tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.comments2015-05-04T18:31:17.449-07:00The Misadventures Of Super LibrarianWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger14574125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-3284024910208705362015-05-04T18:31:17.449-07:002015-05-04T18:31:17.449-07:00In the years since I joined Romancelandia I&#39;ve...In the years since I joined Romancelandia I&#39;ve found that people come and go and that hasn&#39;t changed. I&#39;m more careful about what kerfuffles I involve myself in now because I&#39;ve learned a few lessons along the way. And there are plenty of times when my voice adds nothing to the conversation or would only stifle it. I&#39;m actually learning to listen more and for me, that&#39;s a good thing.<br /><br />But I still love reading and I still love talking about books. I still love blogging. <br /><br />I appreciate that some people are not feeling the love but it&#39;s not everyone. I&#39;d venture to guess that just about everyone goes through a period where they&#39;re in a bit of a slump for whatever reason.<br /><br />One thing that can be guaranteed is that the community won&#39;t remain static. It will change. I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s &quot;fractured&quot; - I think it&#39;s changing. Change is difficult. I can&#39;t say I&#39;m a big fan of it myself much of the time but it&#39;s going to happen whether I like it or not.<br /><br />I don&#39;t think any one blog or person speaks for any entire community. I don&#39;t think they should try and I don&#39;t think anyone should fool themselves into thinking their voice is the only voice that matters. And no one voice will be forever relevant. In fact, the only way to *stay* relevant is to change. <br /><br />When I first found Romland, the historical and vampire romance were duking it out for ubiquity. There was hardly a contemporary to be found. Things changed and now the contemporary is king and New Adult is probably the princess. It will change again in time as well. Everything changes. Maybe I&#39;m an optimist but I don&#39;t think things are quite so gloomy. Or, at least they aren&#39;t for me. <br /> Kaetrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-35413215040677924412015-05-04T18:23:19.709-07:002015-05-04T18:23:19.709-07:00Ah Wendy, hugs to you. If you let all this stuff...Ah Wendy, hugs to you. <br /><br />If you let all this stuff get to you, then we end up with one less great reader voice for those of us who prefer not to read big author-run or multi-reviewer, publisher-backed, romance blogs. And, what happens then? <br /><br />The end of your post? That&#39;s how I feel. I began my blog 6 years ago and it has been one disheartening event after another in Romanceland. Lots of changes, few to none for the better in my opinion. Most of the small reader blogs that I visited are gone, and quite a few left from that time slow-blog these days. I don&#39;t read a third of romance books I read back then either. (Lots of SFF and look what happened there!!)<br /><br />Small reader blogs are going the way of the dinosaur. (I hate it because I love, loved, small reader blogs) Comments are next to nil these days since Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads came along. Sigh… very few great book discussions these days. For me anyway since I seldom participate in Twitter discussions. <br /><br />For me my space is my haven away from the real stressors in my life. It&#39;s my &quot;safe place.&quot; And because I love sharing what I read (whatever it may be) with other readers -- lurkers, whoever stops by my small space. It makes me happy. <br /><br />And, I love my small tribe. I&#39;ve met some fantastic people -- women. The real kind, not the &quot;make believe&quot; ones with secret personas. And yes, I hold them tight and appreciate the heck out of them. <br /><br />You are a straight shooter. Keep shooting. The point is not to get disillusioned with Romance (with a capital R) while at the OK Corral. <br />Hilciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765831808358693421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-87579835968567996462015-05-04T17:24:58.142-07:002015-05-04T17:24:58.142-07:00Kristie J: I&#39;m thrilled that you&#39;re bloggi...Kristie J: I&#39;m thrilled that you&#39;re blogging again. It reminds of the good ole days. --Keishon avidmysteryreader.comhttp://avidmysteryreader.