How do you combat the stigma related to the romance genre?I usually find that the only people who actively criticize or make light of Romances are people who have never read one. Therefore, I don't pay them much heed. If they insist upon debating the issue, I just remind them that most of the world's greatest literature is, in fact, Romance. Think: Romeo & Juliet, Ivanhoe, Pride & Predjudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, etc. As a Romance author, I feel I'm in some very high-caliber company and that I have a lot to live up to. I think we should be proud of the genre and never make excuses for it. LOVE is probably the oldest and the grandest of all artistic themes. And there ain't nuthin' wrong with simply spinning a good yarn for other folks' enjoyment. That's what writers like Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen, etc. were doing. They were all just the popular writers of their day.
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February, 2007
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