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Myth, Lore, Legends, and Heroes

Myth, Lore, Legends, and Heroes

by hollandrae | Apr 8, 2019 | Art, Characters, Heroines, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, Reading, Research, Writing

I recently finished the novel Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, the story of Achilles’s and Patrocles’s eternal love that ultimately led to the end of the Trojan War. The story is brilliant, beautiful and incredibly told and when I was planning the next creative...
The Romance Novel Isn’t…

The Romance Novel Isn’t…

by hollandrae | Aug 20, 2018 | Art, Characters, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Research, Romance Novels, RWA, Statistics, Women, Women's Rights

  Busting the Myths and Misconceptions Around Fiction’s Most Valuable Genre The romance genre is not new. Since the age of Austen and Bronte, romance has reigned, from the quiet, brown paper bag covers, to the shelves of the grocery store, from the bodice rippers...
Converting the Non-Believer

Converting the Non-Believer

by hollandrae | Jan 15, 2018 | Characters, Feminism, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Romance Novels, RWA, Uncategorized, Women, Women's Rights

As anyone who is familiar with the genre can attest, romance novels had consistently faced mockery, lack of acknowledgment and derision as a women’s genre in what can old be described as a last-ditch effort by the old order to keep women’s interests, pleasures, and...
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