Percy Parker is going to differ on the ending, a little, just as a warning if you decide to pick that up. But I hadn't thought about the genre that much/far. So I've learned something too! ^-^
Mmm... As long as you're aware of all that, I'd say 'go for it!' ^-^ You're right that it is a foot in the door.
If I hadn't already written a thesis, I would now be tempted to look at your theory on romance novels. I'm not sure it's wholly true, but I'd first have to live somewhere that doesn't shelve every single English book on the same miniscule piece of wall (well, without first need to travel about two hours anyway) and read more romance novels. It'd be interesting to look at, at least, because in my experience people aren't so hesitant to use the romance label for something that's actually quite good. (Or, I should rephrase, I trust them to have the ability to discern good writing from bad since they're all writers, and pretty darned good ones to boot. It'd still make an interesting experiment in its own right. If I do it.)
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Date: 2009-08-17 09:10 am (UTC)Mmm... As long as you're aware of all that, I'd say 'go for it!' ^-^ You're right that it is a foot in the door.
If I hadn't already written a thesis, I would now be tempted to look at your theory on romance novels. I'm not sure it's wholly true, but I'd first have to live somewhere that doesn't shelve every single English book on the same miniscule piece of wall (well, without first need to travel about two hours anyway) and read more romance novels. It'd be interesting to look at, at least, because in my experience people aren't so hesitant to use the romance label for something that's actually quite good. (Or, I should rephrase, I trust them to have the ability to discern good writing from bad since they're all writers, and pretty darned good ones to boot. It'd still make an interesting experiment in its own right. If I do it.)