Romance Writers’ Weekly-Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Susan Scott Shelley wants to know who the writers of Romance Writers’ Weekly would invite to dinner? Here’s her prompt:
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Given the choice of any authors in the world (living or deceased), who would you want as a guest?
I do hope you stopped by S.C. Mitchell’s amazing blog before popping in here.
For me this is a super easy. I’d want to have Kathleen Woodiwiss for dinner. I cut my teeth on romance novels with her stories, beginning with The Flame and The Flower. Historical romances like hers are often referred to as “Bodice Rippers” nowadays, but to a young impressionable girl (I was all of sixteen the first time I read The Flame and the Flower) the stories were magical, and oh so romantic.
As many of you know, I named my daughter Brianna after the heroine Heather Brianna. Yes, she knows.
Jane Austen-Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Kathleen Woodiwiss-Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Georgette Heyer-Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Kathleen Woodiwiss is considered the pioneer in American Historical Romances, much like Georgette Heyer has been dubbed the original Regency author. I wouldn’t mind having her or Jane Austen to dinner either!
I think I’d serve my famous lasagna and rhubarb pie. Yum!
I’m dying to know who Juliette Cross wants to have for dinner. Let’s go find out, shall we?
great authors !
I agree!
Hey, can I (Donald) come too! Can I? Can I? Rhubarb pie is my favorite and it’s only good if it’s homemade.
Of course! I’ll make homemade ice-cream too.
Ooo, even better.
And no calories either.
I love those early romance writers who paved the way for the rest of us. Did you see that they’re making a movie out of Lady Chatterly’s Lover? That was one of my first adult romances. Great post, Collette! 🙂
I love it when they make movie out of romance novels!! I watched two yesterday at my daughter’s urging.