Today there was a social media campaign going on under the hashtag #fallbackintime. Readers and writers were talking about why they write or read historical romance, often with the sentiment that they love history or that they can read or write about castles and ballrooms. Personally, I love historical romance because, well, men with swords.
I read a post today on Medium by Andrew Weil, MD and while I don’t identify with almost anything else he said in it, I agree with this: “…cooking gives you a chance to practice the esoteric art of manifestation — bringing something from the imagination into physical reality.” I made something this week that I’ve made
It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the States which means the traditional start to the summer season is upon us at least culturally if not meteorologically. I haven’t done so many essay-type posts lately, mostly because I’ve been trying to concentrate on improving my photos and recipes, but I sort of miss doing those more
There’s something about milestones that get people thinking. And thanking. There’s nothing inherently different this week than any other week, except that now I’ve been writing Cooking Up Romance for a full year as of May 10th. Oh, and I’m doing a giveaway this week to say thanks for reading! Scroll down for that. I
I’m a little surprised that more romance characters aren’t in therapy. Love is awesome, but it can’t fix *everything*. — Elisabeth Lane (@elisabethjlane) March 19, 2015 I idly posted this on Twitter this morning, the result of a book I was reading, Living in Secret by Jackie Ashenden. I don’t want to give away any
An opinion piece from the New York Times popped up in my Twitter feed today that preempted today’s planned review post. It was ostensibly about 50 Shades of Grey, but really, it wasn’t. What it was about was the relationship of fandom to criticism, exploring the concept of whether critics are out of touch or
Anyone who’s been following this blog for awhile probably knows that I’ll take a “beta” hero over an “alpha” hero any day, but that mostly I wish the distinction didn’t exist. Actually, I don’t think sociology upholds the dichotomy at all so outside of romance novels, the distinction really doesn’t exist. It’s arbitrary, unrealistic and
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Weird, right? Most kids will say Christmas or maybe Halloween if they’re still high on candy. Adults of my acquaintance will cite Easter or Christmas or Fourth of July. But Thanksgiving, with its focus on gratitude and food and hanging with friends and family is mine. I haven’t been home
This week Jackie Horne of Romance Novels for Feminists discussed feminism in Kit Rocha’s Beyond series and found it wanting. If you haven’t read the novels or the RNFF post or both, this post isn’t likely to make much sense and for that I’m sorry. It’s just that after reading all the full-length novels and
