Plagiarism in the Internet Age Usually I try to keep to a light tone to these entries, even if I have something serious to say. But the flap over Cassie Edwards,…
Dieting Daze Here it is, early January, and everybody is dieting. Or maybe everybody has already fallen off their diets, which were sworn to on…
Auld Acquaintance At this time of the year, most of us have just given presents, written cards, or e-mailed all our friends and our relatives with t…
Bah, Humbug Finished your Christmas preparations? Turns out you can thank the Victorians for Christmas Day becoming a big deal as a family cel…
Romance as Suffering Here’s something I bet you never realized. Romances with happy ever after endings are a very modern concept. There has been a lo…
Possibly the Worst Cute Meet Ever I just remembered a manuscript that I read many years ago, and I can't resist sharing. But so as not to sully my prior blog entry,…
The Cute Meet The cute meet is a cliché of romances. It goes something like this: The heroine is having a bad day. Not only has she snagged her…
Location, Location, Location When I look for a romance to read, the author’s choice of locale matters to me. And to most readers. It isn’t enough to descri…
Jealousy and Truth Friedrich Schiller was a German playwright of the 18th century who delighted in making up behavior by historical figures that simp…
Romance Cover Styles I’ve just visited a fun web site, The Silver Age Marvel Comics Cover Index, that’s oriented to comic book fans, but it might b…
