tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post798172525966404170..comments2023-08-10T04:15:22.199-04:00Comments on Victoria Janssen: Why Not Twentieth Century Historicals?Victoria Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-80677921275827224622010-04-13T08:23:03.359-04:002010-04-13T08:23:03.359-04:00Thanks, Gina! *makes title note*Thanks, Gina! *makes title note*Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-90274283233999449092010-04-12T19:17:01.488-04:002010-04-12T19:17:01.488-04:00Steal Away was brilliant; I fell a little in love ...Steal Away was brilliant; I fell a little in love with Hector! But I truly loved the places the author shows the characters moving through; you get a real sense of their reality (even the racial issues, which thankfully the author didn't ignore). I hope more writers will take up the challenge of early 20th century fiction.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382030922676649070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-85699651221908477222010-03-22T11:59:14.857-04:002010-03-22T11:59:14.857-04:00Bummer, Fae and Natasha. I love reading romance s...Bummer, Fae and Natasha. I love reading romance set in periods where I already have knowledge of the setting.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-52263333200949188982010-03-22T09:56:21.641-04:002010-03-22T09:56:21.641-04:00Just last year I asked an editor about setting a r...Just last year I asked an editor about setting a romance during WWII era and was told flat out no, there was no market for it. I wanted to say...well, yeah, that's because there are no books to market...Natasha Moorehttp://www.natashamoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-47757297872900650952010-03-22T09:52:08.387-04:002010-03-22T09:52:08.387-04:00My co-author and I have a short story set in the l...My co-author and I have a short story set in the late 1960's Vietnam era and frankly, it was a very hard sell. Most pubs wouldn't touch it based on the time period alone. And even though it did find a home eventually, it remains our worst seller. For reasons I don't understand either, readers don't seem to want to read about recent history. Just the older stuff.<br /><br />Fae Sutherlandhttp://chasethedream.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-75339271079705006342010-03-22T08:46:28.732-04:002010-03-22T08:46:28.732-04:00Saskia, I don't think I've EVER seen a rom...Saskia, I don't think I've EVER seen a romance novel set in the 1950s.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-45535386275296173232010-03-22T08:45:06.169-04:002010-03-22T08:45:06.169-04:00One comment I got which may have something to do w...<i>One comment I got which may have something to do with people's reluctance to read 1920's books is a person commented on being worried how my characters would survive the Depression.</i><br /><br />That's really interesting! That hadn't occurred to me. I wonder if the "happily ever after" epilogue might become more common - only showing they survived the 1930s and Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-10479951859434064152010-03-21T20:23:54.815-04:002010-03-21T20:23:54.815-04:00I love the 1920's, which is obvious, since my ...I love the 1920's, which is obvious, since my 3rd Twenties era book is going to be released this fall. One comment I got which may have something to do with people's reluctance to read 1920's books is a person commented on being worried how my characters would survive the Depression. I've never heard people worry about characters future lives in books set in other eras. Maybe Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749434491290667534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-1832843852388677872010-03-21T04:46:37.244-04:002010-03-21T04:46:37.244-04:00When I started out, I wanted to write a book set i...When I started out, I wanted to write a book set in the 50's and one in the 30's. The editor who looked at the partial for the 50's idea told me no one wants to read about their mother and grandmother's generation. Well, obviously I did. ;) That was about 12 years ago though, perhaps we have enough distance on the 20th C now, the early decades at least. I hope so, I do ses more Saskia Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487645520140379667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-60120753532351584132010-03-20T16:22:17.085-04:002010-03-20T16:22:17.085-04:00Sela, I read the first of the Georgia Evans books ...Sela, I read the first of the Georgia Evans books - it was a lot of fun!<br /><br />Rose, I'll check out the Taylor. Alaya's book is in my TBR, and I'm looking forward to it.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-10456764714764978382010-03-19T17:34:30.703-04:002010-03-19T17:34:30.703-04:00If you don't mind paranormal historical romanc...If you don't mind paranormal historical romance, check out recent books by Terence Taylor and Alaya Johnson.<br /><br />A lot of Regency romances are fantasy novels, set in a world that pretty much didn't exist. It's much easier to turn a long-ago time period into a fantasy setting that way. The more recent it is, the more pressure you're under to get it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-1600868473092031682010-03-19T17:22:14.982-04:002010-03-19T17:22:14.982-04:00Rosemary Laurey also writes as Georgia Evans and i...Rosemary Laurey also writes as Georgia Evans and in 2009, she published a 3-part (so far) series of vampire romances set in WW2 Britain! They were very cool!Sela Carsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410188636252030577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-28700511655653127442010-03-19T14:13:10.211-04:002010-03-19T14:13:10.211-04:00As you might have guessed, Amber, I adore all thos...As you might have guessed, Amber, I adore all those little details - to me, that makes the book.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-29553634693582205732010-03-19T14:06:24.714-04:002010-03-19T14:06:24.714-04:00Mancusi may have begun the new focus on the 20'...Mancusi may have begun the new focus on the 20's. More and more of them have been coming out recently. I do think this is the time to explore the romantic potential of the first half of the twentieth century. <br /><br />The writer does have to pay a great deal of attention to details when readers (or people the readers can readily speak to) have personal knowledge of them--but that's Amber Greenhttp://www.shapeshiftersinlust.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-83257123739286792172010-03-19T13:07:59.955-04:002010-03-19T13:07:59.955-04:00I think the historical feel is harder to capture w...<i>I think the historical feel is harder to capture when the differences are more subtle.</i><br /><br />Good point.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-59911325554526599972010-03-19T13:04:16.020-04:002010-03-19T13:04:16.020-04:00It's the fantasy element, I think. The 1920s -...It's the fantasy element, I think. The 1920s - 1970s feels too close, I think. It's not escapism, it's a history lesson. (I'm trying to project into the mind of me as a reader). Stakebait had a good point - the social issues of these times are still present. We can more easily see the lines that connect poverty, racism, classism and all the -isms then to now.<br /><br />I'm Jeannie Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12714068387571203896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-28447615268060107232010-03-19T12:57:35.064-04:002010-03-19T12:57:35.064-04:00Amber, do you think there's a sub-genre of 192...Amber, do you think there's a sub-genre of 1920s romances beginning?Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-62998934906259212912010-03-19T12:56:41.744-04:002010-03-19T12:56:41.744-04:00BSP:
Prohibition. The Charleston. Hard times. Jazz...BSP:<br />Prohibition. The Charleston. Hard times. Jazz. Foreclosures. Breakaways and cutting loose. Twilight Amery sets her sights on Harlem, where a girl with a voice--even a white man's bastard from Alabama--can be somebody. Hopping a freight train, she joins up with the beautiful, bitter Mr. Stone and the compellingly magnetic Hector, two Harlem men trying to get home however they can. <Amber Greenhttp://www.shapeshiftersinlust.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-14817000151274191092010-03-19T09:04:46.329-04:002010-03-19T09:04:46.329-04:00A 1920s romance recently came out in e-format: Ja...A 1920s romance recently came out in e-format: <a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/romance/jazz-baby" rel="nofollow">Jazz Baby</a>.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-44581383031456411482010-03-19T08:56:47.441-04:002010-03-19T08:56:47.441-04:00Maybe it's just me, but the more recent the hi...Maybe it's just me, but the more recent the historical period, the more jarring I find the sexism, racism, and classism of the culture. I can manage to treat the constraints of Regency England as a given, even as the heroine struggles against them, but in 1950s America I'm ready to go on a political rampage. I do not find this restful. <br /><br />Also I think periods and places of socialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com