Amazon.com: Meredith Duran: Kindle Store If there is one thing I have learned about publishing, if one person does something successfully you can guarantee the market will be flooded with knock offs. When was the last time you heard somebody say, Oh, Im not going to read that book. Just wanted to say thank you to all of you and keep the referrals coming! Since Regency is not a favorite historical period of mine, I tend to see it everywhere as in, Ugh, another Regency?. Shes on Twitter and never mentions writing. One big problem that I see with the trends discussions is that they are rooted in a persons opinion based on what a reader observes, as you have stated. These two are Editors that were telling their authors how and what to write. I loved her books. The romance genre has attracted much more attention over the years as a worthy subject for scholarship and critical debate, as it should given how much money consumers spend on these books and how many readers are reading them. The beauty of self publishing is that you can really find anything -and lots of it nowadays. She and Mary Ann Hudson are still at it there. Just trim away all the fat and floweryness from your writing, and youll do fine. Anyway, Im inclined to believe that the MeToo Movement is shaping authors today and producing a new generation of authors who are centering female agency in contrast to past customs. I know we will never agree on this point before Doomsday, but art can definitely exist for arts sake without an inherent agenda beyond pleasure. One main difference though is that they are based out London and that may mean that their view on what is historical is different than in North America. And thats a whole other can of worms Im not going to open right now. I also miss authors like Nonnie St. George and Nita Abrams who seemed to come and go in a flash of brilliance. Jacquie DAlessandro (8 years) Name index of death index created by the California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section in Sacramento. I miss historical romances where the protagonists are truly complex or deeply flawed, the premise isnt afraid to stretch the genres boundaries, and the details are thoroughly grounded in the historical setting. . Welcome back. The reason I miss the still-writing authors more than those who arent writing at all is that I still get that excited feeling when I see a new book coming from an author I used to auto-buy. Ive tried to find any current information on them on the web but no luck. Whatever route you decide to take, good luck to you! Are you basing your views though on any data or scholarship, or is this just your general sense? Theres always a bit of a grieving process for me as I let a favorite author go. The decisions up to you. As some here have said, the recent kerfuffle with RWA would be enough for a lot of romance authors to quietly vanish and secretly publish under a new name or genre. MEREDITH DURAN blames Anne Boleyn for sparking her lifelong obsession with British history. All interesting variables to think about, but such a study probably wouldnt be practical. But I think it says something that Harlequin no longer accepts submissions for their lackluster line Dare, which never allowed erotic content despite advertising itself as Harlequins hottest line yet. And as others have said, there are some authors who are still writing but whose work isnt what it once was, and I miss them, too. And how sad, yet understandable, if true. Its always hard for me to decide when to break up with an author Ive followed for years. Prices dont normally drop on Audible except for special sales, but they do combine duos, trilogies, and even series into one unit fairly often, but it may take a few years. Also, I never realized there is a giant genre of Alien Barbarian romance. And at a furious pace. Several of you commented how much you miss her work and shared your hopes that shell return to writing romance. I believe I recall reading some years ago that Edith Layton and Barbara Metzger were very good friends. We have a national election headed our way in months. I was seconded some years ago by my company to Kiev in the Ukraine and I took them with me to read again during what was a very long and very cold winter. Im not sure I agree with you, for instant, on what market changes are occurring based on just my own reading, my opinion and observations, and all the people I follow authors and readers at a variety of sites and social media, if thats the measurement well use. Were they ever in large numbers? I loved her humor. Another pet peeve of mine is when an author feels the need to make a historical story more relevant by employing that wonky dual perspectives trope between old person reflecting on life and young person reporting about it. Third, you stated, I suspect theres lots of push back out there dark romances, nostalgia for traditional masculinity, etc., all from books I avoid when reading for pleasure. Like you, I am pleased there are more books centering female agency. But at the same time, I wouldnt necessarily regard traditional masculinity as a form of push back. It could very well be an act of nostalgia as you say, but it could also be because the women who write these stories simply prefer those types of characters. The latter is not really one of my favorites, I only really liked The Music of the Night but I thought she had a potential that never quite materialized. I had been waiting and hoping for years that Judith Merkle Riley would publish again and was so saddened years ago when it was announced she had passed on. To add more books, click here .
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