Bonnie sent me a link to a wonderful site, Small Meadows Press, with gorgeous stationery and note cards and business cards, with literary themes. It's lovely.
I'm so sick and tired of the likes of Jane Austen and the Brontes as constantly being introduced as the founders of chick lit, that pablum of literature. Jane Austen was one of the finest and subtlest of writers in all of English literature and her epitaph is that she's the patron saint of harlequin romances. Walter Scott and Defoe and their ilk don't get accused of being the founders of serial thrillers or soap operas do they? It's so goddamn tedious. And don't let me get started on all the condescending bullshit the poor Brontes have had to deal with posthumously.,,..
New web site - www.writerlorismith.com. In July of 2005, I set off for a month in England to follow the life of Jane Austen, looking for a connection with the writer whose books (and the movies based on them) had become like literary comfort food for me. This new 'blook' will tell my story -- and the story of Jane's life. It will be part biography, part memoir, and part travel journal. I hope you'll join me for the adventure.
As a freelance writer, I cover religion publishing for Publishers Weekly and review books for Washington Post Book World.
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I'm so sick and tired of the likes of Jane Austen and the Brontes as constantly being introduced as the founders of chick lit, that pablum of literature. Jane Austen was one of the finest and subtlest of writers in all of English literature and her epitaph is that she's the patron saint of harlequin romances. Walter Scott and Defoe and their ilk don't get accused of being the founders of serial thrillers or soap operas do they? It's so goddamn tedious. And don't let me get started on all the condescending bullshit the poor Brontes have had to deal with posthumously.,,..
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