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Today I received a proposition! no, it's not a spam email from some dating site. The promoter of an Italian Literature Festival, with a fondness for romance, asked me to held a one hour panel to the next festival on How to Write an Harlequin Romance and Being Published... well, I'm surprised, since first I'm not a writer and so I don't know nothing on How to Write and second I'm not the "classical" Harlequin romance reader...

The fact is that finally, in Italy, Italian romance authors begin to have an audience (more than 90% of the romance in Italy is translated romance from UK and USA), and the Festival wants to organize an intense workshop to help them.

I think that I will accept the offer, I'm quite an ego-woman and I like to talk of romance, so... I need to dust off my Harlequin romance remembrance and maybe, if in the audience someone will ask me what I actually read...

Comments

[snowmore.livejournal.com]

Elisa!! What a great opportunity.

Even if you don't write, you know what you like to read. You're an expert in reading romance.

I hope you have a great time.

in the audience someone will ask me what I actually read

Stand up and say it proudly. Tell them how refreshing and beautiful male romance and love is.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I have an idea to do so :-) Elisa

[aleighjones.livejournal.com]

That's so exciting! Congratulations!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it's quite exciting in fact. Hope that I will not doing a bad impression :-) Elisa

[laurazel.livejournal.com]

EVVAIII!!! sono orgogliosissima, davvero!!! <3
E se qualcuno chiede cosa leggi attualmente, non fregartene nulla dei bigotti e proclamalo con orgoglio!
YAY!!! <3

PS: A proposito cara, quando controllai la mail via web la scorsa volta la tua mail riguardante l'header c'era... son tornata a casa e ho scaricato la posta e la tua mail non è arrivata... son tornata sul web e della mail nessuna traccia.
Non ci capisco nulla...
Potresti rimandarmela? A questo punto mi domando se effettivamente tu me l'abbia mandata o è stato solo uno scherzo della mia mente affaticata... -____-

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Grazie Laura, cercherò di introdurre l'argomento senza rischiare il linciaggio!

Certo che te l'ho mandata la mail, adesso guardo se ce l'ho ancora nella posta inviata altrimenti la riscrivo :-)

Elisa

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

P.S. Ma tu abiti in Puglia giusto? Il Festival si terrà a Matera in Settembre... magari potresti fare un salto... Elisa

[laurazel.livejournal.com]

ARRIVATA MAIL!!! Ora sono sicura di non essere pazza LOL! XD

Ma dai davvero si terrà a Matera? Caspita in un paio d'ore di macchina sono lì! Quindi a settembre prossimo, cioè tra un annetto scarso! Ma che bello! Per allora avrò finito anche Roulette e di lì a poco starà uscendo il monografico tutto suo! Che bello sarebbe se te lo portassi di persona! <3<3<3

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Dai su allora, ti tengo aggiornata e se alla fine ci vado davvero ci organizziamo, mi farebbe davvero piacere incontrarti di persona.

P.S. ma la smetti di regalarmi i libri? Io sono drogata e non posso rifiutare, ma ogni tanto potrei anche comprarli :-)

Elisa

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

That's so exciting, Elisa! I tell people they need to read your blog to know more about the romance and m/m writing industry. You are an awesome resource. I hope you can do this panel!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thanks Anah. This will be more a traditional romance festival, so it will be more about the history of romance, but I think that I will like it. Elisa

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

Think of how much you can learn there, too. :) I'm excited to hear what you come back with. I think the traditional romance industry has a bearing on our m/m romance, too, so it's important to know about it. I'm lucky that Dianne knows romance so well (she has been reading romances for years), because I have only just started learning in the last two years.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I have more than 20 years as romance reader behind my shoulders, and it's never too late to try something new, like me two years ago with M/M romance. Elisa

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

How WONDERFUL!

Why not visit Harlequin's website and download (and translate!) their submission requirements?

Do you have to stick primarily to Harlequin? That's the biggie, of course, but what might make sense, if the audience is big enough, for some enterprising Italian publisher to start a line. Even a small press, e-books to print the way Linden Bay does, might take off. (I would say why don't you start such a business yourself, but that's a big job and you might not want it!)

I'm so glad your work and enthusiasm is getting some big-time recognition!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes, probably I will start from Harlequin guidelines and how they, sometimes, don't respect the market demand... I need to think about it, but I have a lot of time, the festival will be next autumn. Elisa

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

If anyone can do it you can, you maintain a very large database and you have a very scholarly approach to the romantic novel on the whole... And you like it! So people will get as caught up in your enthusiasm as I always do! Good for you!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thanks LauraLyn! I will let them know as it will go. Elisa

[julesjones]

Oh, that's excellent news. Congratulations. :-)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thanks Jules, I'm always happy when I have the chance to talk of romance. Elisa

[pandorasvase.livejournal.com]

Congratulazioni! ^_^

Sarebbe davvero bello se, con qualche spintarella qui e lì, iniziassero a tradurre qualche manlove romance *.*

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

un passo alla volta, chissà, magari... io sono per la strategia dell'attacco dall'interno :-)

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome. Congratulations! I think you'll do a great job.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I will let you know how it will go. Elisa