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
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
'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
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
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
Iris Johansen's lovers weathered the sack of city states and the vagaries of the French Revolution; Judith McNaught's heroines endured amnesia, social ostracism and misunderstandings so big they deserved their own ZIP code. Lauren Willig amnesiabigcity 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
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
Romance tends to be the whipping boy of genre fiction. Lauren Willig boyfictiongenre Change image and share on social
