Harry has been giving her. And she’s going to do something about it. Sex solves everything, or so she hopes. But she never knew Harry was a virgin—until now. Being snowbound in a ... more >
Publishing NewsBarbie / cable / diversity / gender roles / marriage / publishing / racism / satellite television / sexism / stereotypes / streaming5 Comments
Conflicts Between Pay-TV Providers, Networks Could Result in Permanent Blackouts – With all of the attention on the pending Comcast Time-Warner merger, you may have missed the ongoing conflicts between Dish Satellite and quite a few channels, from Turner Broadcasting to CNN and possibly CBS. In some ways, though, what’s ... more >
Letters of Opiniongender roles / Letters of Opinion / m/m romance107 Comments
The debate at AAR and elsewhere over m/m books and authors got us to thinking about whether the differences between m/m and m/f romances are as great as some readers on both sides seemed to believe. Four of us here at DA regularly read and review m/m in addition to ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital publishing / gender roles6 Comments
Right before I went to bed, I received a heads up email that a self published book by Belle Adams was copying from Sandra Brown’s In a Class by Itself. I have a side by side comparison here but each book has the “Look Inside” feature so you can see ... more >
Letters of Opiniongender roles / inheritance laws / trope47 Comments
Heteronormativity is a word that is getting an increasing workout in romance discussions, and most people use it to indicate a monogamous relationship and (especially) a family as defined by a married couple with children. But it’s also about the white picket fence. The idea of the family is about ... more >