When it comes to romantic glamour, Nefertiti, beautiful queen of ancient Egypt, has it all. Her story contains mystery, drama, and a lost flowering of art and religion. Most people know of her. Yet nobody would pay much attention to Nefertiti if her likeness hadn’t survived in a gorgeous piece of statuary that to our  … Read more

I am a huge fan of British television comedy in no small part because of their willingness to tackle issues and topics that American television still refuses to touch (even comedically) with a ten-foot pole. Among my favorite BritComs was a series called “Waiting for God.” Aired between 1990 and 1994, it was the story  … Read more

“The majesty and grandeur of the English language is the greatest possession we have. The noblest thoughts that ever flowed through the hearts of men are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative, and musical mixtures of sounds.” A little over the top for purposes of writing about romance novels, I guess. But the words from the  … Read more

Dreams and fantasies. Where would romance writers – or readers – be without them? A couple of weeks ago the Washington Post ran article about dreams. Among other interesting assertions, the article stated that there is now an enormous prejudice against dreaming (who knew?), and that many people continue to believe that interpreting dreams is,  … Read more

I was thinking about how romance comic books historically were written and drawn almost entirely by men. And still are. An occasional female has managed to make her way into the comic book business, but precious few have stayed for long. See Trina Robbins’ roundup of women artists in the comics for more details. It  … Read more

It’s holiday season, and because we’re all about the love here at MyRomanceStory.com, we’re giving you a chance to tell us about your WORST date…your holiday turkey. I work here and so I’m not allowed to enter the contest, but that won’t stop me from blogging! If you read my previous blog entry, you know  … Read more

Madame Bovary was not a romance, but it always felt like a romance—a doomed one—to me. An important piece of mid 19th century French literature by Gustave Flaubert, among other things this novel showed how an obscure young woman raised on romantic dreams of glamour could completely ruin her life in search of it. Emma  … Read more

It all started innocently enough. At work, I would wander past her desk, tell weird jokes, and remind her that the Boston Red Sox could never win two World Series in a row. For six months, every time I walked by, she would laugh and always look directly at my face. Although I was older  … Read more

Marta Salij recently wrote in an article entitled, “Hot fiction for and by women,” for the Detroit Free Press and reprinted in the Journal News, that erotica has gotten the attention of some of the biggest romance publishers. She mentions that Berkley, Harlequin, Avon and Kensington are launching “more sexually explicit and adventurous” lines than  … Read more

I just received an e-mail from our own Poison Ivy about what she calls “another romance tempest in a teapot”. It’s seems people have been blogging their fingers to the bone ever since Fred Head, the Democrat candidate for state comptroller in Texas, labeled his opponent, Republican Susan Combs, a pornographer. Why? Because in the  … Read more