Another fan commented on Tor.com in 2019 that Robin has suspended her blog and was working on the sequels to Pegasus. This is not the only example. Today we're discussing Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran. Her debut, The Duke of Shadows, has been translated into thirteen languages and was ranked among the top 100 romances of all time by NPR and All About Romance. Unfortunately, while authors do break out in self publishing, its the ones that get contracts with big publishers that make it into most of the casual readers hands. Or, its based on a few like-minded participants on a forum agreeing that something is a trend. (None of them have incited the sort of ire leveled at Patrick Rothfuss and George R. R. Martin, however.). I also didnt know until this discussion here that Julie James had stopped writing. The Investiture Controversy would be an amazing setting and I wish you great luck with your story. Knowing Miura it's probably going to be canceled by end of 1st or 2nd volume. Which is crazy when you think about it considering someone else is using their characters without permission in the first place. Sigh. meredith duran hiatus? - voxu.group Im happy to keep trying out newish authors who are still full of creativity and whose style hasnt worn out its welcome for me. Another pet peeve of mine is when an author feels the need to make a historical story more relevant by employing that wonky dual perspectives trope between old person reflecting on life and young person reporting about it. Its all likely but it is still speculation on my part. Have you considered submitting it to Carina Press? Estelle works in romance publishing and has been a guest on the podcast. Quentin Crisp, who had a rapier wit, used to answer audience questions on the spot, one of which was, What advice do you have for aspiring writers? and he replied, NEVER READ! After the audience laughed a while, he said something like, The reason you never want to read as an author is because then you start trying to sound like other people rather than just writing what you want to say. I hav to say that Im generally wary of claims about trends until I see evidence. The Disappearance of a Fave Author - any info? : r/RomanceBooks - Reddit Im willing to wait. Did Amazon have something to do with it? The Disappearance of a Fave Author - any info. I wonder, am I too old for the current style or do I have older sensibilities? I also miss the days of really digging into a long, meaty read. Elsewhere in the comments of this post, Piper mentioned that Duran, Kinsale and Ivorys books feel grown up and I took that to mean that the stories and writing are matured, rather than the authors were a particular age or they were writing for a specific audience age. Historical Mysteries, Meredith Duran, & More - Smart Bitches, Trashy and re-read her books often. This is why I get so miffed when authors get pilloried on Twitter, like theyre wholly responsible for iffy content they were probably pushed into writing in the first place in order to secure that next advance. Your Wicked Heart (Rules for the Reckless) Related to: Rules for the Reckless | by Meredith Duran | Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc. I hope shes doing ok. All interesting variables to think about, but such a study probably wouldnt be practical. Now, either these authors have stopped writing in this genre, have retired altogether, or write at a much, much slower pace. Still love them, but esp THATC. the ask@AAR: Are 50 Shades of Grey or Twilight dangerous? I also miss authors like Nonnie St. George and Nita Abrams who seemed to come and go in a flash of brilliance. Die-hard erotica short story authors can easily pump out one, two, or even three stories per week a speed I have trouble keeping up with. At the same time, the plots are both slow and dense. Fool Me Twice (2) (Rules for the Reckless): Duran, Meredith Its hard not to make food metaphors their stories have a meatiness or a metaphorical fat that seems to be have disappeared from the genre. It is so wonderful. And what a waste of narrators! Pinegrove have announced a hiatus, as well as the departure of drummer and founding member Zack Levine - marking "the end of an era".. Years ago, when I first started reading romance, I read a lot of books in the Signet Regency line, and among my favorites there were Nancy Butler and Diane Farr. Im happy Joanna Bourne is still working on her next book, however slowly. Drummond has to be very old by now (almost 90, I think). And if its what their readers want, more power to them. Also, I have noticed a larger range of heat levels between different Avon books than with Harlequin HR and some of their other categories. Duran is due in court May 13, and he remains in custody on $50,000 bail. @ Lynne Connolly: I just cant cope with the romance community as it is right now, and historical romance sales have gone right down since the Amazon scam authors moved in. This seemed both a sad and very intriguing comment. Kimberly Raye (4 years) Jael Wye (sfr, five years since a new release) is meredith duran still writing - storiiu.com hill country elephant preserve promo code Im not saying listening to a book is an inferior experience to reading it, but I do think there are different elements at play for a listener versus a reader. It seems the stories have gotten simpler and a lot less complex and interesting. I started her upcoming one and put it down. A few are able to work at that pace while retaining quality, but most arent. 50 Shades of Grey ripoffs, Cutesy titles mimicking How to Lose a Guy In Ten Days, anything with a Duke and the floods of YA books inspired by the Twilight series. Its why I stopped bothering to write reviews there. It seemed like I had waited years for Severines story when it finally came out. Hopefully, the authors who have stopped writing will return or new authors will appear on the scene to fill this void. julie James, I miss her contemporary romances. $7.99 $ 7. And, even if books are shorter, I wouldnt necessarily agree that lack of depth is the result, as in a cause and effect relationship. On the other hand, it creates a never-ending cycle of the same old stories with just minor tweaks. Harlequin put them on hold and she apparently cant publish them elsewhere. (Granted, your average erotica short is 5,000 words, but KDP still considers a short story a book.). I think the great talent Barbara Metzger has/had is that she can make me laugh. She had an amazing original voice and a wealth of scholarship behind her books. And thats totally fine, but there arent authors who have replaced the type of writing they represent. The RWA implosion back in January will almost