So yesterday I was celebrating the fact that No Holding Back was being reissued in the Harlequin Treasury ... Celebrating because this is a book that is 16+ years old and has come round again for readers to get a chance to read it.And today I discover that in an article in the Telegraph the cover of this book - this sixteen year old book is being used to illustrate an article about the reasons why Mills & Boon books are 'bad' for women because they cause marital breakdown . Can I say same old same old?
And in the case of the Violet Winspear book also used to illustrate this accurate and up to date article - not! - the poor lady died in 1989 - and the book illustrated came out in 1961!
Can I just say those couple of little words over again - accurate and up to date?
And as for the fat that we romance writers never ever include the use of a condom in our love scenes . . .yawn! Probably not in 1961 but as I just wrote a love scene where the heroine had the condoms with her in her handbag . .. get some accurate information journalists!
Still, it was nice to see my elderly book get a showing
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Ohhh, no! Again?
*yawn* I do wonder whether these people have ever bothered to read a M&B!
Don't get me started.
You are spot on Kate, as always.
The covers are only part of it. I am astonished that this rubbish was accepted in a respected medical journal.
Insulting, denegrating and arrogant.
I shall make a point of toasting every romance writer and reader at the RNA conference tomorrow.
And raspberries to those who want to knock down any reader who aspires to a better relationship.
[ deep breath. must save energy to write even more marriage breaking romance and not waste it on nonsense like that]
Rock on writers.
Grrrr. Same old same old. It does make my blood boil! Caroline x p.s you could rather cheekily send her one of your newer books so she can read a *real* M&B rather than just cut and paste some photo's of old book covers and write nonsense!
Why don't they rather concentrate their expertise on relevant health issues and publish that in medical journals instead!
Romance novels are FICTION make believe fairy tales not factual facts. If only they took they time to read one of the books they would noticed that it states clearly in front pages that story is based on actual person or events.
Definitely won't stop me buying or recommending people to read romances!!!
So there ;o)
LOL .... oops meant to say "story is NOT based on actual person and/or events"
Obviously they did not do their research!
This makes me laugh. Violet W is the first romantic novelist I ever remember reading and I was in my early teens. For someone who started out reading these books early - I've been married for seventeen years! First marriage too. I don't think that's a bad track record. Do you?
A old uni friend sent me the link to a similar article that claimed Mills & Boons pose threats to women's sexual and emotional health. I got pretty defensive, because I knew he'd believed the article without having ever read a M&B!
They need to get their facts straight and stop generalising about the genre. Thanks for the rant, Kate!
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