tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post116093199199592037..comments2024-02-02T06:07:56.982+00:00Comments on LIVING THE HISTORY: Covered up!Elizabeth Chadwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1161373948948308872006-10-20T19:52:00.000+00:002006-10-20T19:52:00.000+00:00In many circles I've frequented over the years, th...In many circles I've frequented over the years, there has been a holy trinity of women "historical" writers...yourself, Sharon Kay Penman and Barbara Erskine. I've read all three. I find Penman tedious and Erskine repetative. But you my dear are an original and always will be.<BR/><BR/>Regarding romance and historicals, there's a traditional break...romance with historical elements and historicals with romantic elements. I believe your books fall into the latter of the two. I've learned more about the English monarchy reading your books than I ever did in history class!!<BR/><BR/>~Kemberlee, adding up one more vote for S&S on AAR...good luck!!Kemberleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01526177270694486600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1161075354978261202006-10-17T08:55:00.000+00:002006-10-17T08:55:00.000+00:00Gabriele, thanks for voting for 'Shadows'. I loved...Gabriele, thanks for voting for 'Shadows'. I loved looking through all the categories. If Angels Burn was a good one, although my fancy was particularly tickled by The Moon Witch because I liked the colours and the look of it from a distance.<BR/>KC, I don't consider my books to be romance either in the straight hero/heroine tradition. But they are romantic. I think these days I straddle the line between writing the romantic and the straight historical. Were I to be put on a 'similar to' list for readers, I would cite Anya Seton, Roberta Gellis and Sharon Kay Penman. Of the three, Gellis is closest to romance, Seton in the middle (like me) and Penman at the straight end, but all within that particular bracket. Others might categorise differently, but that's where I personally see myself. Mostly I think my books would be shelved under literature and general fiction. I am a member of the Romantic Novelists Association in the UK, but it is a very broad church and its members run from category romance writers through to authors of literary fiction and all stops in between.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1161051909499511312006-10-17T02:25:00.000+00:002006-10-17T02:25:00.000+00:00I loved the cover contest. I had not realized what...I loved the cover contest. I had not realized what a renaissance the romance book cover industry had undergone. I have to admit that it's a section of the bookstore I never visit. See, I do not personally consider your books Romance. I consider them Historicals, and if they were carried in the stores here in the states, I would look for them in the Literature & Fiction section.<BR/><BR/>And of course, I voted for your cover!KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300302671699284234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-1161034916352573482006-10-16T21:41:00.000+00:002006-10-16T21:41:00.000+00:00This is a very beautiful cover. I voted for it bec...This is a very beautiful cover. I voted for it because I honestly like it best of the 10.<BR/><BR/>I found another familar cover in the contest: Lynn Viehl's <I>If Angels Burn</I> which is definitely the sexiest in the Alternate Reality category.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com