This Just In A UK newspaper, the Telegraph, has a hot news story—“proof” that Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery after all! Nearly 500 ye…
The Sincerest Form of Flattery Someone used the word “camp” in a novel I just read. The novel is The President’s Daughter, by Mariah Stewart. It’s an irr…
The Man With the Weird Beard For some reason, I’ve been thinking about beards lately. We expect female hairstyles to be of the moment, but male facial hair i…
I Did It My Way Did you ever read a romance so wrongheaded, so annoying, so stupid, you wanted to re-engineer it? Possibly from beginning to end? …
Pretty Comic Books and Long-Suffering Girlfriends I've been looking at a wealth of comic book covers drawn by Bob Brown, and thinking about what art needs to be on the cover of a b…
Killer Sequels The world and characters an author creates can be tremendously seductive. When we finish a novel we love, we hate to leave that wo…
Feathers Ruffled in Romance Land You may have heard that Harlequin has inked a deal to steer authors they reject to a press to which they had subcontracted the nam…
Romance or Soap Opera? Quick, explain the difference between a romance and a soap opera. Can’t figure it out? Try a concept from college or high sc…
Give Me Back My Enthusiasm There was a time when I enthusiastically bought every contemporary romance I saw in the bookstores. Then, so many publishers decid…
Timeless Romance: It’s Not Old, It’s Art Often I post book covers to illustrate this blog, but today, we’re dipping way back into the past, and I’ve got gorgeous, vint…