In memory of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Kathleen Erin Woodiwiss (June 3, 1939 – July 6, 2007) pioneered the historical romance genre with the 1972 publication of her novel The Flame and the Flower.

Her debut novel, The Flame and the Flower, was rejected by agents and hardcover publishers as being too long at 600 pages. Rather than follow the advice of the rejection letters and rewrite the novel, Woodiwiss instead submitted it to paperback publishers. The first publisher on her list, Avon, quickly purchased the novel and arranged an initial 500,000 print run. The Flame and the Flower was revolutionary, featuring an epic historical romance with a strong heroine and actual sex scenes. This novel, published in 1972, sold over 2.3 million copies in its first four years of publication and is credited with spawning the modern romance genre, becoming the first romance novel "to [follow] the principals into the bedroom."

Many modern romance novelists cite Woodiwiss as their inspiration. Julia Quinn remarked that "Woodiwiss made women want to read. She gave them an alternative to Westerns and hard-boiled police procedurals. When I was growing up, I saw my mother and grandmother reading and enjoying romances, and when I was old enough to read them myself, I felt as if I had been admitted into a special sisterhood of reading women."

Woodiwiss published twelve best-selling romance novels, with over thirty-six million copies in print. Woodiwiss was known for the quality of her novels rather than the quantity of works she published. She often took four to five years to write a single novel. In some cases, Woodiwiss attributed the lag in publication time to personal and health issues, while in others she confessed to having suffered burnout and needing a rest to recover her interest in writing. 

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/17713000/

In memory of Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Kathleen Erin Woodiwiss (June 3, 1939 – July 6, 2007) pioneered the historical romance genre with the 1972 publication of her novel The Flame and the Flower.

Her debut novel, The Flame and the Flower, was rejected by agents and hardcover publishers as being too long at 600 pages. Rather than follow the advice of the rejection letters and rewrite the novel, Woodiwiss instead submitted it to paperback publishers. The first publisher on her list, Avon, quickly purchased the novel and arranged an initial 500,000 print run. The Flame and the Flower was revolutionary, featuring an epic historical romance with a strong heroine and actual sex scenes. This novel, published in 1972, sold over 2.3 million copies in its first four years of publication and is credited with spawning the modern romance genre, becoming the first romance novel "to [follow] the principals into the bedroom."

Many modern romance novelists cite Woodiwiss as their inspiration. Julia Quinn remarked that "Woodiwiss made women want to read. She gave them an alternative to Westerns and hard-boiled police procedurals. When I was growing up, I saw my mother and grandmother reading and enjoying romances, and when I was old enough to read them myself, I felt as if I had been admitted into a special sisterhood of reading women."

Woodiwiss published twelve best-selling romance novels, with over thirty-six million copies in print. Woodiwiss was known for the quality of her novels rather than the quantity of works she published. She often took four to five years to write a single novel. In some cases, Woodiwiss attributed the lag in publication time to personal and health issues, while in others she confessed to having suffered burnout and needing a rest to recover her interest in writing. 

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/17713000/

Tail-tell Signs of Trouble by Misa Izanaki

This is a short funny romp. Kale, the owner of the club where Aoi (from Between a Fox and a Hard Place series) is working, is on a relationship with Dante since a year. Believing Dante too "innocent" to be up to his dominant side, Kale has drop his Dom attitude. But little Dante is a total brat and when he happens to know that his lover was a former Master Dom, he decides to go on his worst behavior to obtain the right reaction from his lover.

The story is very short, but it's funny. In a near future, people can modify their bodies as they like, and Dante choose a "devil" look, with little horns and a lion tail. And now his tail has a will of its own, putting Dante in even more trouble of what he is searching.

Fast and sexy reading, right for a relaxing break.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=107&products_id=1371

Series: Between a Fox and a Hard Place
0) Naughty: Sex and Presents
1) Threesome: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/287881.html
2) Geas: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/288448.html 
3) Home: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/333612.html
3.1) Tail-tell Signs of Trouble

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading+list&view=elisa.rolle 

Tail-tell Signs of Trouble by Misa Izanaki

This is a short funny romp. Kale, the owner of the club where Aoi (from Between a Fox and a Hard Place series) is working, is on a relationship with Dante since a year. Believing Dante too "innocent" to be up to his dominant side, Kale has drop his Dom attitude. But little Dante is a total brat and when he happens to know that his lover was a former Master Dom, he decides to go on his worst behavior to obtain the right reaction from his lover.

The story is very short, but it's funny. In a near future, people can modify their bodies as they like, and Dante choose a "devil" look, with little horns and a lion tail. And now his tail has a will of its own, putting Dante in even more trouble of what he is searching.

Fast and sexy reading, right for a relaxing break.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=107&products_id=1371

Series: Between a Fox and a Hard Place
0) Naughty: Sex and Presents
1) Threesome: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/287881.html
2) Geas: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/288448.html 
3) Home: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/333612.html
3.1) Tail-tell Signs of Trouble

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading+list&view=elisa.rolle 

Nina Pierce: How Many Tilling Passions!

I just added a new post to the "Chatting with" series on "Rosa is for Romance".

Nina Pierce: How Many Tilling Passions!

"Let me tell you a little bit about me. I made the leap into the writing world three years ago when medical issues forced my retirement from teaching. Always one to make lemonade out of lemons, I decided I couldn’t sit around and do nothing, so I took a writing course. It opened the flood gate for the creative side of me and the words just poured out. I sat down and wrote my first novel the summer following my retirement. And let me tell you … it was baaaad with a capital “B”. (It’s now gathering dust in a notebook under the couch in my office.) LOL! But I learned so much about myself, my writing style, and the process of going from “Once upon a time…” to “They lived happily ever after”!

It’s been a wonderful journey so far. I absolutely fall in love with all the characters I create. People ask me all the time if I have a favorite and I always tell them whomever I’m working on at the moment! I have found that my books tend to have dead people in them. I’m not sure why that happens. LOL! Not that there’s blood and gore … just mystery and suspense seems to follow my characters. I try to give my stories unexpected twists and turns for my readers.

My debut novel, The Healer’s Garden, was published in December 2007 by Liquid Silver Books. It’s an erotic suspense story that takes place in the 22nd century."

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/17716348/

Nina Pierce: How Many Tilling Passions!

I just added a new post to the "Chatting with" series on "Rosa is for Romance".

Nina Pierce: How Many Tilling Passions!

"Let me tell you a little bit about me. I made the leap into the writing world three years ago when medical issues forced my retirement from teaching. Always one to make lemonade out of lemons, I decided I couldn’t sit around and do nothing, so I took a writing course. It opened the flood gate for the creative side of me and the words just poured out. I sat down and wrote my first novel the summer following my retirement. And let me tell you … it was baaaad with a capital “B”. (It’s now gathering dust in a notebook under the couch in my office.) LOL! But I learned so much about myself, my writing style, and the process of going from “Once upon a time…” to “They lived happily ever after”!

It’s been a wonderful journey so far. I absolutely fall in love with all the characters I create. People ask me all the time if I have a favorite and I always tell them whomever I’m working on at the moment! I have found that my books tend to have dead people in them. I’m not sure why that happens. LOL! Not that there’s blood and gore … just mystery and suspense seems to follow my characters. I try to give my stories unexpected twists and turns for my readers.

My debut novel, The Healer’s Garden, was published in December 2007 by Liquid Silver Books. It’s an erotic suspense story that takes place in the 22nd century."

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/17716348/