Historical womens fiction
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Is the Historical Romance genre in trouble?
There’s an interesting discussion going on at Dear Author, regarding the woeful state of the Historical Romance genre. Here’s the link:
http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/we-should-let-the-historical-genre-die/
Regencies appear to be the only historical romances major publishers are promoting.
But only a handful of authors are able to profit doing Regencies, so where does that leave authors who wish to write of the past, but not in the Regency time period?
Well, I don’t have the answer to that. All I know is I’m readying a couple of books that are definitely historicals, but not so much historical romance, though loving couples are part of the storyline. One is GAIJIN. The other is an era spanning epic called The Queen of Comedy, which tells the tale of a legendary female comedian during the 1930s and 40s, and her less than successful nephew who played a hip, wisecracking manservant on TV during the 1960s.
Gaijin – A Colored Maiden’s Voyage and Recollections of Japan in the 1860s 
GAIJIN 
The Queen of Comedy takes center stage JUKEBOX Volume One is a YA Historical, set during the 1960s.
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What I’m up to . . .
Working on: Editing Love scenes
Listening to: Maxwell’s Whenever Wherever Whatever and Robin Thicke’s Lost Without You
For which books: HEAVEN and The Queen of Comedy
The Queen of Comedy takes center stage Excerpts from Queensrealm and the Queen of Comedy will be up this weekend.
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Read an excerpt from the historical fiction novel GAIJIN
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JUKEBOX Volume Two change
I’ve made a change to the cover of JUKEBOX Volume II:
JUKEBOX Volume II This was the previous cover:
JUKEBOX Volume II (Old version) Since the covers depict the primary characters (Eli, upper left, Simone upper right, Johnny in the middle) during the 70s, the new cover makes Johnny a bit more prominent.
JUKEBOX Volume II
With the 60’s coming to a close, Simone Westwood Burr is a nineteen year old superstar dubbed the “Siren of Soul” with her funky, cutting edge music. Now married to the ultimate bad boy of Southern Rock, she tries to juggle a career and being a new mother,
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First Look: The cover of JUKEBOX Volume II
We’ve (my daughter and I) finally reached agreement on the cover for the second book:
JUKEBOX Volume II The three main characters are still represented on the cover, with Eli pictured in his new profession during the end of the 60s into the 70s, which is as a Spaghetti Western star. Simone embraces Funk music and Johnny’s demons drive him from country into Southern rock, and finally hard rock.