People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one. Lauren Willig damngenremurder Change image and share on social
As a friend once pointed out, the crotchety dowagers do tend to get all the best lines. That may be why I have so many of them in my books. Lauren Willig bookcrotchetydowager Change image and share on social
One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well. Lauren Willig endfindfocus share on social
'Purple Plumeria' I dithered over for months and then wrote the whole thing between the beginning of July and end of August. The dithering and procrastination time was three times the writing times. Lauren Willig augustbegindither Change image and share on social
I'm an eighteenth-century girl at heart. I wouldn't mind being set down in London in 1715, in the midst of all the drama of the Hanoverian succession. Lauren Willig centurydramaeighteenth Change image and share on social
The minimum I need is six months to allow for dithering, procrastination and the research. The research times varies from book to book; some are faster because they're based off resources I have at my disposal. Lauren Willig basebookdisposal share on social
I'm not sure that teaching a Core course is necessarily the best introduction to teaching. Lauren Willig coreintroductionnecessarily Change image and share on social
I couldn't make myself write serious; I was surrounded by serious: in monographs, in articles, in my own dissertation prospectus, in the very earnest e-mails of students telling me just why that paper couldn't be in on time, cross their hearts and hope to get an A-minus. Lauren Willig articlecrossdissertation share on social
I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels. Lauren Willig assignbookgrad Change image and share on social
Romance tends to be the whipping boy of genre fiction. Lauren Willig boyfictiongenre Change image and share on social
