tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020653850161663700.post9007160768208025749..comments2024-03-25T03:14:46.787-04:00Comments on Across the Board: How I Learned to Embrace Romance: A Personal Romance Evolution (Guest Post with Karissa Laurel)Stephen Kozeniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185600045044927669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020653850161663700.post-8690885394814097442018-04-10T16:01:34.020-04:002018-04-10T16:01:34.020-04:00Thanks for letting me post. I completely agree wit...Thanks for letting me post. I completely agree with you about the formulas, the repetition, the perfection. Some fans love the tropes and formulas, but I'm like you and tend to want to find themes that are a little more original. My friend Katy Rose Guest Pryal writes Romances that focus on characters with mental illness. She's a disability advocate and it shows in her books.I highly recommend her Hollywood LIghts series.Karissa Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395746370489034293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020653850161663700.post-15173625396608448512018-04-10T15:57:02.295-04:002018-04-10T15:57:02.295-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karissa Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395746370489034293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020653850161663700.post-6084716157773068672018-04-10T15:54:35.680-04:002018-04-10T15:54:35.680-04:00Thanks so much for having me. I could talk about R...Thanks so much for having me. I could talk about Romance and all the rights and wrongs of the genre for many, many, pages, but I'm undoubtedly a huge fan. I look forward to writing (and reading) more romance in the years to come.Karissa Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395746370489034293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020653850161663700.post-7988329402537012142018-04-09T17:23:22.963-04:002018-04-09T17:23:22.963-04:00Thanks for visiting us this week, Karissa! Great p...Thanks for visiting us this week, Karissa! Great post. I read a lot of different genres and find that with romance I'm either 'all in' or 'on a break'. I've been trying to change that by slipping in a romance between other reads, or reading one while listening to an audiobook in a different genre. It's not that I don't respect the romance genre, but I do find it can get very repetitive. For me, it's been difficult to find romance books with unique story lines or ones that don't hit me over the head every couple pages with the reminder of how 'perfect' every character in the book looks. I'll keep reading and searching though, because they can be very good for my soul when I find one I can connect with. I'm looking forward to checking out your work!Carrie Beckorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04324065022504846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020653850161663700.post-87849653219519590292018-04-09T16:00:13.159-04:002018-04-09T16:00:13.159-04:00Welcome to Across the Board from a fellow romance ...Welcome to Across the Board from a fellow romance writer! I've thought a lot about why romance is bashed so much and I have A LOT of thoughts. Definitely too many for a blog comment. But romance is also powerful -- women know what they want and aren't afraid to ask for it. AND they get their happy ever after. That can be awfully empowering. And threatening. Congratulations on embracing the romance genre. I think it's a pretty fabulous place to be. :) Brenda St John Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995664320021950254noreply@blogger.com