I’ve mentioned the Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Novels blog here a few times. Well, the romance market’s sassy critics have landed themselves an interview at Writer Unboxed in which they explain how the site’s origins stem from “how much it drove us nuts to pay so much money for a book that ended up blowing donkey butt, and how few honest reviews there are of romantic fiction.” But do their efforts have any positive consequences for the books they like? Smart Bitch Sarah says yes:
“When it comes to emerging authors or books you might not encounter from the big behemoth stores that only stock the big names and the top sellers in romance, yeah, I think we do make a little difference. And since so many people are buying books from mega-stores that only want to stock top sellers, it’s a kick in the pants to those who ignore the midlist and never put them on their shelves, which then forces buyers to head to the internet for book purchasing.”
As for what we can look forward to in future cover art: “We all must seek shelter from the rainstorm under the cozy eaves of the man-titty.”