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		<title>Medieval sheikhs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aharmon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the story: a young, Western heroine meets a swarthy sheikh, is abducted to his desert kingdom where they (eventually) fall in love and live happily ever after. This is the quintessential &#8220;sheikh romance,&#8221; a distinctive sub-genre of contemporary Harlequin Mills &#038; Boon romance. The number of sheikh titles published has increased exponentially, with more original titles published in the UK since 2000 than in the first 80 years of Harlequin Mills &#038; Boon publishing. This increase in popularity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction Fest and local RWA</title>
		<link>http://popularromanceproject.org/behind-scenes/2077/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aharmon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April Grey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, I drove from Boston to Connecticut to meet writers and agents and readers at Fiction Fest, the annual conference of Connecticut&#8217;s RWA (Romance Writers of America) chapter. I set up my camera in the courtyard of the conference hotel, and I had a great time talking with dozens of people. Here are excerpts from my conversations with: Jamie Schmidt, Gail Chianese, Marian Lanouette, April Grey, Louise Fury, Susan Hanniford Crowley, and Gerri Brousseau. Fiction Fest from Laurie Kahn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning bridal boudoir</title>
		<link>http://popularromanceproject.org/talking-about-romance/2060/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aharmon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talking About Romance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a historian of the modern American wedding, I keep my ear to the ground when it comes to contemporary wedding trends. Anyone familiar with the world of weddings would attest that wedding photography has changed&#8212;and fairly dramatically&#8212;over the last several years. Gone are the days when a wedding photographer&#8217;s job consisted of arranging rows of attendants, setting up poses with the bride&#8217;s family and then the groom&#8217;s, and taking a few snaps of the toasts, the first dance, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An MFA in romance?</title>
		<link>http://popularromanceproject.org/interviews/2035/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aharmon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Seton Hill University, you can get an MFA in writing popular fiction. Nicole Peeler, who teaches in the program, thought she was headed for a conventional life as an English professor, armed with her PhD in English. But she began writing urban fantasy paranormal romances several years ago, and now teaches courses about dialogue and character, point of view, story structure, and worldbuilding to students who aim to be published in romance, mystery, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy (and various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fancy something different?</title>
		<link>http://popularromanceproject.org/talking-about-romance/1987/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 05:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aharmon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slideshow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, there is something comforting about reading mass market romance. I know what I am in for; it&#8217;s a quick fix; wham bam, thank you, Mills &#038; Boon. As a romance critic, however, I resist this lulling pull. Instead, I focus on discovering complex ploys and unheard-of depths in what seem, on the surface, run-of-the-mill romances, and I love getting my teeth into romances that don&#8217;t just comfort, but also surprise me. Reading niche romances, which extend the genre, I [...]]]></description>
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