I believe if I read the interview right she was all but forced by her editor to write contemporary and I understand if the voice does not sound right because the voice fits a historical not going make the contemporary sound right. I relisten to the books periodically, I hope they come back someday. Audios are expensive, and I dont like being asked to pay full price for a 4 hour book when most books are 8 hours plus. She has a stable of narrators that she rotates through her books, bringing in new ones on a regular basis. $2.99 $ 2. Several of you commented how much you miss her work and shared your hopes that she'll return to writing romance. Like others have mentioned, her books, along with Judith Ivory and Laura Kinsale, are so grown up, I suppose. I think beyond even feminist activism behind trends is just the coming of age of more young women who have been raised in a different time and expect different things from their heroes. Ho-hum. The later books seemed to take longer. Books by Meredith Duran (Author of The Duke of Shadows) - Goodreads My favorite book thus far from 2020 is from Sarah Hogle, who I recently learned is in her twenties, and yet her book displayed far-reaching wisdom about what it takes to make relationships work. A Lady's Code of Misconduct | Book by Meredith Duran | Official Someone already mentioned her but Ill second Suzanne Brockmann. Im getting worried that Loretta Chase might be nearing retirement. I make quilts because at some point during the process of stitching I know/realize this is the essence of what will be left of me for several generations. I started her upcoming one and put it down. (No one is forcing this particular price point by decree, but a number of erotica authors have essentially made an unofficial pact to never charge less than $2.99 for smut lest customers start expecting $0.99 jollies that would only earn an author $0.35 per sale.) She was an author with so much promise and her disappearance still bothers me. Im curious to know more about why light fiction focusing on light-weighted female characters is a trend., Arent we all? From what others here have commented about what publishers are pushing for lately and how the word count of books are in general diminishing, it seems lots of other people have noticed significant changes in the market. I miss Laura Kinsale, Erin Kellison, and Joanna Bourne. Yes, the husband/wife from the trilogy. ', Okay, so you have to take that advice with a heavy handful of salt, but I get the point he was making. 546 Followers, 183 Following, 168 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Meredith Duran (@meredithduran) Oh yes, I can imagine the criticisms that would be leveled at Mrs. Morsi for writing that. I was excited when I heard about that mm book myselfthen I deflated when I read the blurb. Anyway, Im inclined to believe that the MeToo Movement is shaping authors today and producing a new generation of authors who are centering female agency in contrast to past customs. I will try it again, however. MEREDITH DURAN blames Anne Boleyn for sparking her lifelong obsession with British history. Then if I keep trying and getting disappointed, I get angry at myself for wasting my own time. Right. I do think in a lot of publishers minds that it may get conflated with sweeter less explicit romance which is not at all the same thing. MEREDITH DURAN grew up enamored of British history. ?? $grfb.init.done(function() { They didnt work for me in either format, which is a shame. Duran is not the only beloved romance writer who stoppedat least for nowpenning love stories. but for several years she has only been publishing short stories and smaller books part of series. He smiled. dwarf bunnies for sale sacramento; shelby county, al school zone map; top 50 richest pastor in nigeria; famous preachers of the 20th century. I also didnt know until this discussion here that Julie James had stopped writing. I can wait it sucks, but I can, but it would be kind of her to inform the readers, whatever her decision is. ELIZABETH DIE AND LEAVE US WITH NO MORE I miss Liz Carlyle and Susan Carroll both of whom wrote meaty, complex books. When his latest escapade exposes a plot to ruin her family, she vows to handle it herself, as she always has done. Courtney Milan wrote a novella last year that I enjoyed and she just posted about a new novel coming out by this years end, and so shes still around. Hope shes well. or. Amazon.com: Meredith Duran: Kindle Store It feels manufactured, very formulaic and predictable. Theres one Ancient Egypt romance recently published and a couple of bootleg era 1920s America. She's such a talented author, and it seems unlikely to me that she just quit writing altogether, so I'm thinking maybe she's branched out to another genre. They are probably the ones who get loads of meaningless 5* reviews of 10 words or less. Certainly she requires no help from a too-handsome dilettante whose main achievement is being scandalous. I must say I miss Laura Kinsale- though her missing status isnt so recentI understand that her research, writing and resolutions all took much out of her-but WOW, so did they take much out of me, as the reader. Dialogues across