Hey it is almost V Day…. there is a nice article in a paper regarding romance. Some interesting quotes from Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jayne Ann Krentz and Lisa Plumley
‘Love really does conquer all’
I am not sure I completely agree with SEP on her feelings regarding the word but I think this is a great quote:
“They might call them trashy books to my face once, but they don’t do it twice,” Phillips says. “Very little riles me about things I hear about the genre, but that one does.
“Saying they’re trashy books is basically attacking all the things women hold dear… family, love community… It’s an insult to the millions of women who read romance.”
I’m curious, why don’t you agree with SEP?
Hell if I remember the post is like a year old AND I can’t even find the flipping link to the article anymore
stupid paper
I would think it is prolly cuz I really don’t find the word ‘trashy’ all that bad. Do I find it fitting for romance? In most cases no. Do I take offense to it? No, do I see it as insulting no. BUT I can understand what she is saying.
I think most of it goes to a great post that Barbara Samuels did recently at RtB: Never Apologize for Reading Romance
of course like I said who knows what I was thinking at the time… 🙂