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You can bask in the glory of Snoopy goodness over at Yahoo's Big League Stew.
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While she did get her start writing romance, Delinsky has been swimming in the "women's fiction" pond for a long, long time. Long enough that one would just assume she might dismiss Fifty Shades as intolerable crap and poo-poo everything about them. Frankly, I find that more shocking than the news that she not only read them through once....but twice!
I don't know, but is it just me? I can't think of any other women's fiction writer writing a blog post like this one. I mean, can any of us see someone like....oh Jodi Picoult or Jacquelyn Mitchard writing something like this? I just....can't. Whether or not you agree with Delinsky's take on this trilogy is incidental. I'm unlikely to ever read the series (for several reasons), but I love that it was Barbara Delinsky that wrote this post. It's just so...mind-blowing. The fact that it would have been easier to dismiss it, and that she, as a Big Name Women's Fiction Author, doesn't?
Girl Crush Alert.
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Given that Victoria was reigning monarch of Great Britain for 60+ years, during the height of the Empire and the industrial revolution, these journals promise to be a major treasure trove for Anglophiles, researchers and authors alike. If you write historical romances during Victoria's era? Dude, you can't head on over there fast enough. And you get to gorge at the trough for free for the next month.
Take notes. Lots and lots of notes.
8 comments:
welcome back, Wendy! I've been seeing some of your pictures of Disney! :) Looks like you had fun, but more importantly, Lemon Drop did too! Weeee!
That's cool about Ms Delinsky :) Actually, sometimes, us romance readers are the worst "romance" books snobs ^_^;
Can I say, also, I have a girl crush on Delinsky also because she has been one of the most gracious and easy to work with authors we've featured on the site? I also love she didn't dismiss the books, too. But I like more that she turned her stuff in before deadline.
Ms. Delinsky is one of my favorite women's fiction writers. I followed her from romance to women's fiction and boy is she good! I saw your review at H&H for her romance book, Wendy. A great post!
It is wonderful to know that there are other reasons, besides the great writing, to be a Delinski's fan. :)
Nath: We had a grand time at Disney! Lemon Drop is now getting at the age where she'll ride more of the rides - not just It's A Small World (which we avoided this year!)
Lemon drop looks like she is having a blast. Maybe she will be kind to her Auntie this month. I fell asleep in A Small World when I took my nephews...I hope your visit was better.
I still have some of Ms. Delinksy's books. I am even now happier that I saved them.
Regards, Ruth (CO)
Megan: LOL! Barbara Delinsky = The Queen of Nice :)
Hils: I've been having a grand time reading some of her reissued category romances for H&H. They're really remarkable in some ways, and make me miss the old Harlequin Temptation line that much more!
Ruth: You must have been exhausted, because I can't imagine falling asleep in Small World with that obnoxious song blaring! LOL!
Lemon Drop had a great time - and she rode several of the rides in FantasyLand. Her favorite though seems to be the carousel. That kid loves a Merry-Go-Round.....
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