I wanna be her when I grow up. Get ready, Rock Chicks, cause - TopicsExpress



          

I wanna be her when I grow up. Get ready, Rock Chicks, cause Kits on a tear. I just read this article and I am very aware Im speaking out of turn, for I havent read the offending article that sparked this...and I dont intend to. However, I have been a romance reader for over three decades. A romance writer for a decade and a half. And I have never not been proud to be just that. I never hid my book covers with Fabio ripping a bodice. I did not give one single shizzle what people would think of me if they saw what I was reading. I still dont. Because I read. Because I expand my horizons by reading. Because I GREATLY expanded my vocabulary by reading. My imagination soared. My lips curved. My heart beat harder. My eyes welled up and often spilled over. I felt. I lived. I learned. I took adventures. I experienced. Through romance novels. Im proud of what I read. Im proud of what I write. I tell love stories. And I endeavor to help my readers see their beauty, believe in it, and project it, no matter how that beauty comes. I endeavor to show my readers that strength comes in a variety of ways, most specifically making mistakes, owning them, picking yourself up and keeping on keepin on. There is such magnificent CHOICE in romance. You want it, you can find it. If its not a KA, its something else. Something that will make your lips curve. Your heart beat harder. Your eyes well up and often spill over. Something that will make you feel. Live. Learn. Adventure. Experience. You should not feel ashamed of what you enjoy. It doesnt matter if its the TV show Vikings, a deep regard for Christian Grey, or a dedication to Sam and Dean Winchester. You should own it and wear it with pride. And if people dont get it, as my good friend Tod of Tod and Stevie would say, Ef em. The one thing I know I cannot do is be able to diplomatically, intelligently and beautifully defend my genre like Eloisa James did in this article. I wanna be her when I grow up. But instead, Ill be me and admire her like crazy. Rock on! vulture/2014/05/romance-novelist-eloisa-james-interview.html
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:08:54 +0000

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