I actually wrote this a while ago, and tabled it. But here, on the cusp of the release of REMNANTS OF TRUST--which is also not a romance novel--it seemed like a good one to resurrect. WARNING: This post contains spoilers for THE COLD BETWEEN, although if you've read any reviews, they're probably spoilers you've already seen. Still: READ … Continue reading The Romance Thing
Category: Romance novels
Art vs. Work
Here's a headline for you: Fifty Shades of Grey soars to top of sales charts after shifting 660,000 copies in a week (Thanks to Terry Odell via Twitter for the link.) If you read the article in the Standard, you will note that a) this is for just the UK; and b) it's actually 664,478 copies … Continue reading Art vs. Work
The Role of Romance
When Ravna had worked for Vrinimi Org, she'd noticed customer interest in romance literature. It was probably the most idiosyncratic of all written art forms. No surprise there; when it was intelligible, romance lit gave more insight into an alien culture and psyche than anything this side of Transcendence. - Vernor Vinge, The Children of … Continue reading The Role of Romance
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