Wandergurl and I are liveblogging ARRC09 via Twitter, cross-posted to the blog. Morning sessions include welcome, keynote speech, panel discussion on romance fiction in academia, and concurrent sessions: paranormal, erotica, Aussie voice.
where is my liveblog? *sob*
got up, registered, went to maccas for takeaway brekkie & went back to bed! Hahaha #arrc
alive. Awake. Gone to buy coffee
at the academic romance lecture v interesting!
they are flashing pics of romance novels fr the 60s w titles like nurse in a cage & 4 girls and a doctor, hahaha eyeloveit
I'm finally here!
#arrc academic panel. Mainstream lit criticism would help romance image.
#arrc Courier Mail dropped romance reviewer. She set up a blog www.romancereaders.com
#arrc Covers don't help image. Neither do dodgy titles. But it's all marketing. Heavily researched by HQN. Bride title w/ no wedding!
#arrc an author said it's all marketing. She has books with bride in title but no weddings!
#arrc it was stephanie laurens!
#arrc Cristina Lee HQN marketing: the titles sell. They have excellent marketing research.
at the paranormal romance panel i only know one author but what theheck
#arrc kat at Aussie voice panel. Only around 25 people here
#arrc editors changing less Aussie references. Most queries are about slang
#arrc Words that cause confusion: couch, doona, lounge room, fairy floss, ute, footy
paranormal panel v funny!
#arrc Moved from outback to more urban setting
mary janice davidson has a point! U still have to be realistic when u put paranormal characters in real life, u need to follow ur own rules
i think thats y paranormals are appealing partly bec u show them dealing w ordinary situations
#arrc Lots of anecdotes on what gets edited. "She's so anal," doesn't translate well!
sara mackenzie is so soft spoken, i like keri arthur but her books have a love triangle so i can't read it.
most of the questions arent on paranormals but on how they write instead. Its entertaining but i want to hear more paranormal stuff
i didnt know what a milkbar was either! Except for the dodgy milkbar on parramatta road
#arrc very difficult to sell Aussie books to America especially single title
#arrc I won a door prize. A gazillion books!
is it just me or do authors tend to look similar?
BookThingo
Copyright 2012 Scribble Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved.