I still am not sure how exactly I found this article. One link lead to another to another, but I'm so glad I found it. Jodi Piccoult and Jennifer Weiner answer questions about fair treatment by the press of women writers versus men writers. Here's the article...I shouldn't be, but I'm still amazed that in this day and age women's fiction is largely ignored by the mass media. I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly, a magazine I really enjoy. But I can count on one hand the number of times they've reviewed a romance book or a chick lit novel. Why is that? My local paper never does romance reviews, nor have I ever seen them in USA Today or The New York Times. Why are thrillers and mysteries and literary fiction more worthy than romance? Romance is a leading genre selling in the market. It's a billion dollar industry. I'm not sure of last year's sales, but according to RWA, in 2008 romance accounted for 1.37 billion in sales. That's a lot of green!
So why is romance still touted as the red-headed step child? Because the vast majority of its writers and readers are women? I'd really, really like to know.
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