Romance Genre Analysis It's Not Porn, and I'm Not Apologizing: Romance, Erotica, and What Sex on the Page Really Means She called it "porno for housewives." I called it a story that saw me. This post is about what romance novels actually are—what they do, why they matter, and why I write sex with zero shame.
Defending Romance Novels How Romance Novels Can Be “Unrealistic” and Still Be Emotionally Honest: The Line Between Fantasy and Emotional Truth Romance isn’t trying to imitate life—it’s trying to mean something. When realism fails, emotional truth takes the wheel, even if the world’s on fire.
Writing with Purpose I Don’t Write Just to Escape—and That’s Okay These aren’t just love stories. They’re how I speak when silence feels like complicity. If it looks like escape from the outside, that’s fine. From the inside, it’s resistance—and survival.
Romance Genre Analysis Not Waiting for a Savior: The Damsel vs. the Firestarter A look at the myths we outgrow—and the ones we rewrite. When the world demands obedience, the firestarter offers a different ending.