Mai Christy Thao’s Musings Blog of Mai Christy Thao, Historical Fantasy Paranormal Romance Writer

Explicit Language in Historicals?

Just finished reading the newest book from one of my all-time favorite authors. Like some of the historical authors I know, this author has also recently branched out into writing contemporaries as well.
One thing that I noticed in this book (her newest release) is her use of explicit words that hasn’t been used before in [...]

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Historicals, Language, Market Trends, Musings | 10 Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 5th October 2008

Is The Historical Market Going Up?

For the past couple of years, there was talk that the historical market was declining. Editors weren’t buying as many historicals as they should, and the only ones they were consistently putting out were from well-established historical romance authors who have a large readership.
But now the talk is that historicals are on the rise [...]

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Historicals, Market Trends, Musings, Publishers | 5 Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 1st October 2008