tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909499415024110876.post8891998563329710274..comments2023-04-16T03:31:05.100-07:00Comments on A Pleasant Book: Harlequin Mills and Boon have a Dirty SecretFiona Marsdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00483455541888759566noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909499415024110876.post-27025979407577921262012-04-29T14:38:50.967-07:002012-04-29T14:38:50.967-07:00Hi Fiona,
I enjoy your posts. I loved reading the...Hi Fiona,<br /><br />I enjoy your posts. I loved reading the 70's M&B with the virgin heroines and now I also love all these hot steamy reads! Maybe because I needed those virgin heroines back then! And my own life evolved so I enjoy today's stories now. <br /><br />But if I do come across a vintage M&B- I definitely read it again!Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909499415024110876.post-66809020309988283452012-04-26T19:53:25.935-07:002012-04-26T19:53:25.935-07:00Thanks for the responses. It is interesting to ma...Thanks for the responses. It is interesting to mark the changes over the years. Some of my earliest vintage romances date from the thirties and in some ways the stories were more daring than the ones from the sixties and seventies. I have one from the late thirties where the heroine contracts a bigamous marriage as a teenager and bears a child who she lost. She meets the hero six years later. A movingly told story that makes me cry every time.<br />Absolutely love the "staging Swan lake in a phone booth" quote. So very apt. It is amazing how much solid worth is being fitted into a relatively small book and getting smaller.Fiona Marsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483455541888759566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909499415024110876.post-64852535894327457482012-04-26T09:57:48.312-07:002012-04-26T09:57:48.312-07:00A fascnating post Fiona - thank you. As an author ...A fascnating post Fiona - thank you. As an author who has now been writing for more than 25 years, the changes in romance writing/publishing have been a challenge and a fascination. It always makes me smile when romances are accused of always staying the same and never altering as times change for women and the readers we write for - but as your post shows the romance writing world is a growing, developing 'living' thing. Some changes will please, some less so but at least the books don't stagnate. <br /><br />Christine - I love that saying "staging Swan Lake in a phone booth." I must remember that!Kate Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909499415024110876.post-65556765490667405242012-04-26T07:01:34.567-07:002012-04-26T07:01:34.567-07:00I love this post! I am so glad Wendy shared this o...I love this post! I am so glad Wendy shared this on Twitter. What a brilliant essay on the changes made in the romance world of Mills & Boon. I loved those "safe" stories so much when I was a teenager and young woman. Now I am trying to write the modern stories that make women think a bit more. The greatest challenge is to write a "novel" in 50,000 words or less. As one author stated, it's like "staging Swan Lake in a phone booth." I should go back and read the originals as a lesson.<br /><br />Thanks for this post.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909499415024110876.post-45305758029798295022012-04-26T06:14:44.539-07:002012-04-26T06:14:44.539-07:00Another great post, Fiona! I, too, have different ...Another great post, Fiona! I, too, have different reads for different moods. Sometimes I feel like a good historical read. And I have my favorite comfort reads. But I also enjoy fast-paced, sexy reads with spark. And I do believe Harlequin Mills and Boon has something for everyone!Wendy S Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590562856819593365noreply@blogger.com