The annual cover contest is in full swing and I had a fun time voting. Maybe I’m just really picky, but I always perceive a bunch of the nominations for best covers as better candidates for worst cover. Nevertheless, there was at least one cover that I enjoyed in every category. Go [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Too much fun…
Posted in Miscellany, tagged online happenings, romance cover art on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Winner?
Posted in Miscellany, tagged books, winner! on April 28, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Indeed, it seems it is so. The competition seemed like an unwinnable proposition (Near Eastern languages tended to carry the day) but also a lovely opportunity to organize my books and take stock of where I am after eight years of feverish romance reading (plus who knows how many years of romantic sci-fi/fantasy). Much to my [...]
A kiss is not a contract
Posted in Miscellany, tagged fotc, video on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
but it’s very nice!
Masculinity and the problem of chivalry
Posted in Essays, tagged chivalry, masculinity, Robert Jensen, Robyn Carr, sexual violence, Susan Elizabeth Phillips on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Masculinity and the problem of chivalry? My boss Vickie at Resources for Sexual Violence Prevention has often clarified this by saying something along these lines:
You’re a woman, and you’re sitting alone in a bar. Maybe you’re waiting for your friends to come join you. A guy sidles up and starts to [...]
Business time
Posted in Business time!, tagged fotc, video on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Conditions are perfect!
Coming to a theater near you by Friday…
Posted in Business time!, tagged coming soon on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want to start off with dangerous men, sexual violence, and the romance in honor of April. Tentatively speaking, I will compare the dangerous but nuturing men of Robyn Carr’s Virgin River series with the more ambiguous heroes in Mary Balogh’s The Secret Pearl and Patricia Gaffney’s To Have and To Hold.
My general plan is [...]
