Sarah Wendell (she of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, blogging at Kirkus Reviews) talks about Must-read Romances. What are the books you most often recommend?

Category romances are tough to write. Lynne Connolly tells it how it is. Still, like her, the difficulty doesn’t stop me trying. I love reading them, so I want to write one (hey! who am I kidding? I want to write 100 plus. Aim high!)

Zoe Archer shared this link, a story on London’s female crime gang — a century ago!

And it’s the week between Christmas and New Year, making this a slow news day. Partly because I’m slack. Partly because everyone’s in holiday recovery mode.