http://www.rwa-wf.com/2009/12/30/women-writers-in-the-news-2/ women's fiction for romance lovers Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:01:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.rwa-wf.com/2009/12/30/women-writers-in-the-news-2/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Marilyn Brant Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:36:00 +0000 http://www.rwa-wf.com/?p=1021#comment-194 Thanks so much for sharing this, Edie. That's good news about WF novels having a banner year in 2009. And I've been reading about quite a few recent WF sales on Publishers Marketplace recently, too. :) Happy New Year! Thanks so much for sharing this, Edie. That’s good news about WF novels having a banner year in 2009. And I’ve been reading about quite a few recent WF sales on Publishers Marketplace recently, too. Happy New Year!

]]> http://www.rwa-wf.com/2009/12/30/women-writers-in-the-news-2/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Betty Bolte Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:42:37 +0000 http://www.rwa-wf.com/?p=1021#comment-192 Thanks for sharing this article. I'm not surprised either, but in reality I don't write to win awards. Sure, it would be nice. But the lives of the characters peopling my little head and their struggles (both to reach their goals and to get out of my little head!) are what drives me to write the stories that I do. I hope others will enjoy reading about them. Many of the classics that I studied in grad school were exploring deeper social themes of the day. And while the "classics" are still studied in college today they are not generally on many people's to-be-read lists. I'd rather write a story that is thought provoking and reveals some insight into another way of living for the reader than to expose some social injustice, perhaps, or become too literary. If that is part of the story then fine, of course, but it's not my goal. But again, thanks for posting this intriguing commentary. Thanks for sharing this article. I’m not surprised either, but in reality I don’t write to win awards. Sure, it would be nice. But the lives of the characters peopling my little head and their struggles (both to reach their goals and to get out of my little head!) are what drives me to write the stories that I do. I hope others will enjoy reading about them. Many of the classics that I studied in grad school were exploring deeper social themes of the day. And while the “classics” are still studied in college today they are not generally on many people’s to-be-read lists. I’d rather write a story that is thought provoking and reveals some insight into another way of living for the reader than to expose some social injustice, perhaps, or become too literary. If that is part of the story then fine, of course, but it’s not my goal. But again, thanks for posting this intriguing commentary.

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