The Facepalm Jill Sorenson Interviews Suzanne Brockmann, Part II – File this under “Macklemore.” Two white authors discuss writing romance with diverse characters and Brockmann… oh, I just can’t even. I’m a fiction writer and that’s what fiction writers do…. Read more »
Someday I’ll learn to stop looking at The Best American Comics series. As someone who loves comics but has exhausted her patience for violence against women as shorthand for meaningful commentary the series often exhausts me. Beginning with an excerpt from what… Read more »
Winter is coming – Boo, dark before five, booooooooo. Surrender to Love: An Edith Layton Appreciation – “Edith talked a few times about books she had that didn’t fit the market. I don’t know how many were completed. She published… Read more »
During our conversation on Paranormal as the new Savage, Robin suggested I try Shelly Laurenston. I downloaded a sample of Beast Behaving Badly but found myself unable to commit. Whatever switch her books flip for people is one not found… Read more »
I’ve been thinking a lot about Ridley’s excellent post on disability in romance. While I am completely over talking about the feminism of romance, I think I’m about to address romance and feminism. Except not really. (Romance and patriarchy, maybe?)… Read more »
The Golden Girls Brick People Toy Set The Logic of Stupid Poor People – A lot of interesting stuff in here about respectability politics and all the ways the game is rigged against the poor. I remember my mother taking… Read more »
I thought we’d try a monthly open thread and see how it goes. Read a book with a marginalized character you want to recommend? Run across a terrible portrayal you want to warn others to avoid? Just want to rant… Read more »
Life got in the way this week, and we didn’t have a review to run today, so please enjoy this repost from my basically defunct personal blog. I lovingly copied and pasted it just for you, because I care. This… Read more »
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