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From the black jazz clubs on Central Avenue in Watts, to the tidy homes of the war widows he cons, Louis Greenberg lives life on the outside. No matter how charming and passionate he is, an outsider he will always be. He is white, a Jew, and that never goes away.
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For @dreamsofwriting (so you still get some male eye candy today):
Wednesday requires the assistance of Navy SEALs. You’re welcome.
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You’d think the very thought of a romance writer would bring a smile to people’s lips. Ah, how nice. Love. Making love. Laughter. Kissing. But no, the world is upside down as far as I can see, and romances and their writers are ridiculed, hisses and generally spat upon. For what reason? One of my favorites is that women who read them might get mixed up about reality and imagine a man is going to rescue them from Life. According to this theory, women are so stupid that they can’t tell a story from reality. Is anyone worried that the MEN who read spy thrillers are going to go after their neighbors with an automatic weapon? No, I don’t remember anyone thinking that. Nor do I remember anyone worrying about murder mysteries or science fiction. It just seems to be dumb ol’ women who might think some gorgeous, thoughtful, giving hunk is going to rescue them. Honey, if any woman thought a gorgeous hunk was going to rescue her, romance novels wouldn’t be forty percent of the publishing industry.
Remembrance (Jude Deveraux)
I cannot begin to tell you how much I agree with this. It infuriates me that there is a general conception that women are so moronic and infantile that they cannot separate fiction from reality, and that the reading of romance will somehow create the expectation that a duke/spy/SEAL/vampire is our only viable romantic partner, and anything less will result in a catastrophic mental collapse. I’m looking at you, Flaubert.
Women know the difference between fiction and reality. What romance does is teach us the value of valuing ourselves, and I refuse to be ridiculed for that.
(via zoearcher) <—What she said.
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Siberian tigers approach a keeper’s car as they wait to be fed at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China, on December 27, 2011. More than 800 Siberian tigers are currently living in the park, which is also a breeding center for this endangered species, local media reported. (Reuters/Sheng Li)
(Animals in the News - In Focus - The Atlantic)This is the supersized version of what happens at my house when it’s time to feed the cats.
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Oh. My. Goodbar. *thud* *Standing up* *drool* *thud again*
Hot dudes in suits. Huzzah.
As an antidote to political debate, I offer you a mixed assortment of hawt doodz in suits. Take your pick. There’s something for everyone. There’s a political lesson in there, somewhere.
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Wish Upon a Star on Flickr.
Newest cover design, for Lisa Fox’s Valentine’s Day story. Get more information on the story, including release dates, at http://www.lisafoxromance.com
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