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
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
There's a horrible stereotype of both the romance writer and the romance reader as somehow undereducated and unprofessional, when in fact there are a number of incredibly well-educated professional women who have chosen to leave their other careers and go into writing romance. Lauren Willig careerchooseeducate share on social
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
My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance. Lauren Willig bookfallfiction Change image and share on social
When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much. Lauren Willig distractdutygreat Change image and 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've had mainstream readers complain that the book is really a romance, and romance readers complain that the book isn't a romance - with the same book! It really depends on the individual reader's expectations going into the story, and that's very hard to predict person to person. Lauren Willig bookcomplaindepend share on social
Say what you will about Queen Eleanor, she was a savvy, quick-witted woman who made her mark on history. And as the founder of the Courts of Love, what better patron monarch could there be for a romantic novelist? Lauren Willig courteleanorfounder share on social
Romance tends to be the whipping boy of genre fiction. Lauren Willig boyfictiongenre Change image and share on social
