Trace, It was great to read your comments about historical romance in last month's issue. Thank you for your honesty and support of this genre. As you know, I am an avid reader of romances and even dabble a bit at writing some. It really gets to me when people put down this genre.
Literary snobbery is rife and it can be so harmful.
Surely, we should be encouraging everybody to read. People like romance. Look, I am not a big fan of Science Fiction but I would never dream of sneering or putting it down. Yes, there are some romance books out there that are not particularly well written. Yet, you can find a badly written book amongst all the genres.