Welcome to the fourth edition of romancing the novel. This one is pretty much a link frenzy. We have links on RWA, romance in general, book reviews, author interviews, industry professional interviews, writing tips and more! If you read all of the articles shared below I could conceive that a majority of your day would be taken up, but what a way to spend a day!
RWA:
- Scorched Sheets shares loads of information from the Rogue Digital Workshop during RWA.
- What a conference! Editor Joanne Grant on RWA.
- The ladies of AAR share Observations From My First RWA and RWA: Sandy’s Take.
- Katiebabs does a 2009 RWA Nationals: One Final Re-Cap.
On Genre:
- Jane asks authors and readers if abortion is acceptable in romance?
- If abortions are taboo don’t forget the The Plan B Taboo.
- Midnight Moon Café sheds some light on The Paranormal Hero.
- Emily Bryan asks Must a Romance have a Happy Ending?
- Strong Heroes Need Strong Heroines, right?
- What's In A Name [for aliens]?
- Speaking of hot and not… Does Paranormal Romance Rate its own sub-sub-genre?
- Diane Wylie, guest blogger at We Write Romance, on Historical Romance Meets Today’s Realities.
- Heather of The Galaxy Express writes All Paranormal Romances Are Not Created Equal!
- Teach Me Tonight pulls together a little something on Gothic Romance.
- Romance Cliches we love to hate, and ones we love to love… by Kathleen OReilly. I completely agree with the point on Judy Greer. In a romance as opposed to a romantic comedy, we would have Judy Greer starring her own story instead of always playing the BFF.
- Jessica blogs on the An Emotional Paradox in Romance Fiction over at Romancing the Blog.
Book Reviews:
- Laurel Ann reviews The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer.
- Sandy reviews Bride of a Wicked Scotsman by Samantha James.
- Zinnia reviews Miner in Petticoats by Paty Jager.
- Jessica’s Reflections on Anah Crow’s Uneven and s/m in Romance and RL.
Author Interviews:
- Paperback Diva interviews Meet the Author: AC Arthur.
- Jane Austen’s World interviews Kaye Dacus, Author of Ransome’s Honoe.
- Lyn interviews Emma Lai.
- SORMAG's FEATURED AUTHOR is LaToya Stevenson Watkins!
Between the Sheets:
- Romantic Inks holds anInterview with an Editor of Samhain Publishing.
- Jane conducts an interview with Harlequin Young Adult Editor Natashya Wilson.
- Shiloh Walker says Epubs… wondering where to start?
- Leah explains Why ‘Sold out’ doesn’t mean ‘Sold well’.
- Erotic Horizon interviews Kristie (J) - Ramblings on Romance, etc.
- Nicole asks Are Kindle Books For Rent, Sale, or Borrow?
Misc.
- Emma Taylor presents 100 Awesome Sites for Buying, Trading, and Selling All Your Books posted at MasterDegreeOnline.
- Which came first the trend or the marketing? Seduced by History contemplates this in What’s Hot? What’s Not? Does It Matter?
- More ways to tell if you are reading too many romance novels.
- Shelley Munro presents Collaborative Writing Partnerships posted at Shelley Munro Blog, Author of Contemporary and Paranormal Romance.
- Surbhi Bhatia presents Reading Mills & Boon - The Viewspaper posted at The Viewspaper » The Viewspaper.
- For a fun post check out Monsters, now with 40% less monster... and talk bubbles.
On Writing [Tips:]
- Sex Scenes: How Real is too Real? What do you think?
- 10 Things I've Learned Since Becoming Published.
- Teresa Says It Loud and Says It Proud: I WRITE ROMANCE NOVELS!!!
- Shiloh Walker comments on faith and writing [and erotica romance.]
- Susan Kearney on where do ideas come from?
- Victoria Janssen presents Victoria Janssen: Some Notes on Revising a Manuscript: Coherence and Storytelling posted at Victoria Janssen.
That concludes this edition of romancing the novel. It's now time for you to submit your relevant blog articles to the next edition of using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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