genevieveturner When we first entered into coupledom, my husband and I had to make some changes. Before we met, one of his most favorite meals (besides his mother’s cooking, of course) was chicken simmered in Trader Joe’s Curry Simmer Sauce. He’d rhapsodize about it every time we passed that sauce in Trader Joe’s, no doubt feeling … Read more
Why do I set all my stories in turn of the century California? Well, the California part is easy–I love this place. It’s been home to my family for a very long time and I can’t imagine living anywhere else. It also has a pretty unique and rich history, which The Great Exception does a … Read more
This will be quick, since I have somewhere to be. (No, I’m actually not indolent all the time, just most of the time.) There’s been some serious debate in Romancelandia recently over the state of the historical romance. If you’re reading this you’re likely already familiar with it and I’m short on time, so I … Read more
So I wrote a while back about Ramon y Cajal’s advice on wives for scientists, which basically boiled down to: find another scientist. If you can’t do that, find someone that won’t distract you from your work. Romantic, huh? I’ve started to do research for my second scientific romance, which looks likes it’s going to … Read more
Fall has arrived here in Southern California. People like to joke there are no seasons here, but there are. We have to leave the windows closed at night and we bundle up in the morning and overheat in the afternoon. I can also tell fall has arrived when I begin to get sick of tomatoes … Read more
As I revise my two finished novels, I’m realizing that my heroines will not be universally loved. In fact, some people might be very irritated by them. They might just be…Unlikable Heroines. I’m quite fine with this. All of my favorite heroines in romance are prickly, difficult…flawed. One of my most favorite heroines, Scarlett O’Hara, … Read more
I wrote a little something about Marie Curie’s cookbook and historical romance over at Historical Romance Week. Trust me, it makes sense when you read it.
A few months back, a lively discussion on the current state of historical romance was set off by two blog posts: one at Dear Author and another at AAR. The discussion sparked several other excellent posts on the subject. (A nice round up can be found here.) Historical romance is my favorite kind of romance. … Read more
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that scientists usually marry other scientists. Not always, but usually. There are numerous reasons for this: a shared language (science can be a language unto itself), proximity (if you work long hours, it’s hard to meet people outside of work), and the simple fact that for a scientist, your relationship … Read more
I was going to do a post on scientists and their depictions in romance novels, along with some thoughts on Ramon y Cajal’s thoughts on the ideal wife for a scientist, but I think I’ll wait on that until my thoughts are more fully formed. Instead, I’m going to take the easy way out, and … Read more