MyRomanceStory.com features graphic romance novellas. Sometimes our illustrations get fairly steamy, and the word “graphic” then has its full double meaning. Our comic book style illustrations are not out of line with what gets described in most prose romances being published today, but as with PG-rated movies, we cover up here and there. The bedroom … Read more
Romance Novelist Bernadette Walsh chats with fellow Long Islander Candy Caine. Candy writes those edgy, erotic love stories you enjoy — The Reconstruction of Carla Millhouse, It’s Love That Really Counts and Christmas with a Stranger Listen to Candy at Nice Girls Reading Naughty Books and find her books at MyRomanceStory.com and Amazon’s Kindle Store.
We know who epitomizes the girl next door in Hollywood, of course. Sandra Bullock, from the moment we first met her. When we think of a romance heroine, we can easily visualize Sandra, nice-looking but not overwhelmingly gorgeous, not high maintenance, doing her best, trying to make everybody around her happy, and hoping the man … Read more
In this era of self-publishing, when anyone can write a romance and pay to have it published, why should you, the reader, buy a romance when in theory you can write one yourself? The obvious answer is to enjoy the advantage of someone else’s imagination and hard work. We all yearn for beauty, but few … Read more
In romance novels, that is? A recent article in the UKTelegraph online cited an article by Julian Barnes in which he claims writers feel a commercial obligation to include sex scenes in their novels whether they want to or not. He also says it leads to risible sex scenes that later generations find easy to … Read more
Looking for some some inspiring reading? We are pleased to announce the release of Larry’s Left Side: A Life’s Journey by Laurence A. Cole, PhD. A remarkable story of recovery from coma and brain damage. A triumph of the human spirit. Laurence Cole was a medical student in England when he had a stroke and … Read more
One of the pleasures of romance novels, one that movies, television, plays, operas, and ballets cannot replace, is the deep bond between a less-than-perfect reader and a less-than-specific heroine. What do I mean by less than specific? Quick, what color is Elizabeth Bennet’s hair? How about Jane Eyre’s eye color? You’re not sure, are you? … Read more
Makeover romances, a big fave of mine. I love them. It’s very satisfying to see someone renovate herself. All my life I have noticed women in public who are still wearing the hairdo of their teenage years, also the clothes and the makeup. This is fine if the styles actually do something for you, but … Read more
We’ve heard this one before. A beautiful young woman dates a handsome young scion of a wealthy and important family. Scandal or a wedding ensues. Or perhaps both. Gossip, for sure. In romance fiction, the woman usually has little or no rank and certainly no money or power. She manages to carve out a happy … Read more
The Romance Writers of America (RWA) board of directors recently made a decision to eliminate novels with “romantic elements” from their two prime contests, the Golden Heart (for unpublished manuscripts) and the Rita (for published novels). A howl has gone up from one of RWA’s online chapters, the now-ironically named “Elements of RWA” chapter, which … Read more