Diasporas: Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation (Critical Africana Studies) 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. Courtney Milans older books did for me. Refresh and try again. ;)" Date of Incorporation: September 19, 1908 Services Provided: Police, fire and paramedics, sewer, public works, planning, building inspection, economic development, parks and recreation, library, senior services, daycare Area: 9.5 square miles Population: 67,078 (CA Department of Finance 2019). The other thing that occurred as I studied was that I realized some of the authors I miss the most are ones who are still writing but are writing books that just dont work for me any more for a variety of reasons. It seems that these days most single titles are arround 80k and that means that you can not do as much with the plot as you used be able to do. But her writing has changed over the last couple of years; it lacks the heart and the charm of her earlier work. It often feels like a money grab on the part of these CR authors, and I resent that. You mentioned in your last post that your word count would be about 100,000 125,000. From a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. by Meredith Duran. Meredith Duran - Facebook The sample size would be phenomenal, but how would the researcher corral and classify the information? Was there a marketing survey or research that said shorter, lighter romance books sell better and in larger amounts than more serious convoluted ones? See Photos. Holy Roman Empire which is modern day Germany which can be tiggering to some people and the last thing I want to do is spend sereval hours day on social media defending myself because someone is pissed off I would rather have the marketing department of a publsiher deal with it. Writing snarky humor that is actually funny is a gift and a lot of the copycats think that merely making the heroine swear a lot or be sarcastic in situations that might get them killed substitutes for clever writing. Simple Jess for example would probably spark an outcry. Cant stand them. It is so wonderful. Log In. By which I mean, we cant just follow the story of the old woman who lived through Pearl Harbor into the 21st century. I like Anne Calhouns books and often wonder if shell return. Why not create her own heroine, or choose a character from another famous book or series that hasnt been copied so often. I imagine that there are people in their teens or 20s who want deep, lyrical, meaty romances and people in their 70s or 80s who prefer fluffier wallpaper historicals. But they arent facts. Likewise, Im not pleased by certain narratives, so I dont have to read (or write) them. img.scaleToMaxWidth(385); She was an auto-buy for years! Thats just a sin. I think there would be a lot of problematic content for todays readers, however the wonderful writing & good stories/characters shine through. I miss Anne Stuart and even though she is revising old classics, I still miss new original books from her. I am unlikely to listen to this one though, even though I love both narrators, because Im not enjoying any of her work right now. } Shes a better writer than this; and her fans deserve to have that quality back. Im curious to know more about why light fiction focusing on light-weighted female characters is a trend. Italian Edition | by Meredith Duran and Elena Riva | Sold by: MONDADORI LIBRI S P A. The decisions up to you. I base this on a range of factors, including my own reading and observations but author interviews and social media accounts and some recent scholarships on representations of masculinity. Among self-published erotica authors, the standard is $2.99 for a short up to novella length. She is the author of twelve novels, all published by Pocket Books. 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (34) Kindle Edition. At thirteen years old, she made a list of life goals that included writing romance novels, trying sushi, and going to London to see Holbein's portrait of Anne Boleyn. I agree with everything you have written here. That occurred to me as well! I didnt know this. Impenitent social media enthusiast. Eileen Wilks (her Lupi books are UF rather than romance, but its been a couple years). Id call it a variation of the young person interviews old person rather than letting the old person tell her own story trope. One main difference though is that they are based out London and that may mean that their view on what is historical is different than in North America. On the flip side, new generations of writers emerge every year to follow in their footsteps. After having loved a few of hers in the past, I struggled with the last three as they had themes that didn't really resonate with me. She hasnt stopped writing, but in the Afterword to her last published romance (NOT YOUR SHOE SIZE), she announced she was no longer going to be writing romance; she plans to write in a different genre and publish under a different name (Dangerfield provided neither her new name nor the new genre). I get a quick flash of it, and then it reverts to scripts and gobbledegook. Havent read any of her books, but I thought her story about why she quit writing for Harlequin, even though she enjoyed it, was interesting. Maybe shes done with IAD? Just looking at the first 10 pages of their most recent HR releases, I see a ton of Regency, titled heroes and/or heroines, some Vikings and Medieval, and a smattering of Victorian. Mia Vincys name came to mind as recent HR author I discovered here, and she totally blew me away with her quality writing. 