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-59764687234375428552015-05-04T16:39:10.551-07:002015-05-04T16:39:10.551-07:00While I have been around Romlandia since 2006, I h...While I have been around Romlandia since 2006, I have less of an emotional attachment to it. I came to it as a reader and aspiring author then as an editor but still always a reader first and foremost. I blog twice a week, but it&#39;s a very small blog with almost no comments. The people I talk to on Twitter, the blogs I visit, (I used to be on Facebook, not anymore), etc. have changed over the years. I was completely outraged over Hale and shocked and disappointed over Dear Author, but it hasn&#39;t had a negative impact on my reading romance. My romance reading however has suffered on its own with changing reading tastes. From a high of only romance from a few years ago, I&#39;m down to less than 50% romance, and that is OK. My love for books and reading is still strong and that is what matters to me.<br /><br />Wendy, I have always visited your blog and followed your tweets. I value what you bring to Romlandia and will continue to follow you around (in a non-creepy way :)Keira Soleorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-66689506200512252792015-05-04T14:33:16.376-07:002015-05-04T14:33:16.376-07:00I hear exactly what you are saying - but I prefer ...I hear exactly what you are saying - but I prefer to remain an optimist and thing it&#39;s just going through changes right now. As you (and anyone who followed(s) me knows, I took a lengthy time out from blogging - it was needed because of personal stuff going on. But I&#39;m back now and the joy in blogging is back too. What helped bring me back was all the friend I had made before. I felt like I had let them all down and even as I was away, I kept thinking I need to blog, I need to blog because just as I care about these people, so they care about me.<br />I did come back to a much different landscape, one I&#39;m not really used to yet. One of the things I managed to avoid during my absence was a lot of the drama that was going on. I was aware on one level about the lawsuit Jane and Dear Author was facing, but not in a real &quot;knowing&quot; kind of way. As to her disclosure, I think it was handled badly, but it&#39;s not changing how I feel about her. She was one of my life lines (as were you) when I was going through such a difficult time when Ron was so ill and after he died.<br />In fact, that&#39;s one of the reasons I CAN&#39;T stop blogging altogether. Even if no one ever visits my small little blog, just writing is so good for me. I don&#39;t have a book in me. Part of me wishes I did, but I just don&#39;t. But I do need to write. It&#39;s as important for me as reading. And as long as I&#39;m writing I have you, and AL and other who are so damned important to me. I&#39;ve said to a lot of people, when I see you at the conferences, even though I haven&#39;t seen you for a year, it&#39;s more like a couple of weeks ago that we last got together.<br />So, think of it as a state of flux right now - and while you do, know that I NEED you and I NEED the romance community. And maybe we are just little pebbles without much of a ripple right now, but ripples spread and spread and more little pebbles and more little pebbles and hopefully once again we will create wonderful waves.Kristie (J)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-81070671264590575222015-05-04T10:37:11.781-07:002015-05-04T10:37:11.781-07:00I understand the frustration. I do. I would subm...I understand the frustration. I do. <br /><br />I would submit, however, that the community isn&#39;t dead ... it HAS changed. Things evolve. They have to. <br /><br />I would also submit that while, yes, it takes the community to keep it alive, it takes one drop at a time to help form the waterfall. We each contribute individually. If you want to stop, then stop. But it needs you, just you, too. <br /><br />But you have to find the inspiration within yourself (again). Find the reason FOR YOURSELF. You are evolving, too. Find the reader in yourself again and find out what she wants to say about it now, not then. Now. For you. We all hit bumps in the road but the stories don&#39;t stop. Stories are fantastic, it doesn&#39;t matter the form. <br /><br />Much love.... PK the Bookeemonsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478996122841311684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-32622582208660515612015-05-04T10:22:30.734-07:002015-05-04T10:22:30.734-07:00Wendy, OMG I totally get it...as an author and as ...Wendy, OMG I totally get it...as an author and as a reader. I have so many thoughts that I&#39;m just going to e-mail you later, when I can give it the attention it deserves. <br /><br />Hugs. And as always, I adore your honesty.