Letters of Opinionguest-blogger / Reader Opinions148 Comments
Once upon a time, I accidentally read every romance Georgette Heyer ever wrote. My Grandmother had a box of them in her attic – I still remember those yellow-grey dust jackets and the faint smell of damp that rose from the pages – and I was still too young to ... more >
Letters of Opinionbook prices / Reader Opinions / Reader Rights267 Comments
Although I’m not exactly a devoted reader of John Scalzi’s Whatever blog, a Twitter retweet last week drew my attention to a recent post, in which he announces that readers protesting ebook prices on his “Big Idea” posts will have their comment deleted: Why? Primarily because here at the ... more >
C- ReviewsBDSM / Beauty-and-the-Beast / Fairy-Tales / forced-seduction / Rape / rape fantasy / Reader Opinions30 Comments
Dear Ms. Paris, Around the time we were having the discussion of rape fantasies here at DA, Jane asked for recommendations of books similar to Cara McKenna’s Willing Victim, and your novella, Petals and Thorns, came up on Twitter. Reader MaryK, who hadn’t read it, thought it might fit the ... more >
Ebooksereader device / Reader Habits / Reader Opinions61 Comments
Sarah Wendell and I were invited to give a presentation this week at Tools of Change on the end user experience of ereaders. We want to share your thoughts so please leave a comment on what you think of ereader hardware, software, and the purchasing environment. What you like. What ... more >
Letters of OpinionChristina-Dodd / genre critique / Jayne-Ann-Krentz / Mary-Jo-Putney / Reader Opinions109 Comments
Note: I know this is a bit long, but it’s already a drastically shortened version of this argument. Consent at your own risk. When I first started reading Romance, I was stunned by the genre's apparent comfort with sexual force against female characters and uncomfortable with both the contention that ... more >
PollReader Opinions / tropes120 Comments
We have a lovely op ed piece by Janine due for tomorrow so this morning we are going to run a poll instead. I recently read a blurb for a story that featured the heroine working for a tabloid and was trying to write a tell all story. It appeared, ... more >