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I got the opportunity to write a guest post on feminism and romance novels, and I jumped at it.

It expands some of the issues I touched on in The Argument for Love. Since I submitted this piece, yet another news story came out about the growing economic power of the romance genre. We women are taking over the world with our books.

Read the post at the Love Romance Passion blog. And add Keira’s blog to your regular rotation–she has some fun stuff there.

• What Do You Think of Romance Novels? Romance novels have been the subject of many articles lately. Typically, the authors point out how recession-proof the industry is, shining like a beacon of success in our crumbling economy. But one author took a story of success and used it to deride a genre of books that is beloved......
• Writing Roundup, May 29 Let's start by re-checking our goals for the month. Did you achieve them? If not, what can you do next month to reach your goals? Blogging How to Devalue Your Blog and Burn Yourself Out Men with Pens have done it again. This post about the need to find a......
• Writing Roundup, January 22 The Business of Writing Craft Fiction Freelancing Platform The Business of Writing Is Your "But" Too Big? No, that's not misspelled, and it's not a piece on the relative lack of exercise of the typical writer. Agent Nathan Bransford gives a motivating speech on pushing through your personal obstacles.......
• Diversification The main reason we are in this whole writing game is that we love to write, to tell stories. But we also have real needs--bills must be paid, food must be purchased, and so on. Thus the desire to earn money for some of these ditties we write. I've written......
• Women and Sci Fi So I read the post about how women were ruining sci-fi last week. And I got mad. So mad I could hardly see straight. But not so mad that I started posting my rant in the comments. I would not have furthered the discussion in any way. I grew up......

• Audio Review: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (Book 5) by Eoin Colfer by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer Title: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, Book 5 Author: Eoin Colfer Narrator: Nathaniel Parker # CDs (Minutes): 7 CDs...
• Romancing Trashy Novels #5 There are over 50 hand selected links in this edition. That's pretty fan-freaking-tastic if I do say so myself. Due to the crazy amount of...
• Review: Lucinda's Secret by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer Title: Lucinda's Secret (Book 3: The Spiderwick Chronicles) Author: Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black Format: Hardcover # of pages:...
• 6 Reasons to Love and Hate Required School Reading by First Mate Keira, guest blogger 3 Reasons to Love Required School Reading: You can relate to the book’s characters and situations. Usually, but not...
• Love of Movies: Edition #3 Welcome to the third edition of love of movies. There are some great reviews and fun links below on a variety of movies. I hope...