<br /><br />Donna xxDonna Alwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08826068694000203655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-89198239096205297132015-05-04T10:00:03.916-07:002015-05-04T10:00:03.916-07:00I watched all 120 or so episodes of Parks &amp; Re...I watched all 120 or so episodes of Parks &amp; Recreation in late winter, but didn’t read much romance. I’ve been worn out with the news about lawsuits, identity revelations, etc. in the community, but I’ve been stressed out IRL, too. <br /><br />I haven’t given up, but I spend more time thinking about why I read certain blogs, removed a couple from my feed because they just aren’t interesting my any more, and generally thinking about how I want to interact with the online community. This is an on-going process.<br /><br />One thing I HAVE concluded is that I need to stake my own tiny claim to good, rather than negative, online things. I considered starting a blog, but decided to being smaller and work my way into it. So on Thursdays on Facebook I’m doing a special thank you post about someone who’s done something positive for me or the world in general. Not many people are responding to it, but that’s fine, because it’s for me, not someone else. Baby steps.kmc1952http://www.blogger.com/profile/01209775902275413055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-21761879155756795572015-05-04T09:53:57.258-07:002015-05-04T09:53:57.258-07:00Oops, that was me above, with my less-used WP logi...Oops, that was me above, with my less-used WP login. *shakes fist at Blogger*<br /><br />AL, I don&#39;t know how widespread the multiple-persona thing is. I just know I&#39;ve seen it quite a few times and it&#39;s bothered me.<br /><br />SunitaSunitahttps://readerwriterville.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-76966077895175820552015-05-04T08:33:51.497-07:002015-05-04T08:33:51.497-07:00Warning: rant ahead I read this post last night a...<b>Warning: rant ahead</b><br /><br />I read this post last night and didn&#39;t know how to respond.<br /><br />I am not on twitter or Facebook, and the more I learn about them, the less likely I am to join either. GoodReads was never my thing, but after selling out to amazon? Zero incentive to make it my thing, even peripherally.<br /><br />Like you, I feel ignored--that lone, small voice no one hears.<br /><br />Then, this morning I read Sunita&#39;s blog post about <a href="https://readerwriterville.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/trust-and-secrets-in-romanceland/" rel="nofollow">trust and secrets in romanceland</a>, and I&#39;m reeling. <br /><br />Am I the only imbecile around who thought that, unless people disclosed it, they only had the one identity?<br /><br />Because from that blog post, it would seem that a number of fairly well known people online are happy to have two or more fully constructed personas, through which they interact with other people without disclosure.<br /><br />Not, mind you, pen names or pseudonyms, against which I have nothing. Hard to, when I have never been online as anything but azteclady myself, since 1999 or so.<br /><br />Then we have the threats. I got a comment on my blog a couple of weeks ago linking to the STGRB site and stating that I should be sued alongside Jane Litte. <br /><br />I didn&#39;t approve the comment, but I didn&#39;t delete it either. It sits there in my pending approval queue, reminding me of the risks I run every time I post anything, including the mildest review.<br /><br />Should I be sued for my opinions? Hell of a world to live in, should that be the case.<br /><br />There is the threat of doxxing, which also looms large for people in fields where most people conflate 50 Shades with porn, and romance with trash. Who wants to lose their job because of their hobby? Who wants to become even more vulnerable to violence, simply because some asshole thought women having opinions and daring to express them, deserve to be raped, beaten, killed?<br /><br />More and more I am taking the stance that I am talking to myself. That there are very few people I can trust to be who and what they say they are--<i>many fewer than I trusted just a few weeks ago.</i><br /><br />Merriam <a href="http://bookthingo.com.au/on-ethical-dilemmas-in-literary-culture/#comment-1427259" rel="nofollow">commented at BookThingo</a>, in part, that:<br /><i>&quot;bloggers need to be running a mental checklist so they are consistent and comfortable with themselves. The mix of friendships, power relationships and business has tripped up a number of people besides Jane in this mess. If they had been asking themselves questions along the way, doing a conscious testing of their ethical approach to their blogging, it might not have trapped them in this public disaster&quot;</i><br /><br />I will continue to be true to my own code of ethics and stop expecting anyone else, with very limited exceptions, to adhere to <i>any</i> code of ethics at all.