…talking about writing historical science fiction through 21st Century goggles. I actually didn’t cover even a portion of what the topic deserves, and I’m open to answering any other questions in the comments — so if you’re interested in writing steampunk (or just want to discuss it a bit as a reader), I’ll be there […]
So much this. From one of my favorite bloggers: I realize, as I put this down, that my message is really for young women who want to write. I remember when I was just like you. And as surely as Naipaul etc. piss you off, I used to get sick reading The New Republic. Put […]
Almost a year ago, I drove up to Seattle to tape an interview for Project Paranormal. Though I rehearsed my Guardian spiel all the way up I-5, as soon as the camera turned on I became a blithering idiot. (True story. I’m sure you’ll see the evidence of it soon.) And driving all the way […]
In paranormal romance, typically it is the male who can smell the female’s arousal. But researchers have shown that it’s the chick who can detect the dude’s desire. From Fox News: Women Can Smell a Man’s Sexual Intentions Chen and her colleagues asked 20 heterosexual guys to stop wearing deodorant and scented products for a […]
I’ve already forgotten where I saw this linked from because I was running through my Google Reader so quickly this morning*, but Carrie Vaughn has an excellent series of posts on Urban Fantasy. From the second post, “When Things Go Wrong”: 6. The book has a strong woman character. But only one. You’d think a […]
(but not the last words I’ll be writing, because I’m hoping to get another couple of pages in before I hit the hay) I just ran across something that made me realize that I’m not bothered when generalizations are used to criticize the romance (or other) genres. For example, “So many alpha men!” We all […]
So, obviously, it takes me a while to get around to anything lately. I’ve been thinking about this since I read a comment by Nora Roberts at Dear Author (in response to Jane Litte’s article Let’s Talk About Sex (and Love, and then Sex Again) which posed the question of how/why/what it’ll take for romance […]