North American Romance Writers

Collects essays by contemporary North American romance authors, each with her own take on the romance novel today.

Kay Mussell received her Ph.D. in American civilization at the University of Iowa. She is currently professor of literature and American studies at American University, where she also serves as associate dean of academic affairs. Johanna Tunon is working on her Ed.D. in instructional technology and distance education from Nova Southeastern University. She is currently head of distance library services at NSU's Einstein Library in Fort Lauderdale.

List of Abbreviations

ix

(2)

Preface

xi

(2)

Acknowledgments

xiii

Kay Mussell

Introduction

1

(10)

Judith Arnold

This I Do for Me

11

(8)

Mary Balogh

Do It Passionately or Not at All

19

(10)

Jo Beverley

An Honorable Profession: The Romance Writer and Her Characters

29

(8)

Loretta Chekani

Historical Romance--The Path I've Taken

37

(8)

Sue Civil-Brown

The Defense Rests

45

(8)

Judy Cuevas

On Writing, Art, Issues, and Publishing in Spite of It All

53

(6)

Sharon Curtis

Tom Curtis

An Act of Faith

59

(6)

Justine Dare Davis

From Badge to Books, or "You Wear a Badge and You Write What?"

65

(8)

Eileen Dreyer

And I Still Write Romance

73

(6)

Kathleen Eagle

Forget the Fluff

79

(8)

Patricia Gaffney

Coming Out of the Closet and Locking It Behind Us

87

(6)

Alison Hart

The Key Formula in Romance: A Woman's Quest

93

(8)

Lorraine Heath

Gentle Heroes

101

(4)

Tami Hoag

The Contemporary Heroine: A Woman for Out Time

105

(8)

Susan Johnson

The Joy of Writing

113

(6)

Dara Joy

The Heroine as Modern Role Model

119

(4)

Lynn Kerstan

In Praise of Love and Folly

123

(8)

Sandra Kitt

Telling Tales Out of School

131

(4)

Susan Krinard

Pushing the Boundaries: The Challenge of Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance

135

(6)

Jill Marie Landis

Everything Old Looks New Again

141

(6)

Pamela Morsi

A Working Class Romance

147

(6)

Maggie Osborne

Heading for a Happy Ending

153

(6)

Mary Jo Putney

The Writer's Journey: Like a Lemming over a Cliff

159

(8)

Alicia Rasley

Paradox in Balance

167

(6)

Emilie Richards

The Things We've Always Known

173

(8)

Paula Detmer Riggs

Taboo or Not Taboo: That Is the Question

181

(10)

Nora Roberts

The Romance of Writing

191

(12)

Barbara Samuel

The Art of Romance Novels

203

(6)

Kathleen Gilles Seidel

"I Can Pay the Rent": Money in the Romance Novel

209

(12)

Jennifer Crusie Smith

Why I Occasionally Think About Not Writing Romance Any More/Why I Know I'll Continue to Write Romance Until They Pry My Cold Dead Fingers from Around My Keyboard

221

(6)

Johanna Tunon

Bibliography

227

(46)

Index

273

(6)

About the Editors

279

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