Recently, historical romance author Elizabeth Everett and Liz Donatelli of the Reader Seeks Romance Channel invited me to join a panel for an episode of Unchaperoned, "The Evolution & Future of Historical Romance." Author Eloisa James, Sarah Ficke—romance fiction historian and English professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill— and I had a lively discussion with our hosts.
We debated “Old School" & "New School" styles of historical romance storytelling, changes in covers, strange occurrences and/or ideas in historical romance marketing, writing historical romance for modern audiences, and the tremendous popularity of Bridgerton. We discussed our influences and aims and the evolution of the genre.
Heady stuff, yes—and our panel was Part One, with Part Deux coming soon.
The program lasts about an hour, but that hour went quickly for us, as I hope it will do for you, and offer some food for thought. The link is below.
The Evolution & Future of Historical Romance PART 1
In other news: A quick reminder that I’ll be at the Ashland Public Library in Ashland, Massachusetts for a RomCon on 18 May. You can find details here.
And the third Difficult Dukes book is in production. As soon I learn the release date, I’ll post it here.