May 4, 2018 May the Fourth be with these spinning BB-8 heels (with a tutorial!) It's that time of the galactic year again: May the Fourth be with you! Sure, you're probably already inundated with merch from the new Star Wars rebooted universe, but this DIY tutorial HAD to be shared. Why? Because it's for spinning BB-8 heels. Seriously, the heels are BB-8 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and they SPIN. Read More May 2, 2018 MoviePass users: are the new service changes driving you away? Are you a fellow MoviePass user like I am? For a big movie-goer like myself, it started out as the almost too-good-to-be-true movie deal: see up to 30 movies per month (once per day with no repeats) for a low monthly fee. Like, really low, between $6.95 and $9.95 depending on the plan. I see about 6-8 movies per month on average, so for me, this is a solid deal. But recent changes are making me nervous about its future… Read More May 1, 2018 Bad Romance part 3: Demanding greater diversity in who gets a happily ever after in romance One of the big success stories in self-publishing is romance. According to popular platform Smashwords, the genre dominates the market. With a few clicks any writer can become an author. Which makes it possible that a novel most major publishing houses and quite a few small presses would have turned down, one that hasn’t seen an editor’s red pen, or even a proofreader will wind up on Amazon more than in other genres. There’s an argument for gatekeepers, right? Not so fast. Here's part three in this series on romance as a genre… Read More April 30, 2018 Bad Romance part 2: The romance genre needs better critique, not more gatekeepers Though romance novels have always centered relationships and women, there’s no argument that issues of consent and coercion abound in the genre's shady past. Consider the conflicted relationships readers have with Kathleen Woodwiss’ The Flame and the Flower, a novel that is said to have started the modern “bodice ripper” romance genre. Here's part two analyzing the romance genre in books… Read More 12 Comments April 27, 2018 Bad Romance: Yes, I'm a feminist who loves romance novels (+ a Seattle event on May 8th!) I, like a lot of romance readers and writers, wasn’t always proud to admit that the romance genre was my passion. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out many smart, creative, thoughtful, well-educated women are reading romances (and our status as houswives, or not, is beyond the point). We raise families, nurture careers, create art, and break through barriers personally and professionally without expecting to have our problems solved by a billionaire into kinky sex. We sure as hell aren’t longing to be thrown over the back of a horse and ridden away with (though if you are, I don’t judge!). Here's part one of how things are evolving in the romance genre… Read More 12345…148
May 2, 2018 MoviePass users: are the new service changes driving you away? Are you a fellow MoviePass user like I am? For a big movie-goer like myself, it started out as the almost too-good-to-be-true movie deal: see up to 30 movies per month (once per day with no repeats) for a low monthly fee. Like, really low, between $6.95 and $9.95 depending on the plan. I see about 6-8 movies per month on average, so for me, this is a solid deal. But recent changes are making me nervous about its future… Read More May 1, 2018 Bad Romance part 3: Demanding greater diversity in who gets a happily ever after in romance One of the big success stories in self-publishing is romance. According to popular platform Smashwords, the genre dominates the market. With a few clicks any writer can become an author. Which makes it possible that a novel most major publishing houses and quite a few small presses would have turned down, one that hasn’t seen an editor’s red pen, or even a proofreader will wind up on Amazon more than in other genres. There’s an argument for gatekeepers, right? Not so fast. Here's part three in this series on romance as a genre… Read More April 30, 2018 Bad Romance part 2: The romance genre needs better critique, not more gatekeepers Though romance novels have always centered relationships and women, there’s no argument that issues of consent and coercion abound in the genre's shady past. Consider the conflicted relationships readers have with Kathleen Woodwiss’ The Flame and the Flower, a novel that is said to have started the modern “bodice ripper” romance genre. Here's part two analyzing the romance genre in books… Read More 12 Comments April 27, 2018 Bad Romance: Yes, I'm a feminist who loves romance novels (+ a Seattle event on May 8th!) I, like a lot of romance readers and writers, wasn’t always proud to admit that the romance genre was my passion. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out many smart, creative, thoughtful, well-educated women are reading romances (and our status as houswives, or not, is beyond the point). We raise families, nurture careers, create art, and break through barriers personally and professionally without expecting to have our problems solved by a billionaire into kinky sex. We sure as hell aren’t longing to be thrown over the back of a horse and ridden away with (though if you are, I don’t judge!). Here's part one of how things are evolving in the romance genre… Read More 12345…148
May 1, 2018 Bad Romance part 3: Demanding greater diversity in who gets a happily ever after in romance One of the big success stories in self-publishing is romance. According to popular platform Smashwords, the genre dominates the market. With a few clicks any writer can become an author. Which makes it possible that a novel most major publishing houses and quite a few small presses would have turned down, one that hasn’t seen an editor’s red pen, or even a proofreader will wind up on Amazon more than in other genres. There’s an argument for gatekeepers, right? Not so fast. Here's part three in this series on romance as a genre… Read More April 30, 2018 Bad Romance part 2: The romance genre needs better critique, not more gatekeepers Though romance novels have always centered relationships and women, there’s no argument that issues of consent and coercion abound in the genre's shady past. Consider the conflicted relationships readers have with Kathleen Woodwiss’ The Flame and the Flower, a novel that is said to have started the modern “bodice ripper” romance genre. Here's part two analyzing the romance genre in books… Read More 12 Comments April 27, 2018 Bad Romance: Yes, I'm a feminist who loves romance novels (+ a Seattle event on May 8th!) I, like a lot of romance readers and writers, wasn’t always proud to admit that the romance genre was my passion. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out many smart, creative, thoughtful, well-educated women are reading romances (and our status as houswives, or not, is beyond the point). We raise families, nurture careers, create art, and break through barriers personally and professionally without expecting to have our problems solved by a billionaire into kinky sex. We sure as hell aren’t longing to be thrown over the back of a horse and ridden away with (though if you are, I don’t judge!). Here's part one of how things are evolving in the romance genre… Read More 12345…148
April 30, 2018 Bad Romance part 2: The romance genre needs better critique, not more gatekeepers Though romance novels have always centered relationships and women, there’s no argument that issues of consent and coercion abound in the genre's shady past. Consider the conflicted relationships readers have with Kathleen Woodwiss’ The Flame and the Flower, a novel that is said to have started the modern “bodice ripper” romance genre. Here's part two analyzing the romance genre in books… Read More 12 Comments April 27, 2018 Bad Romance: Yes, I'm a feminist who loves romance novels (+ a Seattle event on May 8th!) I, like a lot of romance readers and writers, wasn’t always proud to admit that the romance genre was my passion. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out many smart, creative, thoughtful, well-educated women are reading romances (and our status as houswives, or not, is beyond the point). We raise families, nurture careers, create art, and break through barriers personally and professionally without expecting to have our problems solved by a billionaire into kinky sex. We sure as hell aren’t longing to be thrown over the back of a horse and ridden away with (though if you are, I don’t judge!). Here's part one of how things are evolving in the romance genre… Read More 12345…148
12 Comments April 27, 2018 Bad Romance: Yes, I'm a feminist who loves romance novels (+ a Seattle event on May 8th!) I, like a lot of romance readers and writers, wasn’t always proud to admit that the romance genre was my passion. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out many smart, creative, thoughtful, well-educated women are reading romances (and our status as houswives, or not, is beyond the point). We raise families, nurture careers, create art, and break through barriers personally and professionally without expecting to have our problems solved by a billionaire into kinky sex. We sure as hell aren’t longing to be thrown over the back of a horse and ridden away with (though if you are, I don’t judge!). Here's part one of how things are evolving in the romance genre… Read More 12345…148