4.1 out of 5 stars 161. The beauty of self publishing is that you can really find anything -and lots of it nowadays. Longer doesnt always mean better or denser or more interesting or more critical, etc. as a wordsmith and a master at understanding the elements that connect complex, genuine, and lovable characters." Buried Under Romance Its just something I noticed perusing shelves and websites. Christine Warren (a couple years, but her pending release keeps receding) Like anything else, authors come and go for untold reasons (much to my dismay), but life goes on. I definitely agree with you about installments as a money grab. (Not the ones here obviously). I meant it more in the sense of trends. Perhaps next you will introduce me to myself. As I said (before I read your comments here) Im basing my observations on big publishers and the books getting the PR money and push. Why has the dominant voice in HR become so modern? And thats a good thing. Meredith Flores Duran (La toxica) See Photos. How can the romance community be improved or changed for you? Were they ever in large numbers? Ive tried to find any current information on them on the web but no luck. Its mildly annoying but on a wider scale, when people dont distinguish or cant distinguish, bigger problems ensue in a society. I am trying to be part of the solution. Good for you. L.Heath. And yet, when I first returned to romances over a decade ago after a long break, I found the genre at large teeming with light-hearted books with fairly one-dimensional characters. Harlequin put them on hold and she apparently cant publish them elsewhere. Definitely. This article from 2012, not necessarily from a reputable source and maybe outdated, offers an interesting perspective about why former Harlequin Intrigue author, Ann Voss Peterson, broke ties to self-publish: https://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2012/05/harlequin-fail.html. How interesting, I did not know this. Where are the next installments of the famous IAD series by Kresley Cole? Another fan commented on Tor.com in 2019 that Robin has suspended her blog and was working on the sequels to Pegasus. They just observe what is popular and try to emulate it. It happens with e-books as well. ), https://allaboutromance.com/participant/dgrinnan/. Find your friends on Facebook. Many include authors interviewing other authors or fangirling including Bec McMaster interviewing Amanda Bouchet. shelved 97,149 times Showing 24 distinct works. And now Ive found Meredith Duran and SHE IS GONNA QUIT AND NOT TELL US STELLAS STORY!!! They left more, however, a sense that Id not just skimmed a time period-or even a mental, sexual, or political one, but delved into and EXPERIENCED something that usually wasnt even on my radar.and then it was! I do not mind small/e-press but I do not want to self publish my first novel on my own because I want to have an editor because I want somebody else to help me to improve the book and also to help me deal with some of the backlash that may result from the novels setting. 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. I hear that the pusbliers what diversity if they want that they want that to take place need to allow the longer books because you can do things like have diverse settings more context to explain things and to explore issues that can come up and to have more interesting stories with richer storytelling in general. I can understand why some authors said enough and gave up. I miss Lynn Viehl. There is the book that will be out in December and one more after that. It might also account for stories that, about a decade ago, would have been one big volume now being broken down into duets or trilogies. Her other books include RITA award winner Fool Me Twice and her February 2017 release, A Lady's Code of Misconduct, which was called one of the best romances of the year by BookList and Amazon, and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, the latter of which opined: This book weaves its spell so thoroughly that the most fortunate reader will be the one who has time to read the entire thing in one sitting. H. MEREDITH DURAN blames Anne Boleyn for sparking her lifelong obsession with British history. Im as hungry for new books from my favorite authors as the next gal, but Id rather wait longer and get a deeper, more interesting story than wait less for a rushed product. See Photos. I dont even believe that women are beating up men in romances as a trend today, which was recently posited in a blog here. As a concluding point about romance trends, I think measurements would prove extremely difficult if self-published and indie works are included in studies. 