<br /><br />And I won&#39;t expect anyone to trust me either. Why should they?<br /><br />Sad as hell, but probably a lot less painful than continue to trust people only to be slapped in the face over and over and over with the truth.aztecladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-58325939174704920312015-05-04T08:27:54.918-07:002015-05-04T08:27:54.918-07:00Great post, Wendy. Reading it spurred me to write ...Great post, Wendy. Reading it spurred me to write one I&#39;ve been sitting on for a few weeks too. Thanks, I think? <br /><br />I agree with both you and Lime that the sense of threat has changed things in ways that are profound, as well as different from the past. I don&#39;t know where we go from here. But I&#39;m reading less romance too. I&#39;ll keep reading it because I love it, but I&#39;m definitely talking with fewer people about it, and more privately.saparikhhttps://readerwriterville.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-13695441888818344042015-05-04T08:11:35.991-07:002015-05-04T08:11:35.991-07:00Hi Wendy, I stopped writing romance a few years a...Hi Wendy,<br /><br />I stopped writing romance a few years ago because my kids were at an age where I felt like every minute I could spend with them was precious and I didn&#39;t want to take time away for book deadlines and promo. (I have a full-time job, too.) Anyway, I wanted to let you know that you&#39;ve brought me a lot of joy over the years. <br /><br />I&#39;ve always enjoyed your personal, passionate, independent style of blogging. Your site is fun to read and fun to have in my community. Meeting you at RWA is a great memory for me. <br /><br />I hope you find your joy again. You do something valuable here. <br /><br />Thanks for being here! EllenEllen Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157536256687246821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-61541384887043465522015-05-04T07:38:01.010-07:002015-05-04T07:38:01.010-07:00I feel sad you&#39;re not in a reading stage right...I feel sad you&#39;re not in a reading stage right now. I&#39;m afraid I don&#39;t have any beautiful prose to lure you with to make you want to read all the books within your grasp at this point, but I respect your feelings and I hope you can go through this somehow and your passion for reading wins it over in the end!<br />Take deep breaths and go back to basics, I think... just read for yourself, not to write about it...I don&#39;t know. Just be strong!!S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12010038911071421007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-27221983358166464842015-05-04T06:51:33.644-07:002015-05-04T06:51:33.644-07:00Wendy!! It was great to see you last weekend. I ha...Wendy!! It was great to see you last weekend. I had time to chat with Gen on the way to LA and it was nice to connect and vent with someone who knows romanceland. This last few months has definitely been a low point for me. I felt pretty terrible when I left DA also. I&#39;m sort of a loner anyway and sometimes I forget that I *do* have friends and readers online because everyone is so quiet. So thank you for speaking out. <br /><br />I think one of the reasons people are so quiet is that we get penalized for criticism. I got unfollowed by some longtime readers and friends recently. I still don&#39;t know why. Sonomalass...it hurts.<br /><br />Another reason is that caring seems lack a waste of energy. I&#39;m reading again because I have a stack of books to judge. I had no reading mojo for a few weeks but it came back. I haven&#39;t blogged in ages. I&#39;ve thought about quitting twitter. I&#39;ve thought about quitting *writing*. More lately than any other time in my life. <br /><br />I&#39;d love to see a resurgence in small blogs with lively discussions. Or more group blogs, joint efforts, less isolated cliques. I&#39;m happy to see the comments here and feeling hopeful again. But maybe that&#39;s easy for me to say because I&#39;m an author. Even if the community as I knew it dies, I still have my writing. It&#39;s what keeps me going.Jill Sorensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780655429244358019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-7007255942332914172015-05-04T06:37:49.859-07:002015-05-04T06:37:49.859-07:00Great post as usual, Wendy. I&#39;ve never been al...Great post as usual, Wendy. I&#39;ve never been all that engaged online and I&#39;m glad for it now. Fortunately there are a few in our tribe still talking about what they&#39;re reading, and I need to resolve to do my small bit to add to that.