I’m making a guest appearance at I Heart Presents today. Feel free to mosey over there and take a look at my thoughts on romance readers and libraries!
March 28, 2008...8:51 am
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March 28, 2008 at 9:11 am
I tried leaving a comment at the other blog but you had to login and it wasn’t allowing me to… geeze can’t a girl get a break!?!
Anyway, as I am a librarian too, I can’t stand the literary snobbery that librarians often have towards romance. Personally, I don’t care WHAT you’re reading or why; I’m just glad when people are reading. I get pretty ticked when I hear about librarians belittling the romance genre. Grrrr!
March 28, 2008 at 9:12 am
Yay! My comments are showing up! I emailed the spam company and they de-spammed me! Woo-hoo!
March 28, 2008 at 9:24 am
Mollie,
Glad to see they de-spammed you! I’m in total agreement with you. As long as people are reading, I’m happy!
March 28, 2008 at 10:18 am
Thank you for your comments over on the I heart Presents blog. As an ex-librarian who now writes for Harlequin Presents, I know both sides of the library desk! When I worked in libraries, I was a children’s librarian and that was where I learned the value and appeal of simple, straighforward story-telling. Good stories kept the readers coming back again and again. That was the policy I worked on then – and it’s one I’m still sticking to now with my romances.
How great to hear from you in support of the same ideas.
March 28, 2008 at 11:16 am
Sorry – there’s a misprint in my website details above – it should of course be http://www.kate-walker.com not http://www,
March 28, 2008 at 4:05 pm
You know, now that I think about it, I often get dirty looks from my local librarian when I check out romances. Especially since I look young (I’m not, I just look like it..LOL). I remember her commenting once, “Does your mother know you have that?” And I responded with the truth, “As a matter of fact, she’s the one that recommended it to me.” Although I won’t blame librarians like them for the entire mindset against the genre, I will say I don’t think their attitude does anything to improve it.
March 30, 2008 at 8:55 am
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