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. I think that some authors no longer write romance because their Muse has abandoned them or now speaks to them in a different voice/different genre, but I also think some of them simply could no longer get their books published. I hope shes doing ok. Hopefully, the authors who have stopped writing will return or new authors will appear on the scene to fill this void. I dont necessarily believe that books are shorter today if you take into consider self-publishing, for instance. Or, its based on a few like-minded participants on a forum agreeing that something is a trend. And I distinctly remember reading one of their blog posts saying they can never get enough Regency. The link is below, I miss Pamela Morsi. However theres also room for variety were happy to publish stories from ancient Greece all the way through to World War II, though we have ceased publication of Westerns as of January 2019.. The reason I miss the still-writing authors more than those who arent writing at all is that I still get that excited feeling when I see a new book coming from an author I used to auto-buy. There are definitely Amazon scams out there, including plagiarism as you mention. Sigh. Granted, most people have been really understanding about it, but a number of people outside of the field really dont get it. Devastated by the idea that Meredith Duran is done writing. The flooding of the best seller lists has more to do with Amazons wonky algorithms than scam authors. Yes, its true feminist activism could be behind the trend, but it could also be completely inexplicable as popularity so often is. Meredith Duran is a USA Today bestselling novelist and RITA award winner. She is not a fast writer but her books are well worth waiting for! Ive never listened to them. You arent pleased by certain narratives, so you dont have to read them. And thankfully I am pretty much done with historical romance because the state of that subgenre today would make we weep. I was thrilled to see the news of Loretta Chases next book but at the same time, Im nostalgic for a year (like the early 2010s) when Duran, Grant, Thomas, and Chase each had a book coming out & they were the commanding presence in historical romance. Just wanted to say thank you to all of you and keep the referrals coming! Meredith Duran (Author of The Duke of Shadows) - Goodreads Her other books include RITA award winner Fool Me Twice and her February 2017 release, A Lady's Code of Misconduct, which was called one of the best romances of the year by BookList and Amazon, and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, the latter of which opined: This book weaves its spell so thoroughly that the most fortunate reader will be the one who has time to read the entire thing in one sitting. Her next release, THE SINS OF LORD LOCKWOOD, hits the shelves on February 27, 2018. I think I can make a coherent argument for why new feminist activism is producing books that focus on toxic masculinity and issues around consent over the past few years, and I think I can make an argument for why diversity is a force in the romance genre today. Ill add them to my TBLtL! Finances play a role as well. Kincaid who is also on hiatus for the past few years so I guess that could suggest that theres family stuff going on. is meredith duran still writing - storiiu.com Meredith Duran is the USA TODAY bestselling author of thirteen novels. Id call it a variation of the young person interviews old person rather than letting the old person tell her own story trope. She is the author of eleven novels, all published by Pocket Books. She is writing. Such lovely tales about ordinary people doing ordinary things. Thank you for bringing up how authors are often forced to alter characters, major plot points, and word counts in order to fit into an industry standard box rather than telling the best possible original story. If there is one thing I have learned about publishing, if one person does something successfully you can guarantee the market will be flooded with knock offs. But Id also love to see new books by Cecilia Grant, Laura Kinsale or Joanna Bourne. the ask@AAR: Who do you miss the most? : All About Romance Writing for audio might also be the reason we see shorter books these days with fewer supporting characters and less complicated plot lines. I hope that the influnce of Harlequin Historicals rubs off on to the AVON books and not the other way around because I really would hate to see them turn into Regency only publisher. I loved her work. showBlogFormLink.click(); what do you say when someone's daughter gets married? Martyns FB page says shes going to write childrens books next! 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. 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 would love to read a great historical romance set in some time period other than the 19th century for a change! Meredith Duran OverDrive: ebooks, audiobooks, and more for libraries Silver-tongued Viscount Sanburne is London's favorite scapegrace. It was not a bad book (I really dont think Kati is capable of writing a bad book), but there were certain word choices and the way dialogue was presented that I felt were definitely driven by the fact that the book would be HEARD before it would be READ.
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