tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post2366613441911254616..comments2024-03-28T07:46:42.106-04:00Comments on Margaret Moore: Reviews and RespectMargaret Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-37700423941248547302007-04-30T07:13:00.000-04:002007-04-30T07:13:00.000-04:00EXCELLENT POST! Obviously lots of people read roma...EXCELLENT POST! Obviously lots of people read romance and don't admit it -- it's not just me and Kimber buying all these books!<BR/><BR/>It's like the GIl Deacon show looking for people ready to defend thier romance habit on TV. WHy do we have to defend that habit? WHy don't mystery readers have to defend thiers -- personally I blame Fabio.<BR/><BR/>I think Romances are being better percieved too - I think better covers - chick lit and women's fiction which brought us a bunch of new fans. Interesting - very interesting.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-37908075053978117432007-04-28T22:12:00.000-04:002007-04-28T22:12:00.000-04:00Great point, Kimber, I'd never thought about it. W...Great point, Kimber, I'd never thought about it. We're the highest selling genre, so we do get respect through actual sales, which is the highest form of respect. <BR/><BR/>I do think a lot of people read romance, but don't necessarily admit it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-30915614977892627982007-04-27T14:14:00.000-04:002007-04-27T14:14:00.000-04:00I didn't mean to imply that romance readers don't ...I didn't mean to imply that romance readers don't respect the genre. They do -- and so do most romance reviewers, as well as writers and publishers. It's people outside the romance world who demean both the writers and readers. That's why I think the education would be more effective if it came from people not so closely tied to the romance industry.<BR/><BR/>Glad you can comment again, too!Margaret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-8871619560427147702007-04-27T13:39:00.000-04:002007-04-27T13:39:00.000-04:00Yay, blogger is letting me comment again!I think t...Yay, blogger is letting me comment again!<BR/><BR/>I think that romance authors constantly talking about how romance doesn't get any respect doesn't help the situation. I've read those words so often that even I'm starting to believe its true (repetition of a message engrains it on my brain).<BR/><BR/>Its also kind of demeaning to fans. I spend thousands of dollars on romances a year. How much more respect can authors want? Isn't me voting with my hard earned paycheck enough?<BR/><BR/>Reading the business classic How To Win Friends & Influence People (want a good laugh? Read that in public) and Dale Carnegie states that arguing never persuades anyone, if anything it leads them to feel stronger in their convictions. Too true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com