I wondered if Emilie Baker Loring’s second novel would have as many literary and cultural references as her first. Ha! Of course it did! The opening pages averaged two per page, and my paperback copy has 167 pages. Better make a full pot of tea for this one! Here Comes the Sun! begins with two … More Literary and Cultural References in “Here Comes the Sun!”
B is for Biography I visited my hometown of Tempe, Arizona last weekend and stopped in to visit Happy Landings at the local, public library. Oh, how nice. The book was right where the card catalog said it would be, and it was turned outward to face browsing library patrons. Splendid. But wait! On the … More Library Shelving: The Case of Happy Landings
Today’s special guest post comes from Barbara Lowe in Oxford, Mississippi, who reinforces my claim that Emilie Loring is the thinking woman’s romance author. I must have been 15 or 16 when I discovered Emilie Loring in the McComb Public Library in McComb, Mississippi. Incurably romantic already (I had read all of the stories in … More Guest post: Emilie Loring is Literary “Comfort Food”
As I re-stained my wooden deck yesterday, I listened to podcasts about book publishing. A perennial trend is “chick lit”–the print counterpart to “chick flicks.” My first thought was that Emilie Loring’s newly re-issued novels could benefit. My second thought was that I have never in my life considered Emilie Loring’s novels as “chick lit.” … More Chick Lit? Romantic Comedy? Literature?
The Emilie Loring Collection 