by Author Joey W. Hill
When I was a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, I was exceedingly pissed off when the writers decided Willow was just going to wake up one morning and presto! She was gay. I had a real problem with them changing the character mid-stream. But I had a personal bias. I loved Willow and Oz together. So, did it aggravate me because I preferred the relationship she was in, or because I felt the writing had taken a turn that wasn’t true to the character?
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I’m going to go ahead and part with a nasty little secret. I’m so, so, SO tired of billionaire romance heroes. Where are all the hot guys with regular jobs in Romancelandia? Well, here’s some of them. We just need MORE LIKE THESE. These blue-collar romance heroes are hotter than any 10 billionaires. Enjoy!
We’re living in strange, scary times. Now more than ever, we need great books to comfort us. And while we’ve made our likes and dislikes super clear over the years, we never really gave our readers a voice until now. We asked our loyal friends on Facebook what they wanted to see more—and less—of in their romance novels this year. Their answers might surprise you. (Authors, take note!)
Are you sick of toothpick-sized heroines in romance novels? Looking for some realism instead? If that’s the case, you’ll love these BBW (Big Beautiful Woman) heroines. Enjoy!
Writing romance is hard. But for some reason, TV and movie screenwriters seem to think it’s a piece of cake. It’s that overconfidence that makes them screw up so many great ‘ships. Here are some prime examples of writers who should’ve had romance authors in the room before they completely wrecked their characters’ love lives for good.
Who doesn’t love a good fairy tale retelling? Here are some awesome choices to fill up your Kindle and brighten your weekend. You’re welcome!
With COVID-19 out there (and a bunch of crazy people hoarding toilet paper and hand sanitizer), it’s made us put some thought into our picks for the best book boyfriends we wouldn’t mind being quarantined with (you know...as one does). So, here are some of our all-time favorite book boyfriends who’d be GREAT company (for a variety of reasons, not just the dirty ones. Ahem) in the stay-home apocalypse.
BookBub stalker series
Ever wonder what your favorite authors are reading? Me, too. So, I did a little BookBub stalking and checked out their recommendations. Here’s what I found:
Television and movie writers can learn a lot from romance novels. It’s a topic we’ve covered before. But there are quite a few specific characters on television and in movies that were SEVERELY let down by their writers, and I’m a firm believer that it wouldn’t have happened if we’d left a really great romance writer in charge of their character arcs. So, with that in mind, here are my picks for the top characters who got shafted by their writers, and the romance authors who would’ve done right by them.
Reads where the stakes are literally life and death and the main villain is Mother freakin’ Nature? Yes, please!! So without further ado, here are our picks (and our readers’ picks) for the most awesome “we survived Mother Nature and fell in love while we did it” romance reads. Enjoy!
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