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Romance is fucking boring. I'd rather read a character novel about a stupid bitch named Cassie Edwards.

Posted by Mr. Poe | April 21, 2008 11:27 AM
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Actually, Nora Roberts already had a smackdown with another romance author, Janet Dailey. Roberts called Dailey's plagiarism "mind rape." Dailey had to pay Roberts and undisclosed sum of money.

By the way, Nora Roberts writes futuristic mysteries under the pen name J.D. Robb and I swear the future she writes about is looking more and more likely.

Posted by PopTart | April 21, 2008 11:31 AM
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Danielle Steele indignantly insists she is not a romance writer, so she is more likely to come after YOU with a broken bottle.

Posted by Cat in Chicago | April 21, 2008 11:57 AM
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I think her punishment was a little harsh. Were people buying her books for their originality??

Posted by David | April 21, 2008 11:57 AM
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There's a more cohesive roundup of the Cassie Edwards debacle at www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com (link is on the right side). The big issue is that she's got 75 million+ books in print and her best excuse for not citing any of her sources (and outright plagarizing a Pulitzer-prize winning book) was that "she didn't know you were supposed to." Plus, when pursued on the plagarism thing, she promptly decided that the reason people were persecuting her was because of her (claimed) Native American blood, even though nothing of the sort was ever mentioned.

And while they get a lot of shit, romance novels make TONS AND TONS OF MONEY for the publishing industry.

Posted by Jessica | April 21, 2008 12:17 PM
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NEEDS MOAR WE-SHA-SHA

Posted by r | April 21, 2008 4:18 PM
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those novels sound pretty g-d racist.

Posted by ams | April 21, 2008 6:28 PM

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