Category Archives: romancelandia

A Series of Increasingly Spurious Analogies

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Alexis Hall

So I’ve been really torn about whether I should weigh in on the Dreamspinner thing because I do absolutely see both sides here. And, at the very least, I hope we can all agree that for some people not to … Continue reading →

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obligatory RITA post

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Alexis Hall

Quick edit: So, in this post I talk about the lack of LGBTQ+ and POC representation in the historical romance category in the RITAs, but it’s been pointed out to me that I may inadvertently have created the impression that there is nobody … Continue reading →

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notes and corrections

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Alexis Hall

So you may have noticed that I won a RITA yesterday, or at about 4 o’clock this morning, my time. In the acceptance speech that I hastily threw together on Friday in the full expectation that nobody would ever actually … Continue reading →

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another difficult post

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Alexis Hall

So I’ve got a new book coming out in August. It’s called Looking For Group and, fair warning, it’s nerdy as fuck. This is probably one of those things that people overstate on the internet but nerd chic seems to … Continue reading →

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bi-erasure & me

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Alexis Hall

A month or so ago, there was an extremely controversial post—which I won’t go into the details of because it has since been removed—about the possibility or otherwise of writing bisexual romance. The original post upset a lot of people … Continue reading →

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nom nom nom

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Alexis Hall

So as I mentioned at the end of my recent post about Tokaido, I’ve just been nominated for a RITA. Which is nice. I’m still not 100% certain that I’ve processed it completely, or that I know how I feel … Continue reading →

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on problems and messes

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Alexis Hall

So you might have noticed I’ve been mostly blogging about board games, and I did have a New Year’s Resolution to stay away from politicsy stuff because, honestly, I tend to find that it’s more trouble than it’s worth. Buuuut … Continue reading →

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I may not agree with what you say but i will try my best not to be a dick about it

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Alexis Hall

So there’s been yet another kerfuffle in the m/m community about this post over Dirty Discourse (warning for some NSFW images attached thereto). The post was entitled ‘Gay Men Are Not Collectables’ and in it the anonymous author talks about … Continue reading →

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behind the curtain

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Alexis Hall

So people who are watching quite a specific sub-section of our quite specific subgenre are likely to have noticed the controversy surrounding a recent blogpost by Aleksandr Voinov concerning the non-publication of his novel Nightingale and his increasingly negative feelings towards the … Continue reading →

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you must be at least this tall

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Alexis Hall

Somewhat naively I’m going to start this post by saying it’s going to be quite short because my current intent is to make a couple of brief points about something that mildly irritates me. It will, of course, inevitably wind … Continue reading →

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