Comments on: Four Smart Authors Part II: Glenda Sanders

By: Edie

Edie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:48:28 +0000

Just on the inferiority thing, yeah there were some good ones in the late eighties and early nineties, I am not really a contemporary reader, but there were several I enjoyed from that time period. Lately? The only author I have come across that I actually read and don’t skim or read just the first chapter and the last, is Mayberry. (And I did do the chapter thing on one of her books)
JMO I don’t think the early quality is there. Though admittedly my reading of category is limited.

By: Lynn Spencer

Lynn Spencer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:51 +0000

>>It’s a shame so many readers regard Harlequin as inferior to the NY publishers.

True, and I suspect the new Harlequin Horizons venture isn’t going to help. Carina Press sounds like it could be interesting, but Horizons just sounds like a tacky way to dilute the Harlequin brand even further.

By: Magdalen

Magdalen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:10 +0000

I agree, Sarah. Barbara Delinsky has gone on to write “women’s fiction” but her series romances are still strong reads. Same thing with Candace Camp, who wrote historicals as Lisa Gregory and series contemporaries as Kristin James. And Gina Wilkins wrote some of my favorite Harlequins.

In light of the current discussion about Harlequin, e-publishing, and now Harlequin Horizons, I wonder if we’re moving away from the circumstances that allow new writers like Glenda Sanders and Barbara Delinsky to shine. Or perhaps more writers of their quality will surface?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:29:57 +0000

There truly are some hidden gems amongst category romances. It’s a shame so many readers regard Harlequin as inferior to the NY publishers.