assuredly spark scholarship on the state of diversity in the genre soon, if it hasnt yet. Shes a better writer than this; and her fans deserve to have that quality back. I tried it for a while, but I found most choices to be pretty lame so I cancelled. Heaven Sent, Marrying Stone, Simple Jess, Wild Oats, The Love Charm these were the books that made me realize hey, romance is wonderful. I know that there are exceptions to this but they are getting harder and harder to find. I hope they finally get their story because I found them interesting. I just cant cope with the romance community as it is right now, and historical romance sales have gone right down since the Amazon scam authors moved in. Maybe that helped with the relative speed then (even though she was never the fastest writer) or she had some already written. Definitely. Sometimes 20-30 hours or even more, for the same price. I was definitely aware of some of the chances Harlequin takes, like the conquistador and native romance you mentioned. Maybe its time for me to have Christmas in late July. And their system definitely favors books less than a week old, which encourages more book churning. Duran is not the only beloved romance writer who stoppedat least for nowpenning love stories. So hopefully well have more from her. Perhaps next you will introduce me to myself. I know that not all books can be epics, nor should they be. Self-publishing too seems to help allow more authors to write the kinds of books they want. shelved 97,149 times Showing 24 distinct works. //Meredith Duran - Facebook I thought I would post this here as a number of authors mentioned below including Anne Stuart and Jennifer Crusie are included in these interviews The Australian Romance Readers Association on YouTube have a ton of new interviews with so many favorite authors Including Nalini Singh, Amanda Bouchet, Jayne Anne Kremtz, SEP, Anne Stuart, Jennifer Crusie, Suzanne Brockmann and more. I hear I am quite popular., I deserve better such a dangerous, mad thought for a woman to entertain., Words are not the only way we communicate, you and I. No one is forcing them to read your book, and the fact they can sit around all day just itching to be offended by something tells you something about their characters. And nice to see another Paula Detmer Riggs fan. I like fluff as much as the next person but there was never anything simple about my feelings reading Duke of Shadows, or The Prince of Midnight and I really miss that in most current HR releases. I get a quick flash of it, and then it reverts to scripts and gobbledegook. Granted, most people have been really understanding about it, but a number of people outside of the field really dont get it. Eileen Wilks (her Lupi books are UF rather than romance, but its been a couple years). I remember when Chick Lit really burst into the contemporary book scene years ago and how much it was derided. Yes, its true feminist activism could be behind the trend, but it could also be completely inexplicable as popularity so often is. She had outlined the Spymaster books pretty thoroughly before she had even written them because she knew what was happening in Forbidden Rose etc before it was published. Try not to be discouraged. ( No one I knew could or would buy a cotton bikini or two piece swimsuit for love or money at that time.) I decided to skip the Christmas book as it wasnt grabbing my attention. Amazon scam authors are those who crank out a book a month, sometimes plagiarizing from others. Some exceptions, yes. So discouragedI very read comments below.I miss writers, too. Eggletina Wow! Last year one of my favorite writers, Kati Wilde, published a new book that was being released on audio first. Its not that I think Joanna Bourne, Anne Stuart, Loretta Chase, etc. Julia Spencer-Fleming is whom I miss. One big problem that I see with the trends discussions is that they are rooted in a persons opinion based on what a reader observes, as you have stated. A Lady's Code of Misconduct | Book by Meredith Duran | Official They need to make a living, but I expect a fair value for my money. I remember reading a gothic type romance with time travel elements back in the early 90s when I was much younger. Still didnt work for me.). Its hard to say. I received an email from her recently in which she shared that health issues were slowing her writing, but she has not stopped permanently.. In some cases its because they use up their best ideas on their early books and the quality then declines, or I discover them when they already have a backlist which I cherrypick for my favourite tropes without feeling the need to read everything theyve written. Im curious to know more about why light fiction focusing on light-weighted female characters is a trend., I dont mind it in contemporary romance or even a time travel, but I really dislike 19th century bluestocking heroines that write like modern bloggers., This! Judith James reissued expanded version of her Restoration trilogy on Kindle and theyre great but her website is now defunct. Plus I was really bummed that shes not going to finish her Silver Daughters trilogy (about three sisters who run a tattoo shop); she had published the first two books and there was a big cliffhanger at the end of book twobut instead of using her final book to complete the series, she published a coda for an existing couple (from ACT YOUR AGE). 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (34) Kindle Edition. I know you probably dont read my posts anymore, but there are a few points I would like to address that you mentioned. The skill they bring, or not, to writing about 2 men is what will be the determining factor for me. Its just generally not what I want. BTW, I dont know what happened to the site, but its not rendering properly any more. I wait for reviews instead and tentatively try again and then usually realize that the author is no longer capturing my interest. I actually won a Susan Cliff book a couple of years back! Her website has been all but abandoned and nothing on Twitter since . But publishing eventually wore her down, as it does a lot of people. so maybe I have missed something somewhere. Thanks, Dabney. "How kind of you to confirm what I already know. Meredith "On Hiatus" Duran on Twitter Oh no, we have to introduce a perky, bubbly, wannabe journalist 21st century hip chick who interviews the old lady instead of just telling the old ladys story without this presumptuous and hella annoying filter. I miss Cara Mckenna, Charlotte Stein, Eve Dangerfield and Emma Holly :(. I can observe it. Anne Mallory, Liz Carlyle, Julie James, Courtney Milan, and Joanna Bourne all havent published anything recently much to their fans dismay.