Do You Like Romance Stories?
Do you enjoy romance stories, whether in books or movies or on TV? If so, what makes a love story compelling to you? Witty dialogue?
Character development? Suspense? How much do you care about the identities of the protagonists? Do you enjoy romances more when aspects of your own identity — like sexual orientation, race, gender identity or disability — are reflected?
In “‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming,” Elizabeth A. Harris writes: For years, Lana Popovic Harper wrote novels for a pittance she described as “jars of pennies.” So when her new project drew bids from seven publishers, she was thrilled.
Stunned, really: The book was a romance about two women. Two women who happen to be witches.“It was completely surreal to me,” Harper said. “People really wanted these queer witches.”L.G.B.T.Q.
