Remember the A/V room in high school? Here’s my version – and no, I’m not making out with my husband in there. I’ve collected my radio, print, web and video appearances. There’s nothing quite like YouTube to make me wish I could go back in time and fix my hair.
On April 11, 2009, Candy and I were guests on NPR’s All Things Considered Weekend Edition, talking about romance, Bosoms, and book recommendations – and convincing the host to try a romance novel.
Listen now! Click the play button above.
You can read a transcript online, and check out additional materials, including a flow chart from the book and additional audio on the NPR site.
Update: she did! And she liked it!
So…I decided to try another of your faves, Lord of Scoundrels. I proudly displayed that cheesy ripped-bodice cover (and what’s with the swirly pink title font?) on the DC Metro. I was so into it I missed my stop. TWICE. I started to resent any demands on my time that weren’t Lord of Scoundrels. Like work. And motherhood.
When I was done, and the spell was broken, I tried to figure out why I had been so spellbound. The swaggering hero brought low by a woman who wasn’t afraid of him? The super hot sex scenes (in other words, swaggering hero brought low by a woman who wasn’t afraid of him)? I think, actually, it was the fact that the author seemed to not take herself or her characters too seriously. I think maybe that’s why I was so willing (before I was enlightened by you bitches) to dismiss Romance novels as crap—all that throbbing loins and pulsing womanhood seemed so deadly earnest and tedious.
So, I tried another Loretta Chase, Not Quite a Lady. Loved it. I love that her female leads are unapologetically delighted by sex. I love that the male leads find that hot, not suspect. The books were similar, but different enough that I stayed interested.
So thank you, bitches, for knocking off some of my blind assumptions. I think romance novels for me are like warm chocolate donuts: a steady diet would be a little much, but now and then they’re exactly what you want.
In April 2009, I was featured at “Virgin Night” at the In the Flesh erotica reading series. This event was smackingly memorable for a host of reasons, from the KinkyJews.com paddles and the mini cupcakes to the fact that this was the event my mother in law attended. And she heckled me – though you can’t really hear her in the video. Read More…
Update! Check out the winner of our Videomo Contest, where readers of our site created a book trailer™ for Beyond Heaving Bosoms. Lindsey Faber won with this star-studded parody about the power of Luuurrrrrrve™. Read More…
