n which CM discusses romance novels and names names, which is probably not a smart thing to do since she wants to be published. Note that she has not done so yet, and so this should all be taken with a very healthy dose of salt.

Having read several thousand romance novels, I can, without equivocation, say that all romance novels currently fall into one of two categories.

• Good;
  and
• Bad

For obvious reasons, this crash-course should focus on the first category. But it won’t, because it’s much easier to identify bad things than it is to explain good things. (more…)