Is at Romancing the Blog. I was inspired to write it after seeing, in short order, several online conversations bring up Harlequin romance novels in a completely random and pointless way.
One was at the blog of a writer (not romance), who had posted about another writer (arguably also not romance, and definitely not Harlequin) that generated a comment something to the effect of: “who but a writer of Harlequin romance novels would put out two large print hardcovers a year, charge $20 bucks for them, and have any self respect?” Um, huh? The writer in question has, to my knowledge, never written for Harlequin in her life. And what control does an author have over her format or price point? And what does any of that have to do with genre?
The random and casual equating of romance novels with bad literature is getting out of hand.
And, on the topic of “mean people suck,” someone with entirely too much time on her hands is attacking Circle of Seven’s book trailers throughout the internet.
And people wonder why I’m not in the mood to blog. 😉
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