Romance Fiction Has a History
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Romance fiction is one of the most popular genres around the world. Romance Fiction Has a History blog documents the eclectic past and shares some quirky tidbits about the genre. Steve Ammidown, founder of this site is an archivist by training and collector and historian of the romance genre by interest.
Romance Fiction Has a History
1w ago
This Sunday, March 17th on Zoom, I’ll be moderating a panel of three amazing authors; Kelly Link, Beverly Jenkins, and Sandra Kitt. Inspired by the romance author character of Maryanne Gorch in Kelly’s new novel The Book of Love (which is not a romance, to be clear!), we’ll be talking ..read more
Romance Fiction Has a History
1M ago
While I like to use Black History Month as an opportunity to share stories of Black love, there’s another aspect of the romance industry that I think is worth highlighting to give context to the experience of Black authors in the genre. As the 1980s began, shorter “category” romances served as the main vehicle for ..read more
Romance Fiction Has a History
5M ago
When I started doing videos on Instagram a while back, several folks mentioned that they don’t use that platform for a number of legit reasons. It’s taken me a while to get to it, but I finally have a presence on YouTube as well! I’m starting by copying over a bunch of my under-1 minute ..read more
Romance Fiction Has a History
6M ago
In the world of romance fiction, 1996 was ages ago. As was 1997 and 1999. Authors and readers have come and gone multiple times over since then, as have entire publishing companies and subgenres. Lots of us read our books on handheld computers, something that seemed unthinkable all those years ago. Most of us can ..read more
Romance Fiction Has a History
7M ago
Writing teams have been a pretty common occurrence in romance over the years. Modern examples like best friends Christina Lauren (Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) and the husband and wife team of Ilona Andrews (Ilona and Andrew Gordon), have carried the torch passed by those who came before, like Laura London (Sharon and Tom Curtis ..read more
Romance Fiction Has a History
10M ago
A couple of months ago, I did a quick Instagram reel about Black romance in 1994. The idea was to show the contrast between Black romances published in the first half of the year (none!) and the second half after the beginning of the Black Summer of Love. As I said in my Peeling the ..read more