<br /><br />Fortunately, in the middle of all of this I&#39;ve still enjoyed reading romance and I&#39;ve had a ball re-reading through audio books. Thanks for all you do to encourage reading.Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14665665401551658932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-30237256045838326702015-05-04T05:43:14.562-07:002015-05-04T05:43:14.562-07:00I understand a lot of what you are saying. But I...I understand a lot of what you are saying. But I hope you know what an important voice you are and that despite the fractured and diluted low point the romance community is in, we need your voice more than ever. <br /><br />I hope you are able to block out the noise and regain your passion for what you do so beautifully. You are the best!!!Jamie Brenner (aka Logan Belle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08045237850224811509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-79332319568052518342015-05-03T21:50:13.021-07:002015-05-03T21:50:13.021-07:00I still blog, but it seems like I only read romanc...I still blog, but it seems like I only read romance once every few months now. I&#39;ve commented less and less on my former favorite romance blogs, for various reasons. And the current reading trends haven&#39;t appealed to me at all - for example, I like YA, but the marriage of YA and P2P fanfic that morphed into NA has bothered me from the start. <br /><br />On the plus side, I&#39;ve rediscovered my enjoyment of SFF (although, dang it, the whole Hugo Awards thing may yet leech the joy from that as well). I like the new, somewhat loose &quot;tribe&quot; I&#39;ve developed on BookLikes - it&#39;s just not much of a romance reading tribe, unfortunately.A Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-20720167700098891592015-05-03T21:21:15.337-07:002015-05-03T21:21:15.337-07:00Um, thanks new phone (not). That should say, &quot...Um, thanks new phone (not). That should say, &quot;I read without a community for a long time.&quot;SonomaLasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09378768156853182596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-83347894756908354392015-05-03T21:19:03.762-07:002015-05-03T21:19:03.762-07:00I haven&#39;t stopped reading, and there&#39;s sti...I haven&#39;t stopped reading, and there&#39;s still a lot of romance in the mix. But I have almost no energy for or interest in blogging about what I&#39;ve read, and I rarely even comment on reviews of books I&#39;ve read. If I even notice such reviews, since I&#39;m also unmotivated to read blogs right now. Mostly I feel like I&#39;m reading in my own little corner; I talk to other readers on Twitter, but rarely about what I&#39;ve read. I read without a community for a little my time; I don&#39;t quite feel like I&#39;ve gone back there, because I do still feel like I have a tribe, but that many of us have retreated a bit from full engagement. I admire people who are striving to change that, including you. Maybe I&#39;ll find the energy to be part of that.SonomaLasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09378768156853182596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-48250720724946147982015-05-03T20:54:06.165-07:002015-05-03T20:54:06.165-07:00&quot;Playing Candy Crush and watching Law &amp; O...&quot;Playing Candy Crush and watching Law &amp; Order reruns.&quot;<br /><br />Different shows, but this pretty much describes my life right now. So hard to read. So hard to care.willafulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201963128584310884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-47024215100062486342015-05-03T18:46:11.496-07:002015-05-03T18:46:11.496-07:00Good post. You hit just about every one of my sore...Good post. You hit just about every one of my sore spots -- even the one where I&#39;m guilty of not wanting to wade in. I agree with Lime -- there&#39;s a degree of not wanting to bring on trouble -- but it doesn&#39;t negate the value and joy I still find in the relationships. <br /><br />So proud of you and the post. Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15868327419940314643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-40897950746568873942015-05-03T18:37:02.341-07:002015-05-03T18:37:02.341-07:00so … this is my edited comment. [deleted credentia...so … this is my edited comment. [deleted credentials]<br /><br />I get it. Or, at least I think I see what you mean. It seems like it&#39;s harder to find books to read, but that may just be based on the loudest voices out there.<br /><br />I&#39;m definitely one of the &quot;over it&quot; voices re: drama and the shit. And I did basically shut down for all of last year and most of the previous. [That was ... my personal life imploding, but also I kinda ran out of fucks to give.] I&#39;m trying to truck along with my Heritage Month posts this year, because I think it&#39;s *important* - but for the rest of it? I get that a lot of it is fluff, and a lot of it isn&#39;t. It isn&#39;t me because I have nothing to say, or nothing to say that I don&#39;t think will get me into trouble.<br /><br />i also think a lot of people are lurking, not commenting, which contributes to the sense of isolation. Or commenting on twitter or Facebook to a blog post. Or emailing.<br /><br />Plus NOBODY wants to get in trouble these days - which I think is totally valid, because you&#39;ll get doxxed, or worse, sued. This shit is fucked up. Not to mention the death threats. Which - is it weird to be used to it? So much so that you have &quot; different levels&quot; of death threats? Like the random, alarming, but mean nothing, to the seriously disturbing rises to the level of criminal behavior GGers… luckily the last isn&#39;t in our community, but I think seeing it constantly has also made people take a step back <br /><br />Anyway - just my rambling thoughts in response to this post. Which I&#39;m glad you wrote. :)limecellohttps://limecello.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-41308591012141826372015-05-03T18:34:42.933-07:002015-05-03T18:34:42.933-07:00Posting for Janet - who you can find on Twitter @J...Posting for Janet - who you can find on Twitter @JanetNorCal:<br /><br />&quot;Belonging to the romance community is a privilege and a joy—or it has been, for me. Not quite so much lately. This was such an excellent reminder that I need to step up, speak out, and reclaim the kick I get from talking about and sharing books. I have some amazing friends that I’ve met through romlandia but I’ve been backing away from the wider world. For one thing, I. Do. Not. Like. some of the go-to voices that “speak” for romance. They sure don’t speak for me. But that too may be changing – I’m so excited about Maya Rodale’s new book, Dangerous Books for Girls http://dangerousbooksforgirls.tumblr.com/. We need more voices in romance, like the blog that @meoskop and @_ridley_ among others started, not fewer. And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, as much as NA, for example, seems to be omnipresent, that won’t always be the case. Sometimes I feel like I’m stuck in a re-read rut but as long as there’s a trusted, enthusiastic friend *waving at SmexysSidekick* to give a high five to a new book, I know it won’t last forever.&quot;Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-19178934562354991182015-05-03T18:29:23.964-07:002015-05-03T18:29:23.964-07:00Wendy, I enjoy your blog and have been a loyal rea...Wendy, I enjoy your blog and have been a loyal reader for years. The community has changed and will continue to evolve but the power of influence will always lie with the reader. <br /><br />I believe the romance community is vigilant in their love for books and that will always win out over the other. I have my trusted sources so that&#39;s never going to change. I love talking about books so that&#39;s never going to change either (except it&#39;s mysteries these days). TBH, a lot of the time, it&#39;s just me making decisions about the books I read. That&#39;s never changed. My idea about the golden age of romance hasn&#39;t changed much either. With all of that said, I do miss the hell out of some romance authors whose stories made me smile and pretty much gave me the feeling that things are gonna be just a-okay. I miss that feeling so much sometimes. There&#39;s nothing better than talking to another reader who is just as passionate as you are about books. All of that is to say, I think the community will be okay. There are some things to sort out but the community will be here. It&#39;s been here for years.avidmysteryreader.comhttp://avidmysteryreader.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-50286508768330669782015-05-03T18:22:51.035-07:002015-05-03T18:22:51.035-07:00When I get blue about the state of our community, ...When I get blue about the state of our community, I look at my Facebook feed which is filled with love and support and all sorts of interesting stuff all from members of this tribe. Yes, there are times when it seems as though we are tearing ourselves to bits. And yes, there have been some disheartening moments in the past year. But, overall, I still cherish the (mostly) women in this world who write and read romance. Our community isn&#39;t perfect. But I&#39;ve never found one I enjoy more.the passionate readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05564387590086409663noreply@blogger.com
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